New English Translation
Deuteronomy 3:14
14Jair, 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.)
Deuteronomy 3:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.
- New International Version (NIV)Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites; it was named after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.)
- English Standard Version (ESV)Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
- New King James Version (NKJV)Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and called Bashan after his own name, Havoth Jair, to this day.)
Context of Deuteronomy 3:14
12This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites. 13The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim. 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.) 15I gave Gilead to Machir. 16To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated the territory extending from Gilead as far as Wadi Arnon (the exact middle of the wadi was a boundary) all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border.
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יָאִ֣יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה לָקַח֙ אֶת־כָּל־חֶ֣בֶל אַרְגֹּ֔ב עַד־גְּב֥וּל הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖י וְהַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑י וַיִּקְרָא֩ אֹתָ֨ם עַל־שְׁמ֤וֹ אֶת־הַבָּשָׁן֙ חַוֹּ֣ת יָאִ֔יר עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Jairיָאִירyâ'îyr · JairH2971
- the sonבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
- tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- all the countryחֶ֫בֶלchebel chêbel · cordH2256
- of Argobאַרְגֹּב'argôb · ArgobH709
- unto the coastsגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
- of Geshuriגְּשׁוּרִיgeshûrîy · GeshuriteH1651
- and Maachathiמַעֲכָתִיma‛ăkâthîy · MaacathiteH4602
- and calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- them after his own nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- Bashan–havoth–jairחַוּוֹת יָעִירchavvôth yâ‛îyr · Havvoth-jairH2334
- Bashan–havoth–jairבָּשָׁןbâshân · BashanH1316
- unto this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:14
- 1 Chronicles 2:21Later Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.
- Deuteronomy 3:4We 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.
- Joshua 13:13But the Israelites did not conquer the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.
- 2 Samuel 3:3His second son was Kileab, born to Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. His third son was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur.
- 2 Samuel 10:6When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, they sent and hired 20,000 foot soldiers from Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah, in addition to 1,000 men from the king of Maacah and 12,000 men from Ish-tob.
- 2 Samuel 13:37But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day.
- Numbers 32:41Now Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their small towns and named them Havvoth Jair.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Bashan-havoth-jair - Bashan of the cities of Jair; see Numbers 32:41.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14These Geshurites held territory adjoining, if not included within, Bashan. They are not to be confounded with those mentioned in Joshua 13:2, who were neighbors of the Philistines 1 Samuel 17:8. The exact position of Maachah like that of Geshur cannot be ascertained; but it was no doubt among the fastnesses which lay between Bashan and the kingdom of Damascus, and on the skirts of Mount Hermon. Unto this day - This expression, like our “until now,” does…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-20Verses 12-20 This country was settled on the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: see Nu 32. Moses repeats the condition of the grant to which they agreed. When at rest, we should desire to see our brethren at rest too, and should be ready to do what we can towards it; for we are not born for ourselves, but are members one of another.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Jair was a descendant of Manasseh through Makir and Gilead (1 Chronicles 2:22). The Geshurites and Maacathites were small kingdoms in Bashan. They were located along the western side of the Golan Heights, east of the Sea of Galilee. These groups lived near the land that Israel later controlled. Havvoth-jair was the name given to Argob after Jair brought it under Israelite control (see Deuteronomy 3:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob--The original inhabitants of the province north of Bashan, comprising sixty cities (De 3:4), not having been extirpated along with Og, this people were afterwards brought into subjection by the energy of Jair. This chief, of the tribe of Manasseh, in accordance with the pastoral habits of his people, called these newly acquired towns by a name which signifies "Jair's Bedouin Villages of Tents."…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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