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<a href="/nlt/1_kings/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead, including the Towns of Jair (named for Jair of the tribe of Manasseh) in Gilead, and in the Argob region of Bashan, including sixty large fortified towns with bronze bars on their gates. <a href="/esv/1_kings/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); <a href="/bsb/1_kings/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); <a href="/kjv/1_kings/4.htm">King James Bible</a> The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars: <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Ben-Geber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan—sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars; <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); <a href="/nasb/1_kings/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); <a href="/lsb/1_kings/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (now Havvoth-Jair—Jair being the son of Manasseh—which is in Gilead was his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); <a href="/amp/1_kings/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead belonged to him, also the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); <a href="/csb/1_kings/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, 60 great cities with walls and bronze bars); <a href="/asv/1_kings/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars); <a href="/cev/1_kings/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The son of Geber was in charge of the town of Ramoth in Gilead and the villages in Gilead belonging to the family of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh. He was also in charge of the region of Argob in Bashan, which had 60 walled towns with bronze bars on their gates. <a href="/erv/1_kings/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars: <a href="/gwt/1_kings/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> [Bengeber] was in charge of Ramoth Gilead; he had the settlements of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, in Gilead. He [also] had the territory of Argob in Bashan, 60 large cities with walls and bronze bars across their gates. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Bengeber: the city of Ramoth in Gilead, and the villages in Gilead belonging to the clan of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, and the region of Argob in Bashan, sixty large towns in all, fortified with walls and with bronze bars on the gates <a href="/isv/1_kings/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead, including the towns that belonged to Manasseh's descendant Jair that are in Gilead; <a href="/msb/1_kings/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); <a href="/net/1_kings/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Ben-Geber was in charge of Ramoth Gilead; he controlled the tent villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan, including sixty large walled cities with bronze bars locking their gates. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); <a href="/wbt/1_kings/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars: <a href="/web/1_kings/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars, belonged to him); <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, has the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; he has a portion of Argob that [is] in Bashan—sixty great cities [with] wall and bronze bar; <a href="/ylt/1_kings/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, hath the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he hath a portion of Argob that is in Bashan, sixty great cities with wall and brazen bar. <a href="/slt/1_kings/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The son of Geber in Ramoth-Gilead; to him Havoth-Jair son of Manasseh, which was in Gilead; to him a portion of Ergab which is in Bashan, sixty great cities, with a wall and bars of brass.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad: he had the towns of Jair the son of Manasses in Galaad, he was chief in all the country of Argob, which is in Basan, threescore great cities with walls, and brazen bolts. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Bengeber, in Ramoth Gilead, who had the town of Jair, the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; the same was first in the entire region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls that had bronze bars; <a href="/nabre/1_kings/4.htm">New American Bible</a> the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead, having charge of the villages of Jair, son of Manasseh, in Gilead; and of the district of Argob in Bashan—sixty large walled cities with gates barred with bronze; <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh; to him also belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with wails and bronze bars; <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Bar Gabar in Ramath Gelad, his tract of Yair Bar Manasheh; his was the tract of Argub that is in Bayshan, sixty great towns that had walls and gates and bolts of brass<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars; <a href="/sep/1_kings/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him fell the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/4-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=1533" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/4.htm">Solomon's Twelve Officers</a> …12Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam; 13<a href="/hebrew/1127.htm" title="1127: ben- (N-msc) -- Son of a man, one of Solomon's leaders. From ben and geber; son of hero; Ben- Geber, an Israelite."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1127.htm" title="1127: ge·ḇer (N-proper-ms) -- Son of a man, one of Solomon's leaders. From ben and geber; son of hero; Ben- Geber, an Israelite.">Ben-geber</a> <a href="/hebrew/7418.htm" title="7418: bə·rā·mōṯ (N-proper-fs) -- Height of the south, a place in Simeon, probably the same as NH7437b. ">in Ramoth-gilead</a> <a href="/hebrew/2333.htm" title="2333: ḥaw·wōṯ (N-fpc) -- A tent village. Properly, the same as Chavvah; by implication, an encampment or village.">(the villages</a> <a href="/hebrew/2971.htm" title="2971: yā·’îr (N-proper-ms) -- He enlightens, three Isr. From 'owr; enlightener; Jair, the name of four Israelites.">of Jair</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son of</a> <a href="/hebrew/4519.htm" title="4519: mə·naš·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- From nashah; causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">Manasseh</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1568.htm" title="1568: bag·gil·‘āḏ (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably from Gal'ed; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1568.htm" title="1568: gil·‘āḏ (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably from Gal'ed; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites.">in