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Jair renamed this region after himself, calling it the Towns of Jair, as it is still known today.) <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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.) <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/3.htm">King James Bible</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. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/3.htm">New King James Version</a> 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.) <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, that is, Bashan, and named it after his own name: Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.) <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called it, that is, Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.) <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called it, that is, Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.) <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites and called it—that is, Bashan—after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.) <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Jair the son (descendant) of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, that is Bashan, and called it after his own name, Havvoth (the villages of) Jair, as it is called to this day.) <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took over the entire region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He called Bashan by his own name, Jair’s Villages, as it is today. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took over the entire region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He called Bashan by his own name, Jair&#8217s Villages, as it is today. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.) <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites; and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.) <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole territory of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites. The settlements in Bashan he named Havvoth Jair after himself. This is still their name today.) <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jair, from the tribe of Manasseh, took the entire region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of Geshur and Maacah. He named the villages after himself, and they are still known as the villages of Jair.) <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> Manasseh's son Jair captured all the Argob region as far as the territory of the descendants of Geshur and the descendants of Maacath. Bashan was named after him; that's why it is called Havvoth-jair to this day. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/3.htm">NET Bible</a> 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.) <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.) <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob, to the borders of Geshuri, and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, to this day. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.) <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Jair son of Manasseh has taken all the region of Argob, as far as the border of Geshuri and Maachathi ([namely] Bashan), and calls them by his own name, Havoth-Jair, to this day. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'Jair son of Manasseh hath taken all the region of Argob, unto the border of Geshuri, and Maachathi, and calleth them by his own name, Bashan-Havoth-Jair, unto this day. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the region of Argob, even to the boundary of Geshuri and Maachathi; and he call them according to his name, Bashan-Havath-Jair, even to this day.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Jair the son of Manasses possessed all the country of d Argob unto the borders of Gessuri, and Machati. And he called Basan by his own name, Havoth Jair, that is to say, the towns of Jair, until this present day. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Jair, the son of Manasseh, possessed all the region of Argob, as far as the borders of Geshur and Maacath. And he called Bashan by his own name, Havvoth Jair, that is, the villages of Jair, even to the present day. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/3.htm">New American Bible</a> Jair, a Manassite, took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and named them—Bashan, that is—after himself, Havvoth-jair, the name it bears today.) <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Jair the Manassite acquired the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and he named them—that is, Bashan—after himself, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Jair the son of Manasseh took for himself all the region of Argob as far as the border of Geshur and Maachath; and called them after his own name, Mathnin and Caproney Jair, to this day. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Yair son of Manasheh took for himself all the portion of Argub unto the borders of Geshur and of Makath and he has called them by the name of Mathnin and Kaphruneyd’Yair –“Villages of Yair” until today.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.-- <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Jair the son of Manasse took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Gargasi and Machathi: he called them by his name Basan Thavoth Jair until this day. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/3-14.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/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=934" 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/deuteronomy/3.htm">Land Division East of the Jordan</a> …13To 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.) 14<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.">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.).">a descendant</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.">of Manasseh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qaḥ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the whole</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.">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/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">as far as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: gə·ḇūl (N-msc) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">the border</a> <a href="/hebrew/1651.htm" title="1651: hag·gə·šū·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Geshur, also a people S. of Philistia. Patrial from Gshuwr; a Geshurite or inhabitants of Geshur.">of the Geshurites</a> <a href="/hebrew/4602.htm" title="4602: wə·ham·ma·‘ă·ḵā·ṯî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Maacah. Patrial from Ma'akah; a Maakathite, or inhabitant of Maakah.">and Maacathites.