Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 43. Wilderness, or plains of Moab, at the mouth of the Jordan. It is sometimes called Besor, and is very different from Bozra of Idumea, (Isaiah 63:1,) a very famous city, known to profane authors by the name of Bostra.—Ramoth, one of the strongest towns of Galaad, 15 miles west of Philadelphia, (Euseb.) where Achab, king of Israel, received a mortal wound, 3 Kennicott. 22:3.—Golon, or Gaulan, gave its name to Gaulanitis, a part of Batanea, lying on the southern parts of the division of Gad, though the city belonged to Manasses. The lower Gaulanitis lay towards the lake of Genezareth, and had Gamala for its capital. Cellarius.