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
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Bible References
Geshuri
Joshua 13:13
But the {Israelites} did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this day.
2 Samuel 3:3
His second [was] Kileab by Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; the third [was] Absalom the son of Maacah, [who was] the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur.
2 Samuel 10:6
When the {Ammonites} saw that they had become odious to David, the {Ammonites} sent [word] and hired Aram Beth-Rehob and Aram-Zobah, twenty thousand infantry; and [they also hired] the king of Maacah, a thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men.
2 Samuel 13:37
Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, the king of Geshur. [David] mourned over his son {day after day}.
Bashan-havoth-jair
Numbers 32:41
And Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their unwalled villages, and he called them Havvoth Jair.
General references
Numbers 32:40
So Moses gave Gilead to Makir son of Manasseh, and he lived in it.
Numbers 34:14
For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites, the children of the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance according to the house of their families.
Joshua 13:30
Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the settlements of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, sixty cities,
Psalm 136:21
And he gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love [endures] forever.