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">He renamed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1316.htm" title="1316: hab·bā·šān (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Smooth, a region E. of the Jordan. Of uncertain derivation; Bashan, a region East of the Jordan.">Bashan</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">himself,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2334.htm" title="2334: ḥaw·wōṯ (N-fpc) -- From the plural of chavvah and a modification of Ya'uwr; hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2334.htm" title="2334: yā·’îr (N-proper-ms) -- From the plural of chavvah and a modification of Ya'uwr; hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine.">Havvoth-jair,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">by which it is called</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">to this day.</a> 15To Machir I gave Gilead,…<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="/numbers/32-39.htm">Numbers 32:39-42</a> The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. / So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there. / Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair. ... <a href="/joshua/13-13.htm">Joshua 13:13</a> but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day. <a href="/1_chronicles/2-21.htm">1 Chronicles 2:21-23</a> Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub. / Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. / But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. <a href="/judges/10-3.htm">Judges 10:3-5</a> Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. / He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair. / When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon. <a href="/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13</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="/joshua/12-4.htm">Joshua 12:4-5</a> And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei. / 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. <a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Joshua 13:30-31</a> The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities; / half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir. <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_kings/10-33.htm">2 Kings 10:33</a> from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan. <a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm">Isaiah 16:8-9</a> For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea. / So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest. <a href="/jeremiah/48-32.htm">Jeremiah 48:32</a> I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest. <a href="/matthew/4-15.htm">Matthew 4:15</a> “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— <a href="/mark/7-31.htm">Mark 7:31</a> Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. <a href="/luke/4-31.htm">Luke 4:31-32</a> Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people. / They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority. <a href="/john/1-44.htm">John 1:44-46</a> Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter. / Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” / “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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<a href="/1_chronicles/2-21.htm">1 Chronicles 2:21-23</a> And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub… Argob<a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Deuteronomy 3:4</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.Geshuri<a href="/joshua/13-13.htm">Joshua 13:13</a> Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.<a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm">2 Samuel 3:3</a> And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;<a href="/2_samuel/10-6.htm">2 Samuel 10:6</a> And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.Bashan-havoth-jair<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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/9-10.htm">Air</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-13.htm">Argob</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-13.htm">Bashan</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-18.htm">Border</a> <a href="/numbers/35-27.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/numbers/34-12.htm">Coasts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-12.htm">Country</a> <a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">Havvoth</a> <a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">Havvoth-Jair</a> <a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">Hav'voth-Ja'ir</a> <a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">ir</a> <a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">Ja'ir</a> <a href="/joshua/13-13.htm">Maacathites</a> <a href="/joshua/13-13.htm">Ma-Ac'athites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-13.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Naming</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-13.htm">Region</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Villages</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/4-17.htm">Air</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-13.htm">Argob</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-43.htm">Bashan</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-16.htm">Border</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-4.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-3.htm">Coasts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-25.htm">Country</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Havvoth</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Havvoth-Jair</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Hav'voth-Ja'ir</a> <a href="/joshua/19-41.htm">ir</a> <a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Ja'ir</a> <a href="/joshua/12-5.htm">Maacathites</a> <a href="/joshua/12-5.htm">Ma-Ac'athites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-8.