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Deuteronomy 3:14

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14 1Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of 2the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages 3after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
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Deuteronomy 3:14 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob
Or Trachonitis; the small towns belonging to Gilead, as in ( Numbers 32:41 )

unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi;
these were little kingdoms in Syria, on which the country of Argob bordered, and had kings over them in the time of David, and came not into the possession of the Israelites; see ( Joshua 13:13 ) ( 2 Samuel 3:3 ) ( 2 Samuel 10:6 2 Samuel 10:8 ) ( 15:8 )

and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day;
see ( Numbers 32:41 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 3:14 In-Context

12 "When we took possession of this land at that time, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory beginning at Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead with its cities.
13 The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, that is, all the region of Argob, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All that portion of Bashan is called the land of Rephaim.
14 Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
15 To Machir I gave Gilead,
16 and to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the Valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a border, as far over as the river Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites;

Cross References 3

  • 1. Numbers 32:41; [1 Chronicles 2:22, 23]
  • 2. Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11, 13; 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 13:37, 38
  • 3. Numbers 32:41
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