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 13:30

13:30 Their territory started at ⁴  Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair ⁵  in Bashan.

Joshua 13:1

The Lord Speaks to Joshua

13:1 When Joshua was very old, ⁶  the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

Joshua 2:21-23

2:21 She said, “I agree to these conditions.” ⁷  She sent them on their way ⁸  and then tied the red rope in the window. 2:22 They went ⁹  to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them ¹⁰  to return. Their pursuers ¹¹  looked all along the way but did not find them. ¹²  2:23 Then the two men returned – they came down from the hills, crossed the river, ¹³  came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

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 The words “their territory started at” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.

⁵ sn The Hebrew name Havvoth Jair means “the tent villages of Jair.”

⁶ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.

⁷ tn Heb “According to your words, so it [will be].”

⁸ tn Heb “she sent them away and they went.”

⁹ tn Heb “they went and came.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.

¹¹ tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.

¹² tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”

¹³ tn The words “the river,” though not in the Hebrew text, are added for clarification.