14 Jair,(A) a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites;(B) it was named(C) after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.[a])

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:14 Or called the settlements of Jair

“This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines(A) and Geshurites,(B) from the Shihor River(C) on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron(D) on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers(E) in Gaza, Ashdod,(F) Ashkelon,(G) Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites(H) on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek(I) and the border of the Amorites;(J) the area of Byblos;(K) and all Lebanon(L) to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon(M) to Lebo Hamath.(N)

“As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim,(O) that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out(P) before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,(Q) and divide it as an inheritance(R) among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”

Division of the Land East of the Jordan

The other half of Manasseh,[a] the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the Lord, had assigned(S) it to them.(T)

It extended from Aroer(U) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau(V) of Medeba as far as Dibon,(W) 10 and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon,(X) out to the border of the Ammonites.(Y) 11 It also included Gilead,(Z) the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah(AA) 12 that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan,(AB) who had reigned in Ashtaroth(AC) and Edrei.(AD) (He was the last of the Rephaites.(AE)) Moses had defeated them and taken over their land.(AF) 13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur(AG) and Maakah,(AH) so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.(AI)

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  1. Joshua 13:8 Hebrew With it (that is, with the other half of Manasseh)

23 (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,[a](A) as well as Kenath(B) with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 2:23 Or captured the settlements of Jair

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