Baal-meon] called more correctly Beth-baal-meon Joshua xiii. 17.
¹⁰And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
10. in the days of Saul] Saul’s victory over the Ammonites (1 Samuel xi.) may have paved the way for the expansion of Israel east of Jordan, but see also the note on verse 19.
the Hagrites] compare Psalms lxxxiii. 6 (Revised Version margin). They were an Arab people. See further the note on verse 19.
the land east of Gilead] i.e. the land between Gilead and the Euphrates (compare verse 9). On Gilead, see note, ii. 22.
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The Genealogy and Settlements of Gad.
¹¹And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah:
11. Bashan] the wide district extending from the Jabbok on the south to Hermon in the north and from the Sea of Galilee on the west to the mountains of Hauran on the east (compare verse 23). Remark that in Numbers xxxii. 33; Deuteronomy iii. 12; Joshua xiii. 25, Gad is located in Gilead (south of Bashan) where the Chronicler has placed Reuben.
Salecah] is probably represented at the present day by the ruins of Salkhad due south of the Jebel Hauran and almost due east of Boṣra.
¹²Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan: ¹³and their brethren of their fathers’ houses; Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven. ¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; ¹⁵Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses.