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1Ch 2:23 — And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Geshur		Jos 13:13; 2Sa 13:38
Kenath		Kenath was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan. Eusebius says it was called in his time [Kanatha] Kanatha; and was a town in the Trachonitis, near Bozra. Josephus places it in Coelo-syria; and Pliny reckons it among the cities of the Decapolis. It was also called Nobah, after Nobah an Israelite, who conquered it, (Num 32:42;) which is placed by Eusebius, eight miles south of Heshbon: See Note on Jdg 8:11.

Correlating Passages

Geshur

	Jos 13:13	Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
	2Sa 13:38	So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

Kenath

	Num 32:42	And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
	Jdg 8:11	And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Chronicles 2:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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