- And Kirjathaim:
- This city, according to Eusebius, was situated ten miles west of Medeba. "And the childrenª of Reubenª builtª°¹ Heshbon,ª and Elealeh,ª and Kirjathaim,ª ... And Nebo,ª and Baalmeon,ª (their namesª being changed,)²°¹ and¹ Shibmah:ª and gave²° other namesª¹¹ unto the citiesª which¹ they builded.ª°" {Num 32:37-38}, Sibman, Called Shibmah, "And Nebo,ª and Baalmeon,ª (their namesª being changed,)²°¹ and¹ Shibmah:ª and gave²° other namesª¹¹ unto the citiesª which¹ they builded.ª°" {Num 32:38}, and celebrated for its vines "O vineª of Sibmah,ª I will weepª° for thee with the weepingª¹ of Jazer:ª thy plantsª are gone overª° the sea,ª they reachª° [even] to¹ the seaª of Jazer:ª the spoilerª° is fallenª° upon¹ thy summer fruitsª and upon¹ thy vintage.ª" {Jer 48:32} + "For¹ the fieldsª of Heshbonª languish,ª° [and] the vineª of Sibmah:ª the lordsª of the heathenª have broken downª° the principal plantsª thereof, they are comeª° [even] unto¹ Jazer,ª they wanderedª° [through] the wilderness:ª her branchesª are stretched out,ª° they are gone overª° the sea.ª ... Therefore¹¹ I will bewailª° with the weepingª of Jazerª the vineª of Sibmah:ª I will waterª° thee with my tears,ª O Heshbon,ª and Elealeh:ª for¹ the shoutingª for¹ thy summer fruitsª and for¹ thy harvestª is fallen.ª°" {Isa 16:8-9}; on which last place, Jerome says, there were scarcely 500 paces between it and Heshbon.
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