Deuteronomy 3:14
Context3:14 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.)
Deuteronomy 9:7
Context9:7 Remember – don’t ever forget 4 – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him. 5
Deuteronomy 28:32
Context28:32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it. 6


[3:14] 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).
[3:14] 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).
[3:14] 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.
[9:7] 4 tn By juxtaposing the positive זְכֹר (zekhor, “remember”) with the negative אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח (’al-tishÿkakh, “do not forget”), Moses makes a most emphatic plea.
[9:7] 5 tn Heb “the
[28:32] 7 tn Heb “and there will be no power in your hand”; NCV “there will be nothing you can do.”