Joshua 13:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,

Kirjathaim - now Kureiyat, or Kureiyeh, at the foot of Jebel-Attarus (Genesis 14:5; Numbers 32:37; Jeremiah 48:1; Jeremiah 48:23; Ezekiel 25:9).

Sibmah - or Shebmah (Numbers 32:38; Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 48:32). The vineyards which once rendered it famous have entirely disappeared, and the region is an uninhabited scene of desolation. Jerome ('Onomast.') says that it was only about 500 paces from Heshbon.

Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley, [the Vulgate reads, in the midst of the valley; but the Septuagint, en too horei Enab, in the mount Enob, meaning probably mount Nebo] - 'the name of a place situated probably upon a sunny hill, which is only mentioned here' (Rosenmuller's 'Scholia').

Joshua 13:19

19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,