Jeremiah 48 · Verse 23

Jeremiah 48:23

And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth–gamul, and upon Beth–meon,
Jeremiah 48:23, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:23 in other translations

BSBupon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
WEBon Kiriathaim, on Beth Gamul, on Beth Meon,
ASVand upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
YLTAnd on Beth-Gamul, and on Beth-Meon,
DARBYand upon Kirjathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon;
BBEAnd on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon,
WebsterAnd upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,

What does Jeremiah 48:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. Beth-gamul--meaning "the city of camels." Beth-meon--"the house of habitation": Beth-baalmeon (Jos 13:17). Now its ruins are called Miun.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 48:14-47

. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of…

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Jeremiah 48:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַ֧לve.'Aland onH5921
קִרְיָתַ֛יִםkir.ya.Ta.yimKiriathaimH7156
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
בֵּ֥יתbeitBethH1014
גָּמ֖וּלga.MulGamulH1014
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
בֵּ֥יתbeitBethH1010
מְעֽוֹן\׃me.'onMeonH1010

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 48:23

  • Joshua 13:17

    Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,

  • Jeremiah 48:1

    Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

  • Joshua 13:19

    And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth–shahar in the mount of the valley,

  • Numbers 32:38

    And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

  • Genesis 14:5

    And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Kiriathaim.
1; Ge 14:5
Shaveh Kiriathaim.
Jos 13:19
Kirjathaim. Beth-meon.
Nu 32:38
Baal-meon.
Jos 13:17
Beth-baal-meon.

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Context

  • Jeremiah 48:22

    And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth–diblathaim,

  • Jeremiah 48:23

    And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth–gamul, and upon Beth–meon,

  • Jeremiah 48:24

    And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

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Jeremiah 48:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sobre Chîriathaim, y sobre Beth-gamul, y sobre Beth-meon,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et sur Kiriathaïm, et sur Beth-Gamul, et sur Beth-Méon,
German
Elberfelder 1871
und über Kirjathaim und über Beth-Gamul und über Beth-Meon,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et super Cariathaim, et super Bethgamul, et super Bethmaon,