Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair son of Manasseh has taken all the region of Argob, as far as the border of Geshuri and Maachathi ([namely] Bashan), and calls them by his own name, Havoth-Jair, to this day.
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15And I have given Gilead to Machir.
Cross References
Numbers 32:41And Jair son of Manasseh has gone and captures their towns, and calls them “Towns of Jair”;
2 Samuel 3:3and his second [is] Chileab, of Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite, and the third [is] Absalom son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur,
2 Samuel 13:37And Absalom has fled, and goes to Talmai, son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, and [David] mourns for his son all the days.
2 Samuel 23:34Eliphelet son of Ahasbai, son of the Maachathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
1 Chronicles 2:22And Segub begot Jair, and he has twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead,
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:13-21
Allotment of the Conquered Lands. ( b. c. 1451.) 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and… Read the whole commentary →