And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle,.... By which it seems that they had more in proportion than any of the other tribes; by what means it is not easy to say; very probably they were more addicted to the pastoral life, and took more delight in breeding cattle, and were more diligent in taking...
Nobah--also a distinguished person connected with the eastern branch of the tribe of Manasseh. Next: Numbers Chapter 33
Num 32:42 Nobah, whose family is never referred to, but who probably belonged, like Jair, to one of the families of Machirites, took the town of Kenath and its daughters, i.e., the smaller towns dependent upon it (see Num 21:25), and gave it his own name Nobah.