John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 3:14

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob, etc.] Or Trachonitis; the small towns belonging to Gilead, as in (<043241>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 <061313> Joshua 13:13 <100303>2 Samuel 3:3 10:6,8 15:8) and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day; (see Numbers 32:41). <043241>

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