Deuteronomy 3:13
11 (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
12 So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
14 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
15 To Machir I gave Gilead,
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Compare
- BSB
- To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
- KJV
- And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
- WEB
- and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh—all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.
- ASV
- and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.
- DARBY
- and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob, even all Bashan, is called a land of giants.
- BLB
- And the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob with all Bashan was called the land of the Rephaim.)
- ÅB
- og resten av Gilead og hele Basan, Ogs rike, gav jeg til den halve Manasse stamme, hele Argob-landet, hele Basan; det er det som kalles refa'ittenes land.
- OTB
- Resten av Gilead og hele Basan, kongeriket til Og, ga jeg til den halve Manasse-stammen. (Hele Argob-området i Basan var kjent som et land av refaittene.)
- B1930
- og resten av Gilead og hele Basan, Ogs rike, gav jeg til den halve Manasse stamme, hele Argob-landet, hele Basan; det er det som kalles refa'ittenes land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 32:39–42
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Read in context1 Chronicles 5:23–26
Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).
Read in contextJoshua 13:29–32
This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:
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