John Gill Commentary Numbers 32:3

"Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon," — Numbers 32:3 (ASV)

Ataroth, Dibon, and Jazer
These were places which belonged to the Amorites, and were taken from Sihon, their king: of Ataroth we read nowhere else but in this chapter; of Dibon see (Isaiah 15:2), Jazer was a city, from which the land about it had its name; it is the same with Jaazer, (Numbers 21:32) and stood about fifteen miles from Heshbon ^F11, the capital city of the kingdom of Sihon:

and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon;
these were all places in the same country; of Heshbon see (Numbers 21:25Numbers 21:26) (Isaiah 15:4), Nimrah is the same with Bethnimrah, (Numbers 32:36) and sometimes called Nimrim, famous for its water, (Isaiah 15:6). Jerom says ^F12 the name of it in his time was Benamerium, and lay to the north of Zoar; Elealeh, according to the same writer ^F13 was but a mile from Heshbon, of which see (Isaiah 15:4). Shebam is the same with Shibmah, (Numbers 32:36), and seems to be a place famous for vines, (Isaiah 16:8) (Jeremiah 48:32); it is thought to be the same with the Seba of Ptolemy ^F14, and according to Jerom ^F15, there were scarce five hundred paces between this place and Heshbon;

Nebo, the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan call the grave of Moses, because on a mountain of this name Moses died, and where it is supposed he was buried; but it is certain he was buried not on a mountain, but in a valley, (Deuteronomy 34:6), this perhaps had its name from the mountain near which it was, and of which see (Isaiah 15:2). Beon is the same that is called Baalmeon, (Numbers 32:38) and Bethbaalmeon, (Joshua 13:17), where was very probably a temple of Baal; it was about nine miles from Heshbon ^F16.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F11: Jerom. de loc. Heb. fol. 92. G.
• F12: lbid. K.
• F13: Ibid. fol. 91. A.
• F14: Geograph. l. 5. c. 19.
• F15: Comment. in Esaiam, c. 16. 8.
• F16: Eusebius apud Reland: Palest. Illustr. par. 2. l. 3. p. 611.