And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
And Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mountain of the valley;
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar in the mount of the valley,
and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley;
Kirjathaim - This city, according to Eusebius, was nine miles distant from Medeba, towards the east. It passed from the Emim to the Moabites, from the Moabites to the Amorites, and from the Amorites to the Israelites, Genesis 14:6; Deuteronomy 2:20. Calmet supposes the Reubenites possessed it till the time they were carried away by the Assyrians; and then the Moabites appear to have taken possession of it anew, as he collects from Jeremiah 48:1 etc., and Ezekiel 25:9 etc.
Sibmah - A place remarkable for its vines. See Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, Jeremiah 48:32.
Zareth-shahar, in the mount of the valley - This probably means a town situated on or near to a hill in some flat country.
13:19 In the mount of the valley - In the mountain bordering upon that valley, which then was famous among the Israelites; whether that where Moses was buried, which was near to Beth - peor, 34:1 ,6, or some other. And this clause is thought to belong to all the cities now mentioned.