Deuteronomy 3:14

Deuteronomy 3:14

The Land East of the Jordan Divided

12 “And this ^aland, which we possessed at that time, ^bfrom Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and ^cits cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites.

13 ^aThe rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the¹ giants.

14 ^aJair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, ^bas far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and ^ccalled Bashan after his own name, Havoth Jair, to this day.)

15 “Also I gave ^aGilead to Machir.

16 And to the Reubenites ^aand the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the River Arnon, the middle of the river as the border, as far as the River Jabbok, ^bthe border of the people of Ammon;

17 the plain also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth ^aas far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah ^b(the Salt Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob—The original inhabitants of the province north of Bashan, comprising sixty cities (Deuteronomy 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."

unto this day—This remark must evidently have been introduced by Ezra, or some of the pious men who arranged and collected the books of Moses.

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Judges 10:3
2 Samuel 10:6-14
1 Chronicles 2:22
Jeremiah 40:8
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