Deuteronomy 3:14

_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-HAVOTHJAIR, UNTO THIS DAY._ Jair ... took all the country of Argob. The original inhabitants of the province north of Bashan, comprising 60 cities (Deuteronomy 3:4), not having been extirpated along with Og, this people were afterward brought into subjection by the energy of Jair. This chief of the tribe of Manasseh, in accordance with the pastoral habits of his people, called these newly-acquired towns, which had formerly borne the name of 'Bashan villages' (Numbers 32:41), by a name which signifies 'Jair's Bedouin villages of tents.' Osborn ('Monumental History,' 2:, pp. 409, 410) says that this name, 'the village of Bashan,' occurs exactly in

12-20 This country was settled on the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: see Deuteronomy 3:32. Moses repeats the condition of the grant to which they agreed. When at rest, we should desire to see our brethren at rest too, and should be ready to do what we can towards it; for we are not born for ourselves, but are members one of another....

Verse Deuteronomy 3:14. _BASHAN-HAVOTH-JAIR_] Bashan of the _cities of Jair_; see Numbers 32:41....

These Geshurites held territory adjoining, if not included within, Bashan. They are not to be confounded with those mentioned in Joshua 13:2, who were neighbors of the Philistines 1 Samuel 17:8. The exact position of Maachah like that of Geshur cannot be ascertained; but it was no doubt among the fastnesses which lay between Bashan and the kingdom of Damascus, and on the skirts of Mount Hermon. UNTO THIS DAY - This expression, like our “until now,” does not, as used in the Bible, necessarily imply that the time spoken of as elapsed is long. It may here denote the duration to the time then present of that which had been already some months accomplished....

EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 3:1 CONQUEST OF OG,_ _KING OF_ _BASHAN. The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory taken by _the Moabites _and the _Edomites _from the giant aborigines; and Og, who was of the same giant race, ruled over the northern half of _the _region of _Gilead _and _over _all Bashan. This district also God purposed Israel to possess; and therefore, before crossing the _Jordan_, a_ _diversion was made north. wards by the Israelites, for the purpose of attacking this powerful chief. Og en_countered them _with all _his host_,_ but _was signally defeated, and he and all his people were exterminated. Not fewer than three score fortified citi

JAIR THE SON OF MANASSEH TOOK ALL THE COUNTRY OF ARGOB,.... Or Trachonitis; the small towns belonging to Gilead, as in Numbers 32:41 UNTO THE COASTS OF GESHURI AND MAACHATHI; these were little kingdoms in Syria, on which the country of Argob bordered, and had kings over them in the time of David, and came not into the possession of the Israelites; see Joshua 13:13 AND CALLED THEM AFTER HIS OWN NAME, BASHANHAVOTHJAIR, UNTO THIS DAY; see Numbers 32:41....

CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The conquest of Og (Deuteronomy 3:1)_ 2. The land possessed (Deuteronomy 3:12) 3. Joshua in the place of Moses (Deuteronomy 3:21) In obedience to the word of the Lord, they went to battle against Og, the king of Bashan. Obedience to the Lord and its results and blessing are the marks of the second and third Chapter s of Deuteronomy, while the first chapter shows disobedience and its fruit. The kingdom of Og in Bashan was a powerful kingdom. The cities had high walls with gates and bars. Their number was sixty. Archaeological research has proven the existence of strong and fortified cities in that territory, the ruins of which may still be seen. The

DEUTERONOMY 3:8 gives an account of the distribution, between Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, of the territories taken from the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og. Deuteronomy 3:8. beyond Jordan: see Deuteronomy 1:1. Deuteronomy 3:9. The same mountain bore the names (_a)_ Hermon, _i.e._ sacred mount, perhaps the root is that of the verb to devote (Deuteronomy 2:34 *), _cf. harem_ (Arabic), temple, women's enclosure; (_b_) Sirion, the Sidonian name; (_c_) Senir (so read in...

COASTS. borders. BASHAN-HAVOTH-JAIR. the villages (or cluster of villages) of Jair in Bashan. Hebrew. _Havoth_. towns, used only of Jair's. Compare Numbers 32:41.Joshua 13:30. Jdg 10:4. 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:23. UNTO THIS DAY: unto the time of writing. Here the time mentioned is from Numbers 21 to the eleventh month of the fortieth year (Deuteronomy 1:3)....

Duet Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse Spoken in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:5) in _the gai_or _glen, over against Beth Pe-or_(Deuteronomy 3:29), a review of Israel's experiences since they left Ḥoreb. In the Plur. form of address except for the following fragments Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 1:21;...