²³ But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, father of Gilead.^(A)

³⁸ Absalom, having fled to Geshur, stayed there three years.

³⁰ Their territory extended from Mahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of King Og of Bashan, and all the settlements of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty towns,^(A)

¹³ Yet the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day.

¹⁴ Jair the Manassite acquired the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and he named them—that is, Bashan—after himself, Havvoth-jair,^[a] as it is to this day.)^(A)

⁴¹ Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their villages and renamed them Havvoth-jair.^{[a](A) 42} And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and renamed it Nobah after himself.