Deuteronomy 3:14

3:14 Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites ¹  and Maacathites ²  (namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth-Jair, ³  which it retains to this very day.)

Joshua 13:13

13:13 But the Israelites did not conquer ⁴  the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

Joshua 13:1

The Lord Speaks to Joshua

13:1 When Joshua was very old, ⁵  the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

Joshua 1:8

1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! ⁶  You must memorize it ⁷  day and night so you can carefully obey ⁸  all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ⁹  and be successful. ¹⁰ 

¹ sn Geshurites. Geshur was a city and its surrounding area somewhere northeast of Bashan (cf. Josh 12:5 ; 13:11, 13). One of David’s wives was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur and mother of Absalom (cf. 2 Sam 13:37; 15:8; 1 Chr 3:2).

² sn Maacathites. These were the people of a territory southwest of Mount Hermon on the Jordan River. The name probably has nothing to do with David’s wife from Geshur (see note on “Geshurites” earlier in this verse).

³ sn Havvoth-Jair. The Hebrew name means “villages of Jair,” the latter being named after a son (i.e., descendant) of Manasseh who took the area by conquest.

⁴ tn Or “dispossess.”

⁵ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.

⁶ tn Heb “mouth.”

⁷ tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

⁸ tn Heb “be careful to do.”

⁹ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.