Jairthe sonof Manassehtookallthe regionof Argobas faras the borderof the Geshuritesand the Maacathites,and calledit, [that is], Bashan,afterhis own name,Havvoth-jair,[as it is] to thisday.)
Now when the sonsof Ammonsawthat they had becomeodiousto David,the sonsof Ammonsentand hiredthe Arameansof Beth-rehoband the Arameansof Zobah,20000footsoldiers,and the kingof Maacahwith 1,000men,and the menof Tobwith 12,000men.
Now Absalomfledand wentto Talmaithe sonof Ammihud,the kingof Geshur.And [David] mournedfor his soneveryday.
So Joabaroseand wentto Geshurand broughtAbsalomto Jerusalem.
and Irathe Jairitewas alsoa priestto David.
Elipheletthe sonof Ahasbai,the sonof the Maacathite,Eliamthe sonof Ahithophelthe Gilonite,
and his second,Chileab,by Abigailthe widowof Nabalthe Carmelite;and the third,Absalomthe sonof Maacah,the daughterof Talmai,kingof Geshur;
Their innerthoughtis [that] their housesare forever[And] their dwellingplacesto allgenerations;They have calledtheir landsafter their own names.
So they cameto Gedaliahat Mizpah,along with Ishmaelthe sonof Nethaniah,and Johananand Jonathanthe sonsof Kareah,and Seraiahthe sonof Tanhumeth,and the sonsof Ephaithe Netophathite,and Jezaniahthe sonof the Maacathite,[both] they and their men.
Jairthe sonof Manassehwentand tookits towns,and calledthem Havvoth-jair.
"The restof Gileadand allBashan,the kingdomof Og,I gaveto the half-tribeof Manasseh,allthe regionof Argob(concerning allBashan,it is calledthe landof Rephaim.
"We capturedallhis citiesat that time;there was not a citywhichwe did not takefrom them: sixtycities,allthe regionof Argob,the kingdomof Ogin Bashan.
and ruledover MountHermonand Salecahand allBashan,as faras the borderof the Geshuritesand the Maacathites,and halfof Gilead,[as far as] the borderof Sihonkingof Heshbon.
But the sonsof Israeldid not dispossessthe Geshuritesor the Maacathites;for Geshurand MaacathliveamongIsraeluntilthisday.