Gilead</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">belonged to him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: ḥe·ḇel (N-msc) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin.">as well as the region</a> <a href="/hebrew/709.htm" title="709: ’ar·gōḇ (N-proper-fs) -- Argob. From the same as regeb; stony; Argob, a district of Palestine.">of Argob</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1316.htm" title="1316: bab·bā·šān (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Smooth, a region E. of the Jordan. Of uncertain derivation; Bashan, a region East of the Jordan.">in Bashan</a> <a href="/hebrew/8346.htm" title="8346: šiš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Sixty. Multiple of shesh; sixty.">with its sixty</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rîm (N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ḥō·w·māh (N-fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">with walls</a> <a href="/hebrew/5178.htm" title="5178: nə·ḥō·šeṯ (N-fs) -- Copper, bronze. For nchuwshah; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. Coin, a fetter; figuratively, base.">and bronze</a> <a href="/hebrew/1280.htm" title="1280: ū·ḇə·rî·aḥ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A bar. From barach; a bolt.">bars);</a> 14Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/joshua/17-1.htm">Joshua 17:1-2</a> Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war. / So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. <a href="/judges/1-27.htm">Judges 1:27-28</a> At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. / When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely. <a href="/2_samuel/8-2.htm">2 Samuel 8:2</a> David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute. <a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">2 Samuel 8:6</a> Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went. <a href="/1_kings/9-19.htm">1 Kings 9:19</a> as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion. <a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm">1 Kings 10:26</a> Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. <a href="/2_kings/3-4.htm">2 Kings 3:4</a> Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams. <a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7</a> Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. <a href="/1_chronicles/18-2.htm">1 Chronicles 18:2</a> David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute. <a href="/1_chronicles/18-6.htm">1 Chronicles 18:6</a> Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went. <a href="/2_chronicles/1-14.htm">2 Chronicles 1:14</a> Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. <a href="/psalms/60-8.htm">Psalm 60:8</a> Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” <a href="/isaiah/16-1.htm">Isaiah 16:1</a> Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion. <a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Jeremiah 48:1</a> Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. <a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Ezekiel 25:9</a> therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, three score great cities with walls and brazen bars:The son of Geber.<a href="/1_kings/22-3.htm">1 Kings 22:3</a> And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?<a href="/deuteronomy/4-43.htm">Deuteronomy 4:43</a> Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.<a href="/joshua/20-8.htm">Joshua 20:8</a> And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.the towns<a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41</a> And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.<a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14</a> 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.Argob<a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Deuteronomy 3:4,8,13,14</a> And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan… <a href="/psalms/22-12.htm">Psalm 22:12</a> Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.<a href="/psalms/68-15.htm">Psalm 68:15</a> The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Argob</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-7.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/joshua/22-7.htm">Bashan</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-11.htm">Ben</a> <a href="/numbers/16-39.htm">Brazen</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-35.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-7.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-7.htm">District</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-16.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-8.htm">Geber</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-7.htm">Gilead</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-19.htm">Jair</a> <a href="/judges/10-5.htm">Ja'ir</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-20.htm">Large</a> <a href="/judges/18-30.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm">Pertained</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-27.htm">Ramoth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-5.htm">Ramothgilead</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-5.htm">Ramoth-Gilead</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-11.htm">Region</a> <a href="/judges/1-27.htm">Settlements</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-31.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-31.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-7.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-18.htm">Villages</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-7.htm">Walled</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-11.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/15-25.htm">Argob</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-15.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-19.htm">Bashan</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-18.htm">Ben</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-30.htm">Brazen</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-14.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-19.htm">District</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-19.htm">Geber</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-19.htm">Gilead</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-20.htm">Great</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-22.htm">Jair</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-22.htm">Ja'ir</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-10.htm">Large</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-33.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-48.htm">Pertained</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-3.htm">Ramoth</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-4.htm">Ramothgilead</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-3.htm">Ramoth-Gilead</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-24.htm">Region</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-23.htm">Settlements</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-22.