The children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
KJV
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
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Commentary
And the children of Gad built,.... Or rather repaired the walls and fortifications, and rebuilt houses which had been demolished in the wars with Sihon and Og; when the following places were taken by the Israelites:
Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer; the two first are mentioned in
Num 32:3
. Aroer was a city situated on the river Arnon, and was after this in the hands of the Moabites: Jerom says (q), it was showed in his day on the top of the mountain, upon the bank of the river Arnon, which flows into the Dead sea,
Jer 48:19
.
(q) De loc. Heb. fol. 87. I.
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