John Gill Commentary Joshua 13:27

"and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [thereof], unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward." — Joshua 13:27 (ASV)

And in the valley, Betharam
The same with Bethharan, (See Gill on Numbers 32:36):

and Bethnimrah ;
sometimes called Nimrah, (Numbers 32:3Numbers 32:36); near to which were some waters, called the waters of Nimrim, (Isaiah 15:6); It was in Jerom's ^F16 time a large village; it seems to have its name from leopards, which perhaps had their haunts hereabout:

and Succoth ;
the place where Jacob pitched his tent after he had passed over Jabbok; it is called in the Jerusalem Talmud ^F17 Thaarabah:

and Zaphon ;
which in the same Talmud is Amatho or Amathus, which Jerom says ^F18 is a village beyond Jordan, twenty one miles from Pella to the south, though he places it in the tribe of Reuben:

the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon ;
which was not given to the tribe of Reuben, (Joshua 13:21);

Jordan and [his] border ;
that is, the cities which were near it, as Kimchi; or that were upon the bank of it, as Jarchi;

[even] unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth ;
the same with the lake of Gennesaret, (Luke 5:1);

on the other side Jordan eastward ;
the other from that in which the inheritance of Gad lay, which was beyond Jordan, from the land of Canaan.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F16: De loc. Heb. fol. 93. I.
• F17: T. Hieros. Sheviith, fol. 38. 4.
• F18: De loc. Heb. fol. 88. E.