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-22.htm">Threescore</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-23.htm">Villages</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-36.htm">Walled</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 4</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/4-1.htm">Solomon's princes</a> 7. <a href="/1_kings/4-7.htm">His twelve officers for provision</a> 20. <a href="/1_kings/4-20.htm">The peace and largeness of his kingdom</a> 22. <a href="/1_kings/4-22.htm">His daily provision</a> 26. <a href="/1_kings/4-26.htm">His stable</a> 29. <a href="/1_kings/4-29.htm">His wisdom</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Ramoth-gilead was a significant city east of the Jordan River, known for its strategic military importance. It was a city of refuge, as mentioned in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-43.htm">Deuteronomy 4:43</a>, and played a role in various military campaigns, including those involving King Ahab and King Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22). The location highlights the extent of Solomon's administrative reach and the importance of maintaining control over key territories.(the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, Jair was a descendant of Manasseh, one of the tribes of Israel, and he captured the villages in Gilead, naming them after himself (<a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41</a>). This area was known for its pastoral lands and was part of the inheritance given to the half-tribe of Manasseh. The mention of Jair's villages indicates the historical continuity of tribal territories and the integration of these lands into Solomon's administrative structure.as well as the region of Argob in Bashan Argob was a region in Bashan, known for its fertile lands and strong cities. Bashan was famous for its rich pastures and cattle, as referenced in <a href="/psalms/22-12.htm">Psalm 22:12</a>. The inclusion of Argob in Ben-geber's jurisdiction underscores the wealth and resources available to Solomon's kingdom. This area was also associated with the Rephaim, a group of ancient giants, as mentioned in <a href="/deuteronomy/3-13.htm">Deuteronomy 3:13</a>.with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); The sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars highlight the fortified nature of the region, emphasizing its military and economic significance. The use of bronze bars suggests advanced metallurgical skills and the importance of defense in maintaining control over these territories. This description aligns with the biblical portrayal of Bashan as a land of strong cities (<a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Deuteronomy 3:4-5</a>). The fortified cities reflect the stability and prosperity during Solomon's reign, symbolizing the peace and security that characterized his kingdom, which can be seen as a type of the future Messianic kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/ben-geber.htm">Ben-Geber</a> A governor appointed by King Solomon, responsible for the region of Ramoth-gilead. 2. <a href="/topical/r/ramoth-gilead.htm">Ramoth-gilead</a> A significant city in the territory of Gilead, known for its strategic and military importance. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jair_son_of_manasseh.htm">Jair son of Manasseh</a> A descendant of Manasseh who had previously conquered and settled in parts of Gilead. 4. <a href="/topical/g/gilead.htm">Gilead</a> A region east of the Jordan River, known for its balm and fertile land. 5. <a href="/topical/a/argob_in_bashan.htm">Argob in Bashan</a> A region noted for its fortified cities, characterized by strong walls and bronze bars.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_leadership.htm">God's Sovereignty in Leadership</a> God appoints leaders to govern and manage His people. Just as Solomon appointed governors, we must recognize and respect the authorities God places over us. <a href="/topical/s/strategic_stewardship.htm">Strategic Stewardship</a> The regions of Gilead and Bashan were strategically important. In our lives, we should identify and steward the resources and opportunities God has given us wisely. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_inheritance.htm">Legacy and Inheritance</a> Jair's legacy in Gilead reminds us of the importance of leaving a godly inheritance for future generations. Our actions today can impact our descendants. <a href="/topical/s/strength_in_unity.htm">Strength in Unity</a> The fortified cities with walls and bronze bars symbolize strength and protection. As believers, we find strength in unity and community, fortified by our faith. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_service.htm">Faithfulness in Service</a> Ben-Geber's role as a governor exemplifies faithful service. We are called to serve diligently in whatever capacity God has placed us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 4</a> <a href="/q/does_proverbs_4_1_ignore_bad_guidance.htm">Does the call to heed a father's instruction in Proverbs 4:1 ignore the possibility of flawed or harmful parental guidance?</a> <a href="/q/ezekiel_4_6__judah's_40_days_vs._kings.htm">Ezekiel 4:6: How do the 40 days for Judah align with or contradict other biblical timelines found in Kings and Chronicles?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_hosea_4_1-3's_land_effects.htm">Hosea 4:1-3: Is there any archaeological or historical evidence supporting the catastrophic effects on the land described here?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_david_anointed_again_in_2_samuel.htm">In 2 Samuel 2:4, why is David anointed again when he was already anointed in 1 Samuel 16:13?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) The sixth division, large, but probably less fertile, crosses the Jordan, and includes a great portion of the territory of Manasseh and Gad. The region of Argob, "the rocky region" (afterwards translated into the Greek name Trachonitis), is noticed in <a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm" title="And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, three score cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.">Deuteronomy 3:4</a>; <a href="/context/deuteronomy/3-13.htm" title="And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.">Deuteronomy 3:13-14</a>, as the land of Og, covered with great cities, taken by Jair, son of Manasseh, and called Havoth-Jair--"the towns of Jair." Ramoth-gilead was a Levitical city and a city of refuge, in Gad (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-43.htm" title="Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.">Deuteronomy 4:43</a>; <a href="/joshua/20-8.htm" title="And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.">Joshua 20:8</a>; <a href="/joshua/21-38.htm" title="And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,">Joshua 21:38</a>), famous afterwards in the wars with