Joshua 13:26

13:26 Their territory ran ¹  from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir.

Numbers 32:39-41

32:39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. 32:40 So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there. ²  32:41 Now Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their small towns and named them Havvoth Jair.

Deuteronomy 3:13-15

3:13 The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. ³  (All the region of Argob, ⁴  that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim. 3:14 Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites ⁵  and Maacathites ⁶  (namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth-Jair, ⁷  which it retains to this very day.) 3:15 I gave Gilead to Machir. ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 3:1

Defeat of King Og of Bashan

3:1 Next we set out on ⁹  the route to Bashan, ¹⁰  but King Og of Bashan and his whole army ¹¹  came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. ¹² 

Deuteronomy 2:21-23

2:21 They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites ¹³  in advance of the Ammonites, ¹⁴  so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place. 2:22 This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day. 2:23 As for the Avvites ¹⁵  who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza, Caphtorites ¹⁶  who came from Crete ¹⁷  destroyed them and settled down in their place.)

¹ tn The words “Their territory ran” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.

² tn Heb “in it.”

³ sn Half the tribe of Manasseh. The tribe of Manasseh split into clans, with half opting to settle in Bashan and the other half in Canaan (cf. Num 32:39-42; Josh 17:1-13).

⁴ sn Argob. See note on this term in v. 4.

⁵ 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).

⁶ 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).

⁷ 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.

⁸ sn Machir was the name of another descendant of Manasseh (cf. Num 32:41; 1 Chr 7:14-19). Eastern Manasseh was thus divided between the Jairites and the Machirites.

⁹ tn Heb “turned and went up.”

¹⁰ sn Bashan. This plateau country, famous for its oaks (Isa 2:13) and cattle (Deut 32:14; Amos 4:1), was north of Gilead along the Yarmuk River.

¹¹ tn Heb “people.”

¹² sn Edrei is probably modern Deràa, 60 mi (95 km) south of Damascus (see Num 21:33; Josh 12:4; 13:12, 31; also mentioned in Deut 1:4).

¹³ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Rephaites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Ammonites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ sn Avvites. Otherwise unknown, these people were probably also Anakite (or Rephaite) giants who lived in the lower Mediterranean coastal plain until they were expelled by the Caphtorites.

¹⁶ sn Caphtorites. These peoples are familiar from both the OT (Gen 10:14; 1 Chr 1:12; Jer 47:4; Amos 9:7) and ancient Near Eastern texts (Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 2:37-38; ANET 138). They originated in Crete (OT “Caphtor”) and are identified as the ancestors of the Philistines (Gen 10:14; Jer 47:4).

¹⁷ tn Heb “Caphtor”; the modern name of the island of Crete is used in the translation for clarity (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).