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/judges/1-26.htm">Naming</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-3.htm">Region</a> <a href="/joshua/13-23.htm">Villages</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 3</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/3-1.htm">The conquest of Og, king of Bashan</a> 11. <a href="/deuteronomy/3-11.htm">This size of his bed</a> 12. <a href="/deuteronomy/3-12.htm">The distribution of his lands to the two tribes and half</a> 23. <a href="/deuteronomy/3-23.htm">Moses prays to enter into the land</a> 26. <a href="/deuteronomy/3-26.htm">He is permitted to see it</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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Manasseh was the firstborn son of Joseph, who was one of the twelve sons of Jacob. The tribe of Manasseh was divided into two half-tribes, one settling on the east side of the Jordan River and the other on the west. Jair belonged to the eastern half-tribe, which was known for its valor and military prowess. This connection to Manasseh highlights the fulfillment of Jacob's blessing over Joseph's sons, where he prophesied that they would become a great people (<a href="/genesis/48-19.htm">Genesis 48:19</a>).took the whole region of Argob The region of Argob was a fertile and strategic area located in Bashan, east of the Jordan River. Known for its fortified cities and rich pastures, Argob was a significant conquest for the Israelites. The capture of this region by Jair demonstrates the fulfillment of God's promise to give the Israelites the land of Canaan and its surrounding territories (<a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Deuteronomy 1:8</a>). The conquest of Argob also signifies the expansion of Israel's territory and influence during this period.as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites The Geshurites and Maacathites were neighboring peoples who lived in the region northeast of the Sea of Galilee. These groups maintained their distinct identities and were not fully conquered by the Israelites, as noted in other biblical passages (<a href="/joshua/13-13.htm">Joshua 13:13</a>). The mention of these borders indicates the extent of Jair's conquest and the geographical boundaries of Israel's influence at the time. It also reflects the ongoing challenges Israel faced in fully possessing the land due to the presence of other nations.He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair Renaming places was a common practice in ancient times, often signifying ownership or commemorating a significant event. By renaming Bashan as Havvoth-jair, which means "villages of Jair," Jair established his legacy and marked his authority over the region. This act of renaming is similar to other biblical instances where individuals renamed locations to reflect divine encounters or personal achievements (<a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a>, <a href="/genesis/32-30.htm">Genesis 32:30</a>).by which it is called to this day The phrase "to this day" suggests that the name Havvoth-jair persisted for a considerable time, indicating the lasting impact of Jair's conquest and influence. This enduring name serves as a historical marker, reminding future generations of the victories and territorial expansions achieved by the Israelites. It also underscores the reliability of the biblical narrative, as the names and places mentioned have historical and archaeological significance that can be traced through time.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jair.htm">Jair</a> A descendant of Manasseh, one of the tribes of Israel. He is noted for his conquest and naming of the region of Bashan. 2. <a href="/topical/m/manasseh.htm">Manasseh</a> One of the twelve tribes of Israel, named after Joseph's son. Jair is a descendant of this tribe. 3. <a href="/topical/a/argob.htm">Argob</a> A region in Bashan, known for its fortified cities and fertile land. 4. <a href="/topical/g/geshurites_and_maacathites.htm">Geshurites and Maacathites</a> Neighboring peoples or tribes that bordered the region conquered by Jair. 5. <a href="/topical/h/havvoth-jair.htm">Havvoth-jair</a> The name given to the region of Bashan after Jair's conquest, meaning "villages of Jair."<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a> Jair's actions left a lasting legacy, as the region was named after him. Consider how our actions today can impact future generations. <a href="/topical/g/god's_promises_fulfilled.htm">God's Promises Fulfilled</a> The conquest of the land by Jair is a fulfillment of God's promise to give the Israelites the land. Trust in God's promises, even when fulfillment seems distant. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a> Jair's leadership in taking the land demonstrates the importance of stepping up to responsibilities. Reflect on areas where God is calling you to lead. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_and_historical_context.htm">Cultural and Historical Context</a> Understanding the historical context of the Geshurites and Maacathites can enrich our understanding of the biblical account. Study the cultural background of biblical events to gain deeper insights. <a href="/topical/n/naming_and_identity.htm">Naming and Identity</a> The act of naming places after significant events or people is a recurring theme in the Bible. Consider how names and identity play a role in your spiritual journey.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 3</a> <a href="/q/geshurites'_history.htm">What is the historical background of the Geshurites?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_a_consistent_christian_life.htm">What is the historical background of the Geshurites?</a> <a href="/q/who_were_tola,_jair,_ibzan,_elon,_abdon.htm">Who were Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon?</a> <a href="/q/could_jair's_30_sons_rule_30_cities.htm">(Judges 10:4) How feasible is it that Jair had thirty sons, all uniquely ruling thirty cities with their own donkeys? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) Jair took . . . unto this day.