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Nu 32:38 Strong Concordance And Nebo [05015], and Baalmeon [01186], (their names [08034] being changed [04142] and Shibmah [07643]: and gave [07121] other names [08034] [08034] unto the cities [05892] which they builded [01129].
  King James And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(their names being changed)--either because it was the general custom of conquerors to do so; or, rather, because from the prohibition to mention the names of other gods (Exo 23:13), as Nebo and Baal were, it was expedient on the first settlement of the Israelites to obliterate all remembrance of those idols. (See Jos 13:17-20).
 
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17 Heshbon [02809], and all her cities [05892] that are in the plain [04334]; Dibon [01769], and Bamothbaal [01120], and Bethbaalmeon [01010],
18 And Jahazah [03096], and Kedemoth [06932], and Mephaath [04158],
19 And Kirjathaim [07156], and Sibmah [07643], and Zarethshahar [06890] in the mount [02022] of the valley [06010],
20 And Bethpeor [01047], and Ashdothpisgah [0798] [0794], and Bethjeshimoth [01020],
13 And in all things that I have said [0559] unto you be circumspect [08104]: and make no mention [02142] of the name [08034] of other [0312] gods [0430], neither let it be heard [08085] out [05921] of thy mouth [06310].
13 And in all things that I have said [0559] unto you be circumspect [08104]: and make no mention [02142] of the name [08034] of other [0312] gods [0430], neither let it be heard [08085] out [05921] of thy mouth [06310].
42 And Nobah [05025] went [01980] and took [03920] Kenath [07079], and the villages [01323] thereof, and called [07121] it Nobah [05025], after his own name [08034].