Joshua 13:30
in Joshua 13The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
KJV
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
8 notes on this verseOf Jair - Who, though of the tribe of Judah, by the father, 1 Chron. ii, 21, 22, yet is called the son of Manasseh, Num. xxxii, 41, because he married a daughter of Manasseh, and wholly associated himself with those valiant Manassites; and with their help took sixty cities or great towns, Deut. iii, 4, 14, which thence were called the towns of Jair.
This site's exposition
what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad
on Joshua 13:24-31
Gad inherits Jacob's ground, since Mahanaim is where Jacob met the angels of God at Genesis 32:1-2. Adam Clarke identifies Ramath-mizpeh with Ramoth-gilead, a city of refuge at Joshua 20:8 and the field where Ahab dies. Manasseh receives the sixty towns of Jair, named by Jair at Numbers 32:41.
This site's exposition
all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities
Jair belonged to two tribes. Adam Clarke traces him through 1 Chronicles 2:21 to 22, where Hezron of Judah marries a daughter of Machir and their grandson is Jair. Deuteronomy 3:4 counts the same sixty cities in the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
In the edge of the tribe stood Chorazin, honoured with Christ's wondrous works, but ruined by his righteous woe for not improving them. [4.] Twice in this chapter it is taken notice of that to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance (
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The Distribution of Canaan. 1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the L ORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
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And their coast was from Mahanaim,....
If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's; but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitations must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup, Deut. x.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The towns of Jair - These were sixty cities; they are mentioned afterwards, and in 1Ch 2:21, etc. They are the same with the Havoth-jair mentioned Num 32:41. Jair was son of Segub, grandson of Esron or Hezron, and great-grandson of Machir by his grandmother’s side, who married Hezron of the tribe of Judah. See his genealogy, 1Ch 2:21-24.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| גְבוּלָ֗ם | gevulam | territory their | H1366 → | 240 times |
| מִמַּחֲנַ֨יִם | mimachanayim | from Mahanaim | H4266 → | 13 times |
| כָּֽל־ | kal- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַבָּשָׁ֜ן | habashan | <the> Bashan | H1316 → | 60 times |
| כָּֽל־ | kal- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַמְלְכ֣וּת׀ | mamlekhut | [the] kingdom of | H4468 → | 9 times |
| ע֣וֹג | og | Og | H5747 → | 22 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַבָּשָׁ֗ן | habashan | <the> Bashan | H1316 → | 60 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חַוֹּ֥ת | chavot | [the] villages of | H2333 → | |
| יָאִ֛יר | yair | Jair | H2971 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן | babashan | [are] in <the> Bashan | H1316 → | 60 times |
| שִׁשִּׁ֥ים | shishim | sixty | H8346 → | |
| עִֽיר׃ | ʾir | citi[es] | H5892 → | 1090 times |
וַיְהִ֣יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
גְבוּלָ֗םterritory their
gevulamH1366 →240 times
מִמַּחֲנַ֨יִםfrom Mahanaim
mimachanayimH4266 →13 times
כָּֽל־all
kal-H3605 →5413 times
הַבָּשָׁ֜ן<the> Bashan
habashanH1316 →60 times
כָּֽל־all
kal-H3605 →5413 times
מַמְלְכ֣וּת׀[the] kingdom of
mamlekhutH4468 →9 times
ע֣וֹגOg
ogH5747 →22 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
הַבָּשָׁ֗ן<the> Bashan
habashanH1316 →60 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
חַוֹּ֥ת[the] villages of
chavotH2333 →
יָאִ֛ירJair
yairH2971 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן[are] in <the> Bashan
babashanH1316 →60 times
שִׁשִּׁ֥יםsixty
shishimH8346 →
עִֽיר׃citi[es]
ʾirH5892 →1090 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Joshua 13:26the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 17:27
When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
- 2 Samuel 2:8
Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
- Judges 10:17
Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
- Genesis 32:1–2
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
- 2 Samuel 17:27
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.