John Gill Commentary Joshua 13:25

"And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;" — Joshua 13:25 (ASV)

And their coast was Jazer
Their southern coast; of Jazer, see (Numbers 21:32); where it is called Jaazer, and is mentioned in (Isaiah 16:8); and in (Jeremiah 48:32), where it is spoken of as a city of Moab, as it was in the days of those prophets:

and all the cities of Gilead ;
which lay in those parts, for the whole was not given to this tribe, half of Gilead was given to the half tribe of Manasseh, (Joshua 13:31);

and half the land of the children of Ammon ;
not what then belonged to them, but what had been taken from them by the Amorites; and which Israel taking from them, had a right to retain, though they were forbid meddling with any of their land in present possession; see (Deuteronomy 2:19) (Judges 11:13–24);

unto Aroer that [is] before Rabbath ;
Aroer was a city of Moab, situated on the river Arnon, (Joshua 13:9); and stood over against Rabbath, a city of the Amorites, since called Philadelphia, the same that Joab took, (2 Samuel 12:26); though Reland thinks ^F14, that according to the situation of these cities another Aroer must be here meant, and which belonged to the Amorites.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 583.