And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Parallel translations
- WEB Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- BSB And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
- NKJV Then Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.
- NASB Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and named it Nobah, after his own name.
- NLT Meanwhile, a man named Nobah captured the town of Kenath and its surrounding villages, and he renamed that area Nobah after himself.
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Nobah captures Kenath and its villages and renames the city after himself. The chapter closes with another act of settlement east of the Jordan.
Overview
Nobah seizes Kenath and its surrounding villages, giving the city his own name. This final notice rounds out the account of the eastern tribes claiming their inheritance. Taken together, these conquests show God fulfilling His promise of land, even as the larger task of entering Canaan still lay ahead for the whole nation.
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Cross-references · 2
- Ps 49:11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
- 2 Sam 18:18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
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