Joshua 13:30

Jos 13:30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities:

Ver. 30. See Num 32:41.

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Jos 13:30. All the towns of Jair — Who, though of the tribe of Judah, by the father, (1Ch 2:21-22,) yet is called the son of Manasseh, (Num 32:41,) because he married a daughter of Manasseh, and wholly associated himself with those valiant Manassites; and with their help took sixty cities or great towns, (Deu 3:4; Deu 3:14,) which thence were called the towns of Jair.

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13:30-31 Jair was a great-grandson of Manasseh (1 Chr 2:21-22). Makir was one of Manasseh’s sons. It is unclear whether the land allotted to these tribes in north Gilead was distinguished from the land that the tribe of Gad received there.

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Verse 30. The towns of Jair] These were sixty cities; they are mentioned afterwards, and in 1Ch 2:21, c. They are the same with the Havoth-jair mentioned Nu 32:41. Jair was son of Segub, grandson of Esron or Hezron, and great-grandson of Machir by his grandmother's side, who married Hezron of the tribe of Judah. See his genealogy, 1Ch 2:21-24.

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30. from Mahanaim] Which formed its southern border. For “the kingdom of Og” see above, Jos_13:12.

all the towns of Jair] The whole of Bashan embraced

(i) The Havoth-Jair, sixty cities in the district of Argob (Deu_3:4), which had been captured by Jair the son of Manasseh and called after his name (Num_32:41; Deu_3:14).

(ii) “half Gilead,” i.e. the northern half, together with the two capitals, Ashtaroth and Edrei.

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And half Gilead,.... The other half not given to the Gadites, who had that half of it which Sihon possessed, and the tribe of Manasseh that half of it which Og possessed, see Deu 3:12,

and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan; which are particularly mentioned, because royal cities, Jos 13:10; see Deu 1:4,

were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh; and who was his only son; however, to his posterity only was this inheritance given, though not to them all:

even to one half of the children of Machir, by their families; which seems to confirm it that Manasseh had no other son, since his whole posterity, both the half tribe on the other side, as well as that in the land of Canaan, were denominated from him; though he seems to have had another son, who perhaps died without issue, Ch1 7:14.

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Towns, which were conquered by Jair, of the tribe of Juda; though he belonged, in some degree, to that of Manasses, by his grandmother, Numbers xxxii. 41.

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Jair, who, though of the tribe of Judah by the father, 1Ch 2:21,22, yet is called the son of Manasseh, Num 32:41, because he married a daughter of Manasseh, and wholly associated himself with those valiant Manassites, and with their help took sixty cities or great towns, Deu 3:4,14, which thence were called the towns of Reuben and Gad.

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30. All Bashan — This region, distinguished for its fertility, thrifty herds and flocks, and lofty oaks, extended from Gilead on the south to Mount Hermon on the north, and from the Jordan valley on the west far into the eastern and northeastern desert. See on Deu_3:1-14.

All the towns of Jair — That is, the towns that were taken by Jair, the son of Manasseh, and called by his own name. Num_32:41. They have the name Havoth-jair and Bashan-havoth-jair, (Deu_3:14,) and Porter affirms the two names are not to be confounded. “The towns of Havoth-jair were situated in Gilead south of the river Hieromax, while those of Bashan-havoth-jair were in Bashan, and identical with the sixty great cities of Argob.” According to this distinction the threescore cities here mentioned constituted Bashan-havoth-jair. See 1Ki_4:13, note.

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The towns of Jair. Literally, Havoth-Jair, as in Num_32:41 Deu_3:14. The word tYij is derived from hwj to live, and the word is compared by Gesenius to the names Eisleben and the like in Germany. So we use the phrase "five," as synonymous with "dwell." Why the term is confined to these particular cities is not known. Gesenius regards it as equivalent to "nomadic encampment." But the ruins of the giant cities of Bashan, recently rediscovered in our own time (by Mr. Cyril Graham, in 1857), and displaying all the signs of high civilisation, dispose of this idea. These cities are mentioned in Deu_3:4 as "threescore cities, all the region of Argob," and again in ver. 13, "all the region of Argob with all Bashan, which is called the land of giants." "To the east he (Abraham) would leave the barren and craggy fatnesses of the formidable Argob, still (i.e. , in Abraham"s time, not Joshua"s) the asylum of the fiercest outlaws; and would jealously avoid the heathen haunts in groves and on high places where smoke arose to the foul image, and the frantic dance swept round." (Tomkins, "Studies on the Time of Abraham," p. 69. See also note on "Judah upon Jordan," Jos_19:34) Threescore cities. (cf. Jos_17:1) It was the martial character, as well as the half tribe of Manasseh, that qualified him to receive and subdue this important territory with its wide extent and teeming population. In the article on Manasseh in Smith"s "Dictionary of the Bible," reference is made to the fact that, while Ephraim only sent 20, 800, and Western Manasseh 18, 000, Reuben, Gad, and Eastern Manasseh sent the immense number of 120, 000, and this while Abner, the supporter of Ishbosheth, had his headquarters at Mahanaim. But the numbers are suspicious, especially when Judah, always a powerful tribe, comes below the insignificant tribe of Simeon in number. And a comparison of 2Sa_5:1 with 1Ch_12:22, 1Ch_12:23, would lead to the idea that the coronation of David after the death of Ishbosheth is the event referred to. (see also 1Ch_12:38-40)

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Of Jair - Who, though of the tribe of Judah, by the father, 1 Chron. ii, 21, 22, yet is called the son of Manasseh, Num. xxxii, 41, because he married a daughter of Manasseh, and wholly associated himself with those valiant Manassites; and with their help took sixty cities or great towns, Deut. iii, 4, 14, which thence were called the towns of Jair.

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