And Kirjathaim: This city, according to Eusebius, was situated ten miles west of Medeba. Numbers 32:37-38, Sibman, Called Shibmah, Numbers 32:38, and celebrated for its vines Jeremiah 48:32. Isaiah 16:8-9; on which last place, Jerome says, there were scarcely 500 paces between it and Heshbon.
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Joshua 13:19
Joshua 13:19
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