Transjordan

Also called: East of the Jordan

First named: Numbers 32:1

Region Moab Transjordan Exodus/Wilderness Judges United Monarchy

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The territory east of the Jordan River that the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh requested and received as their inheritance because of its suitability for their large herds, on condition that their fighting men first help conquer Canaan proper (Numbers 32; Joshua 22).

References: Numbers 32:1; Numbers 32; Joshua 22

People connected to Transjordan

Gideon (M) — pursued the fleeing Midianite kings across the Jordan into this region
Judges 8:4-12
Jeriah (M) — set by David over the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-Manasseh east of the Jordan
1 Chronicles 26:31-32
Sihon (M) — the Amorite king whose land east of the Jordan Israel took after he attacked them
Numbers 21:21-31

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