Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
Bashan-havoth-jair
General references
Bible References
Geshuri
Joshua 13:13
But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; for Geshur and Maacath live among Israel to this day.
2 Samuel 3:3
his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of [his wife] Maacah, daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur;
2 Samuel 10:6
When the Ammonites saw that they had become an object of hatred to David, they sent word and hired the Arameans (Syrians) of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men [to fight for them].
2 Samuel 13:37
But Absalom fled and went to [his mother’s father] Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
Bashan-havoth-jair
Numbers 32:41
[The sons of] Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns (tent villages) and called them Havvoth-jair.
General references
Numbers 32:40
So Moses gave Gilead to [the tribe of] Machir the son of Manasseh, and they settled in it.
Numbers 34:14
for the tribe of the sons of Reuben and the tribe of the sons of Gad have received their inheritance by their fathers’ households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession.
Joshua 13:30
Their region extended from Mahanaim, all Bashan, the entire kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;
Psalm 136:21
And gave their land as a heritage,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
And gave their land as a heritage,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;