Numbers 32:42

Modern

And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Traditional

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Literal

And Nobah went and took Kenath and its daughter-villages, and he called it Nobah after his own name.

Latin

Nobe quoque perrexit, et apprehendit Chanath cum viculis suis: vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe.

Hebrew

English

And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Three clans of Manasseh conquered part of Gilead and Bashan (compare Deuteronomy 3:13–15; Joshua 13:29–31). The exact location of Nobah is still unknown (compare Judges 8:11).
Havvoth-jair: Compare Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:30; Judges 10:4; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:21–23).

The tribes of Gad and Reuben, along with half the tribe of Manasseh, settled east of the Jordan River (for example, Deuteronomy 3:12–13; 4:43; 29:7–8). These tribes lived in lands and towns captured from King Sihon the Amorite and King Og of Bashan (Numbers 32:33; see 21:21–35).
Half the tribe of Manasseh suddenly appears in the discussion about distributing the land. Part of Manasseh's tribe settled east of the Jordan River, while another part settled in Canaan, west of the Jordan (compare Joshua 17:1–12; 22:7).

2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
Psalm 49:11
Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes.

Nobah: Captured Kenath, renamed it Nobah

Kenath: A city in Gilead, captured by Nobah and renamed