Deuteronomy 3:14 BSB

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair, 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.

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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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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Jair 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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יָאִ֣יר	ya.'Ir	Jair	H2971 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה	me.na.Sheh	Manasseh	H4519 →
לָקַח֙	la.Kach	he took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
חֶ֣בֶל	Che.vel	[the] region of	H2256 →
אַרְגֹּ֔ב	'ar.Go	Argob	H709 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
גְּב֥וּל	ge.Vul	[the] border of	H1366 →
הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖י	ha.ge.shu.Ri	the Geshurite[s]	H1651 →
וְהַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑י	ve.ha.ma.'a.kha.Ti	and the Maacathite[s]	H4602 →
וַיִּקְרָא֩	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called	H7121 →
אֹתָ֨ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
שְׁמ֤וֹ	she.Mo	own name his	H8034 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַבָּשָׁן֙	ha.ba.Shan	<the> Bashan	H1316 →
חַוֹּ֣ת	cha.Vot	[the] villages of	H2334 →
יָאִ֔יר	ya.'Ir	Jair	H2334 →
עַ֖ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
הַיּ֥וֹם	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

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Through
2 Samuel 10:6
When 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…
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…
Through
2 Samuel 13:37
Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.
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.
Through
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;
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.)
Through
Numbers 32:41
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
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.
Through
Joshua 13:13
but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
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,

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