OLD TESTAMENT

Numbers 32:38

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Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.

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Verse 38. Nabo. Probably the same as Nebo and Nobe.—Baalmeon. This city had a variety of names, verse 3. 35. Those who rebuilt these cities gave them their own names, verse 42. Hebrew Targum of Jerus. Yet they were often known by their former appellations. Calmet.—The rebuilders chiefly objected to the names of idols, Baal, and so forth which were joined with these cities. Menochius.

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