Deuteronomy 3:14

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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.

Geshuri

Bashan-havoth-jair

Numbers 32:41

General references

Bible References

Geshuri

However, the people of Israel did not send out the Geshurites, or the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath are living among Israel to this day.

And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.

So Absalom went in flight and came to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur, where he was for three years.

Bashan-havoth-jair

And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.

General references

And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his living-place.

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, by their fathers' families, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by their fathers' families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have been given their heritage:

And their limit was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all Havvoth-Jair, in Bashan, sixty towns;

And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.