Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day. Cross References Numbers 32:41 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair. Deuteronomy 3:4 At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take--the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Deuteronomy 3:13 To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.) Joshua 12:5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. 2 Samuel 10:6 When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob. 2 Samuel 14:23 So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 1 Chronicles 2:22 Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. Psalm 49:11 Their graves are their eternal homes--their dwellings for endless generations--even though their lands were their namesakes. Jeremiah 40:8 they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah--Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite--they and their men. Treasury of Scripture Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob to the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, to this day. Jair 1 Chronicles 2:21-23 Argob Deuteronomy 3:4 Geshuri Joshua 13:13 2 Samuel 3:3 2 Samuel 10:6 Bashan-havoth-jair Numbers 32:41 |