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New King James Version

Numbers 32:42

Then Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amorites;   Kenath;   Manasseh;   Nobah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Manasseh, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gad;   Reuben;   Easton Bible Dictionary - City;   Fenced Cities;   Kenath;   Nobah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bashan-Havoth-Jair;   Fenced Cities;   Kenath;   Manasseh (1);   Nobah;   Nophah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kenath;   Nobah;   Nophah;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gad;   Israel;   Kenath;   Manasseh;   Reuben;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Kenath ;   Nobah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nobah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kenath;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'besh;   Ke'nath;   No'bah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - City;   Kenath;   Manasseh (2);   Nobah;   Village;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Joshua, the Samaritan Book of;   Nobah;   Shobach;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Novach went and took Kenat, and the villages of it, and called it Novach, after his own name.
King James Version
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Lexham English Bible
Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah after his own name.
English Standard Version
And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
New Century Version
Nobah went and captured Kenath and the small towns around it; then he named it Nobah after himself.
New English Translation
Then Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah after his own name.
Amplified Bible
Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah after his own name.
New American Standard Bible
Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and named it Nobah, after his own name.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also Nobah went and tooke Kenath, with the villages thereof and called it Nobah, after his owne name.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Nobah went and took Kenath and its towns and called it Nobah after his own name.
Contemporary English Version
Nobah captured the town of Kenath with its villages and renamed it Nobah.
Complete Jewish Bible
Novach went and captured K'nat with its villages and named it Novach after himself. Haftarah Mattot: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 1:1–2:3 B'rit Hadashah suggested reading for Parashah Mattot: Mattityahu (Matthew) 5:33–37
Darby Translation
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its dependent villages, and called it Nobah, after his name.
Easy-to-Read Version
Nobah defeated Kenath and the small towns near it. Then he called that place by his own name.
George Lamsa Translation
And Nocah went and took Keeth and its villages, and called it Nocah, after his own name.
Good News Translation
Nobah attacked and captured Kenath and its villages, and he renamed it Nobah, after himself.
Christian Standard Bible®
Nobah went and captured Kenath with its surrounding villages and called it Nobah after his own name.
Literal Translation
And Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages; and he called it Nobah after his own name.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Nobah wente, and coquered Kenath, with the townes belonginge therto, and called it Nobah, after his awne name.
American Standard Version
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Bible in Basic English
And Nobah went and took Kenath and its small towns, naming it Nobah, after himself.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Nobah went and toke Kenath, and the townes longyng therto, and called it Nobah, after his owne name.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
King James Version (1611)
And Nobah went and tooke Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his owne name.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name.
English Revised Version
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Berean Standard Bible
And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also Nobe yede, and took Canath, with hise townes, and clepide it, bi his name, Nobe.
Young's Literal Translation
and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages, and calleth it Nobah, by his own name.
Update Bible Version
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
World English Bible
Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages of it, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
New Living Translation
Meanwhile, a man named Nobah captured the town of Kenath and its surrounding villages, and he renamed that area Nobah after himself.
New Life Bible
Nobah went and took Kenath and its towns, and called it Nobah after his own name.
New Revised Standard
And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and renamed it Nobah after himself.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Nobah, went, and captured Kenath, with the villages thereof, - and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Nobe also went, and took Canath with the villages thereof: and he called it by his own name, Nobe.
Revised Standard Version
And Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
THE MESSAGE
Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding camps. He renamed it after himself, Nobah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah after his own name.

Contextual Overview

28 So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel. 29 And Moses said to them: "If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession. 30 But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan." 31 Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: "As the LORD has said to your servants, so we will do. 32 We will cross over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan." 33 So Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country. 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer, 35 Atroth and Shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah, 36 Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 8:11 - Nobah 1 Chronicles 2:23 - Kenath

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof,.... Who this Nobah was is not certain, very probably a descendant of Manasseh; it is said u he was among those that were born in Egypt, and died after the death of Moses, and was buried beyond Jordan, as it is said, also did Machir and Jair, so that there were none left but Caleb, and Joshua:

and called it Nobah, after his name; but it seems that in later times its ancient name was restored to it; for Jerom w, says there was a village in Arabia, called Cannatha, which is supposed to be this place; though he also tells us x, that eight miles from Heshbon; to the south, is shown a desert place called Naba. Pliny y places Cannatha in the Decapolis.

u Seder Olam Rabba, c. 9. p. 27. w Ut supra. (De loc. Heb. fol. 89. M.) x De loc. Heb. fol. 93. H. y Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Kenath - Now Kenawat, an important site near the southern extremity of the tract el-Lejah, and on the western slopes of the mountains of the Hauran. The name given to it by its conqueror, as in other cases, fell ere long into disuse, and the old name has held its ground to this day.

The notices, both Scriptural and traditional, of the conquest of northeastern Gilead and Bashan by the Machirites, plainly intimate that it was effected by a few chiefs of great military prowess, who overran rapidly a far larger district than they could colonize. The father of Jair, however, Segub, was of the tribe of Judah (compare Numbers 27:1, and note; 1 Chronicles 2:21-22), and it is likely that the Manassite leaders induced many of the more adventurous of this tribe, and some possibly of other tribes, to join them in their enterprise against Bashan (see Joshua 19:34).

The Machirites did not exterminate the whole population of this district (see Joshua 13:15, etc.). The conquest of the district east of Jordan seems never to have been so effectually accomplished as that on the other side.

During the troublous times of the Judges the eastern Manassites rendered good service to the nation; compare Judges 5:14. Gideon, and probably Jephthah, were of this tribe, and reflect in a later generation the warlike and adventurous spirit which Jair and Nobah exhibited in the days of Moses.


 
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