1 Kings 4:13
11 Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
12 Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
14 Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
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Compare
- BSB
- Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
- KJV
- The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
- WEB
- Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars, belonged to him);
- ASV
- Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; [even] to him [pertained] the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars);
- DARBY
- Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of bronze.
- BLB
- Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (unto him [were] the towns of Jair son of Manasseh that [were] in Gilead; unto him [was] the region of Argob that [is] in Bashan, sixty large cities with walls and bronze bars);
- ÅB
- Gebers sønn i Ramot i Gilead; han hadde Ja'irs, Manasses sønns byer i Gilead; han hadde også Argob-bygden i Basan, seksti store byer med murer og kobberbommer;
- OTB
- Ben-Geber, i Ramot-Gilead (byene til Jair, sønn av Manasse, som er i Gilead, var hans; også regionen Argob, som er i Basan—seksti store byer med murer og bronseporter);
- B1930
- Gebers sønn i Ramot i Gilead; han hadde Ja'irs, Manasses sønns byer i Gilead; han hadde også Argob-bygden i Basan, seksti store byer med murer og kobberbommer;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 3:4
At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
Read in contextNumbers 32:41
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
Read in context1 Kings 22:3
who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
Read in context2 Kings 9:14
Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:43
Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
Read in contextJoshua 21:38
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
Read in contextPsalms 22:12
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Read in context2 Kings 9:1
Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
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