Deuteronomy 3:14
in Deuteronomy 3Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)
KJV
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseJair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob,.... Or Trachonitis; the small towns belonging to Gilead, as in Num 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 Jos 13:13. and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day; see Num 32:41.
This site's exposition
Jair the son of Manasseh took
on Deuteronomy 3:14-15
Jair takes the country of Argob out to the borders of Geshuri and Maachathi and puts his own name on it, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. Albert Barnes observes that unto this day fixes no particular length of time and by itself settles nothing about when the sentence was written. Machir receives Gilead through his descendants, since Numbers 32:40 makes the grant to the family, and Judges 10:3-4 later has a second Jair in Gilead with thirty sons and thirty cities under the same name.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
These Geshurites held territory adjoining, if not included within, Bashan. They are not to be confounded with those mentioned in Jos 13:2, who were neighbors of the Philistines 1Sa 17:8. The exact position of Maachah like that of Geshur cannot be ascertained; but it was no doubt among the fastnesses which lay between Bashan and the kingdom of Damascus, and on the skirts of Mount Hermon. Unto this day - This expression, like our “until now,” does not, as used in the Bible, necessarily imply that the time spoken of as elapsed is long.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob--The original inhabitants of the province north of Bashan, comprising sixty cities (De 3:4), not having been extirpated along with Og, this people were afterwards brought into subjection by the energy of Jair.
Bashan-havoth-jair - Bashan of the cities of Jair; see Num 32:41.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָאִ֣יר | yair | Jair | H2971 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| לָקַח֙ | lakach | he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֶ֣בֶל | chevel | [the] region of | H2256 → | 62 times |
| אַרְגֹּ֔ב | ʾargo | Argob | H709 → | 5 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| גְּב֥וּל | gevul | [the] border of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖י | hageshuri | the Geshurite[s] | H1651 → | |
| וְהַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑י | vehamaakhati | and the Maacathite[s] | H4602 → | |
| וַיִּקְרָא֩ | vaiyikra' | and he called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֹתָ֨ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שְׁמ֤וֹ | shemo | own name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבָּשָׁן֙ | habashan | <the> Bashan | H1316 → | 60 times |
| חַוֹּ֣ת | chavot | [the] villages of | H2334 → | |
| יָאִ֔יר | yair | Jair | H2334 → | |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
יָאִ֣ירJair
yairH2971 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֗הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
לָקַח֙he took
lakachH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֶ֣בֶל[the] region of
chevelH2256 →62 times
אַרְגֹּ֔בArgob
ʾargoH709 →5 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
גְּב֥וּל[the] border of
gevulH1366 →240 times
הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖יthe Geshurite[s]
hageshuriH1651 →
וְהַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑יand the Maacathite[s]
vehamaakhatiH4602 →
וַיִּקְרָא֩and he called
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
אֹתָ֨ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שְׁמ֤וֹown name his
shemoH8034 →864 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבָּשָׁן֙<the> Bashan
habashanH1316 →60 times
חַוֹּ֣ת[the] villages of
chavotH2334 →
יָאִ֔ירJair
yairH2334 →
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 10:6When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:3
David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
- 2 Samuel 8:5
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
- Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if…
- 2 Samuel 8:3
Through
2 Samuel 13:37Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 3:3
his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
- 2 Samuel 14:23
So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 3:3
Through
2 Samuel 3:3his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
- 1 Samuel 27:8
Through
Numbers 32:41Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
it leads to
- Judges 10:4
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- Judges 10:4
Through
Joshua 13:13but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
it leads to
- Joshua 23:12–13
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
- Joshua 23:12–13
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonLate monarchyManassehJudah's longest-reigning and worst king, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; the book names his apostasy as the cause of 586…
- PlaceEast of the Sea of Galilee, north of GileadBashanThe fertile tableland east of the Sea of Galilee, the kingdom of Og and the giant clans, taken by Israel before the Jordan crossin…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.