the Syrians (<a href="/1_kings/22-3.htm" title="And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know you that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?">1Kings 22:3</a>; <a href="/2_kings/8-28.htm" title="And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.">2Kings 8:28</a>; <a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm" title="And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this box of oil in your hand, and go to Ramothgilead:">2Kings 9:1</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - The son of Geber [possibly son of the Geber mentioned in ver. 19] in Ramothgilead [two districts east of the Jordan are now enumerated. And first, the territory of Gad. Bamoth-gilead was a Levitical city (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-43.htm">Deuteronomy 4:43</a>; <a href="/joshua/21-38.htm">Joshua 21:38</a>). Its selection as a city of refuge (<a href="/joshua/20-8.htm">Joshua 20:8</a>), and as the seat of Bengeber's prefecture, together with the constant wars waged for its possession (<a href="/1_kings/22-3.htm">1 Kings 22:3</a>; <a href="/2_kings/8-28.htm">2 Kings 8:28</a>; <a href="/2_kings/9-14.htm">2 Kings 9:14</a>) show that it was a position of great strength and importance]; to him pertained the towns of Jair [the Havoth Jair are strictly the lives (i.e., villages, because men live there) of Jair. So Gesenius, who cites Eisleben and similar names] the son Manasseh [it is doubtful whether the judge of that name (<a href="/judges/10-3.htm">Judges 10:3</a>) or Jair, the son of Segub (called a "son of Manasseh" in <a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41</a>, because his grandmother was a daughter of the great Machir, though his father belonged to Judah, <a href="/1_chronicles/2-21.htm">1 Chronicles 2:21</a>), is intended. Probably it is the latter. (They can hardly be one and the same person, though they are often identified, as, e.g., in the Speaker's Comm. on <a href="/judges/10-3.htm">Judges 10:3</a>. But they belong to different periods.) Curiously enough, the Havoth Jair are mentioned in connexion with each (see <a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Deuteronomy 3:4, 5, 14</a>; <a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Joshua 13:30</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/2-22.htm">1 Chronicles 2:22</a>; <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Judges 10:4</a>), but in every ease except the last the reference is to the son of Segub. As the judge was probably one of his descendants, it is not surprising that the judge's sons should possess some of the villages of Jair], which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region [חֶבֶל, lit., measuring cord, came to signify the region measured] of Argob [elsewhere "the Argob," i.e., the stony. This is the region subsequently known as Trachonitis, now called the Lejah. It is distinguished here and in <a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Joshua 13:30</a>, and <a href="/1_chronicles/2-22.htm">1 Chronicles 2:22</a> from the Gileadite district just mentioned, with which it is sometimes confounded. Both seem to have been conquered by Jair, but the towns of the former bore the name of Havoth Jair and these of Bashan Havoth Jair. Cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Deuteronomy 3:4, 5, 14</a> with <a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41</a>. The latter consisted of threescore cities, with walls, gates, and bars. This remarkable district, twenty-two miles in length by fourteen in breadth, is "wholly composed of black basalt, which appears to have issued from innumerable pores in the earth in a liquid state .... Before cooling, its surface was violently agitated, and it was afterwards shattered and rent by convulsions .... Strange as it may seem, this ungainly and forbidding region is thickly studded with deserted cities and villages" (Porter, "Giant Cities of Bashan," also in Kitto's Cycl. 3. p. 1032; Dict. Bib. 1:104)] which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars. [These words are a reminiscence of <a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Deuteronomy 3:4, 5</a>.] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/4-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Ben-geber גֶּ֖בֶר (ge·ḇer) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1127.htm">Strong's 1127: </a> Ben-geber -- 'son of a man', one of Solomon's leaders in Ramoth-gilead בְּרָמֹ֣ת (bə·rā·mōṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7433.htm">Strong's 7433: </a> Ramoth-gilead -- a city East of the Jordan (the villages חַוֺּת֩ (ḥaw·wōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2333.htm">Strong's 2333: </a> An encampment, village of Jair יָאִ֨יר (yā·’îr) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2971.htm">Strong's 2971: </a> Jair -- 'he enlightens', three Israelites son of Manasseh מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה (mə·naš·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4519.htm">Strong's 4519: </a> Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites in Gilead גִּלְעָ֑ד (gil·‘āḏ) Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1568.htm">Strong's 1568: </a> Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites [belonged] to him, ל֡וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> as well as the region חֶ֤בֶל (ḥe·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2256.htm">Strong's 2256: </a> A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin of Argob אַרְגֹּב֙ (’ar·gōḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_709.htm">Strong's 709: </a> Argob in Bashan בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן (bab·bā·šān) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1316.htm">Strong's 1316: </a> Bashan -- 'smooth', a region East of the Jordan with its sixty שִׁשִּׁים֙ (šiš·šîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8346.htm">Strong's 8346: </a> Sixty great גְּדֹל֔וֹת (gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent cities עָרִ֣ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement with walls חוֹמָ֖ה (ḥō·w·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> A wall of protection and bronze נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ (nə·ḥō·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5178.htm">Strong's 5178: </a> Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base bars); וּבְרִ֥יחַ (ū·ḇə·rî·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1280.htm">Strong's 1280: </a> A bolt <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-13.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 4:13 Ben Geber in Ramoth Gilead to him (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 4:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 4:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/4-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 4:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 4:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>