Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

Bible References

The towns

Numbers 32:41
Now Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their small towns and named them Havvoth Jair.
Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites and Maacathites (namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth-Jair, which it retains to this very day.)

Argob

Deuteronomy 3:4
We captured all his cities at that time -- there was not a town we did not take from them -- sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the dominion of Og in Bashan.
Psalm 22:12
Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.
Psalm 68:15
The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks.

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