Deuteronomy 3:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ 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.)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Jair son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called it after his own name, Havvoth-jair, so called to this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ 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.)

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Jair, from the tribe of Manasseh, took possession of the entire Argob region, as far as the border with the Geshurites and the Maacathites. He named the Bashan area after himself, Jair’s Settlement. That’s what it’s still called today.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Jair the son of Manasses possessed all the country of 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.

Deuteronomy 3:14 Cross References

2 Samuel 10:6

When the Ammonites saw that they had become odious to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, as well as the king of Maacah, one thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men.

2 Samuel 13:37

But Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son day after day.

2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab set off, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:26

and Ira the Jairite was also David’s priest.

2 Samuel 23:34

Eliphelet son of Ahasbai of Maacah; Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;

2 Samuel 3:3

his second was Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third was Absalom son of Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;

Psalm 49:11

Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they named lands their own.

Jeremiah 40:8

they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ophai the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their troops.

Numbers 32:41

Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their villages and renamed them Havvoth-jair.

Deuteronomy 3:13

and I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, Og’s kingdom. (The whole region of Argob: all that portion of Bashan used to be called a land of Rephaim;

Deuteronomy 3:4

At that time we captured all his towns; there was no citadel that we did not take from them: sixty towns, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Joshua 12:5

and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of King Sihon of Heshbon.

Joshua 13:13

Yet the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day.