--The last words of this chapter seem to point to a later hand, as of Joshua, describing the completion of the conquest. The expression "unto this day" is characteristically common in Joshua, or in the editorial notes inserted throughout that book. (See Introduction to Joshua, "On the Style of the Book.")Geshuri and Maachathi--i.e., the Geshurite and the Maachathite, the inhabitants of Geshur and Maachah. "The Maachathites, near the Jordan springs (comp. Abel-Beth-maachah, <a href="/context/2_samuel/20-14.htm" title="And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.">2Samuel 20:14-15</a>), and the Geshurites, rather farther east" (Conder, Bible Handbook, p. 254). Talmai, king of Geshur, was the grandfather of Absalom (<a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm" title="And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;">2Samuel 3:3</a>), who took refuge with him after he killed Ammon (<a href="/2_samuel/13-37.htm" title="But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.">2Samuel 13:37</a>). "Argob, Trachonitis, or El-Lejja, has been an asylum for all malefactors and refugees ever since" (Giant Cities of Bashan, p. 92).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - Jair, a descendant of Manasseh by the mother's side (his father was of the tribe of Judah, <a href="/1_chronicles/2-22.htm">1 Chronicles 2:22</a>), obtained the Argob region unto - i.e., inclusive of (see <a href="/joshua/13-13.htm">Joshua 13:13</a>) - the territory of the Geshuri and Maachathi. These were small Syrian tribes located to the east of Hermon. As Geshur signifies a bridge, it has been conjectured that the Geshurites were located near some well-known bridge across the Jordan, of which, perhaps, they were the keepers, and from this took their name. Maachah is called Aram (Syria) Maachah in <a href="/1_chronicles/19-6.htm">1 Chronicles 19:6</a>. According to the 'Ono-masticon,' it was "a city of the Amorites, by the Jordan, near Mount Hermon" (s.v. Μαχαθί). It had in later times a king, who allied himself with the Ammonites against David (<a href="/1_chronicles/19-7.htm">1 Chronicles 19:7</a>). These tribes were subdued, but not destroyed, by the Israelites; and at a later period seem to have regained their independence, and to have formed one kingdom (comp. <a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm">2 Samuel 3:3</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/10-6.htm">2 Samuel 10:6</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/13-37.htm">2 Samuel 13:37</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/15-8.htm">2 Samuel 15:8</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/3-2.htm">1 Chronicles 3:2</a>). And called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair. The word havoth (properly chavvoth, חַלֺוּת) is the plural of a word meaning life, and Char-voth-Jair probably signifies Jair's livings, not Jair's villages, for these were apparently fortified cities (vers. 4, 5; <a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Joshua 13:30</a>; <a href="/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13</a>). These were recaptured by the Geshurites, aided by the Arameans (<a href="/1_chronicles/2-23.htm">1 Chronicles 2:23</a>, "And Geshur and Aram took Chavvoth-Jair from them," etc.); at what time is unknown. From <a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Numbers 32:42</a>, it appears that Nobah, also a family descended from Machir, took certain towns, viz. "Kenath and her daughters" in this district; these, with the twenty-three Hay-voth-Jair, made up the sixty towns which "belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead" (<a href="/1_chronicles/2-23.htm">1 Chronicles 2:23</a>). Nobah was probably in some way subordinate to Jair, and so in this rhetorical discourse, where it is not the purpose of the author to enter on minute details, the whole of these cities are included under the name Havvoth-Jair. Unto this day. "This does not necessarily imply a long time; and Moses himself may have used this expression, though only shortly after the event, in order to give prominence to the capture of the fortified cities of the giant' king Og, by the Manassites for the encouragement of the Israelites" (Herzheimer). <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Jair, יָאִ֣יר (yā·’îr) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2971.htm">Strong's 2971: </a> Jair -- 'he enlightens', three Israelites a descendant בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Manasseh, מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה (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 took לָקַח֙ (lā·qaḥ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take the whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every region חֶ֣בֶל (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 אַרְגֹּ֔ב (’ar·gōḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_709.htm">Strong's 709: </a> Argob as far as עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the border גְּב֥וּל (gə·ḇūl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed of the Geshurites הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖י (hag·gə·šū·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1651.htm">Strong's 1651: </a> Geshurites -- inhabitants of Geshur, also a people South of Philistia and Maacathites. וְהַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑י (wə·ham·ma·‘ă·ḵā·ṯî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4602.htm">Strong's 4602: </a> Maacathite -- inhabitant of Maacah He named וַיִּקְרָא֩ (way·yiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read Bashan הַבָּשָׁן֙ (hab·bā·šān) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1316.htm">Strong's 1316: </a> Bashan -- 'smooth', a region East of the Jordan after עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against himself, שְׁמ֤וֹ (šə·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name Havvoth-jair, יָאִ֔יר (yā·’îr) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2334.htm">Strong's 2334: </a> Havvoth-jair -- 'tent villages of Jair', an area East of the Jordan by which [it is called] הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that to this day. הַיּ֥וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all (Deut. 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