13<\/strong>. the son of Geber<\/em> ] Better, Ben-Geber<\/strong>. The name ‘Geber’ occurs again in 1Ki 4:19<\/span>, but whether the same person is meant by it there is nothing to shew. It is only found in these two places.<\/p>\n in Ramoth-gilead<\/em> ] We now come to the mountainous district on the eastern side of the Jordan, in which were settled the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh.<\/p>\n the towns of Jair<\/em> ] As the Hebrew word ( havvoth<\/em>) rendered ‘towns’ is found only in this connexion it is better to treat it as a part of the proper name and render Havvoth-Jair. About these ‘towns’ there is some difficulty. They are first mentioned (Num 32:41<\/span>) as ‘small towns’ in Gilead, and occupied by Jair the son of Manasseh. They are mentioned again (Deu 3:14<\/span>) and said (Jos 13:30<\/span>) to be in Bashan and to be 60 in number, whereas in 1Ch 2:23<\/span> they are counted as 60 only with the addition of certain other places. In this chapter the question is, are the Havvoth-Jair included in the region of Argob or not? As there is no conjunction, between the two clauses, it seems most natural to take the latter as a fuller definition of the former. ‘To him belonged Havvoth-Jair, even the region of Argob &c.’ This has the advantage of coupling with Havvoth-Jair the number 60 which plays such a part in the other passages quoted above.<\/p>\n In Jdg 10:4<\/span> where the Havvoth-Jair are again mentioned, though they are connected with the history of the judge who was so called, yet there is nothing to indicate that the naming of the cities was due to him. As Jair the son of Manasseh first occupied these places, it is likely that his name would become a common one. The sons of Jair the judge held but half the number of the towns, but that is no evidence that the other thirty were then non-existent or that they were not also included in the name Havvoth-Jair, but in the hands of different governors.<\/p>\n in Gilead<\/em> ] Gilead is the name of that mountainous district, east of the Jordan, which had on the north the country of Bashan and on the south Moab and Ammon. Its chief towns were Ramoth-gilead and Jabesh-gilead. Sometimes also Jaazer is counted as belonging to it.<\/p>\n Argob<\/em> ] The district which in later times was called Trachonitis. (See Deu 3:4<\/span>.)<\/p>\n Bashan<\/em> ] The country which lay immediately north of Gilead, and stretched northwards to Mount Hermon.<\/p>\n great cities<\/em> with walls and brasen bars<\/em> ] The cities of this district are so described Deu 3:5<\/span>, and there still are found in this neighbourhood ruins of walled cities (see Bunsen’s Bibelwerk<\/em> in loc.). As the armaments and modes of warfare were of a much more primitive character than in later times, we need not picture to ourselves from this description fortifications such as would now deserve the name.<\/p>\n It will be observed that five out of the twelve prefects are designated solely by their fathers names, Ben-Hur, etc., while one (Ahimaaz, 1Ki 4:15<\/span>) has no such designation. Probably the document, which the author of the Book of Kings consulted, had contained originally the proper name and fathers name of each prefect; but it was mutilated or illegible in places at the time when he consulted it. If it was in the shape of a list, a single mutilation at one corner might have removed four of the six wanting names.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 13<\/span>. Threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars<\/B><\/I>] These were fortified cities: their gates and bars covered with plates of brass. Such were the gates in Priam’s palace: – <\/P> Ipse inter primos correpta dura bipenni<\/I><\/P> Limina perrumpit, POSTES que a cardine vellit<\/I><\/P> AERATOS. VIRG. AEn., lib. ii. ver. 479.<\/P> <\/P> Fierce Pyrrhus in the front, with forceful sway,<\/P> Plied the huge axe, and hew’d the beams away;<\/P> The solid timbers from the portal tore,<\/P> And rent from every hinge the BRAZEN door<\/I>.<\/P> PITT. <\/P> <\/p>\n In Ramoth-gilead; <\/B>Ramoth in the land of Gilead, Deu 4:43<\/span>; Jos 20:8<\/span>; 1Ki 22:3<\/span>; so called to difference it from Ramoth in Issachar, 1Ch 6:73<\/span>. <\/P> Jair; <\/B>in Manasseh beyond Jordan. See Num 32:41<\/span>; Deu 3:14<\/span>. <\/P> Great cities with walls and brasen bars:<\/B> this is added by way of distinction from those towns of Jair; for being without Jordan, they were liable to the attempts of their enemies. <\/P> <\/p>\n The son of Geber in Ramothgilead<\/strong>,…. A city in the tribe of Gad, and was a city of refuge, Jos 20:8<\/span>;<\/p>\n to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead<\/strong>; of which see Nu 32:41<\/span>;<\/p>\n to him [also pertained] the region of Argob, which [is] in Bashan<\/strong>,<\/p>\n threescore great cities with walls, and brasen bars<\/strong>; called by Josephus s Ragaba, beyond Jordan; [See comments on De 3:4]<\/span>.<\/p>\n s Antiqu. l. 13. c. 15. sect. 5.<\/p>\n (13) The sixth division, large, but probably less fertile, crosses the Jordan, and includes a great portion of the territory of Manasseh and Gad. The region of Argob, the rocky region (afterwards translated into the Greek name Trachonitis<\/em>), is noticed in Deu. 3:4<\/span>; Deu. 3:13-14<\/span>, as the land of Og, covered with great cities, taken by Jair, son of Manasseh, and called Havoth-Jair<\/em>the towns of Jair. Ramoth-gilead was a Levitical city and a city of refuge, in Gad (Deu. 4:43<\/span>; Jos. 20:8<\/span>; Jos. 21:38<\/span>), famous afterwards in the wars with the Syrians (1Ki. 22:3<\/span>; 2Ki. 8:28<\/span>; 2Ki. 9:1<\/span>).<\/p>\n 13<\/strong>. <\/strong> Son of Geber <\/strong> Perhaps the same Geber mentioned 1Ki 4:19<\/span>. <\/p>\n Ramoth-gilead <\/strong> One of the chief cities on the east side of the Jordan, in the tribe of Gad, allotted to the Levites and appointed a city of refuge. Supposed by many to have been at the modern es-Salt, <\/em> just south of Mount Gilead. See on Deu 4:43<\/span>; Jos 13:26<\/span>; and Jdg 10:17<\/span>. <\/p>\n Jair the son of Manasseh <\/strong> See on Num 32:41<\/span>. <\/p>\n Argob <\/strong> The region north of Mount Gilead, and east and southeast of the sea of Galilee. See on Deu 3:4<\/span>. “The Bedouins familiarly speak of this whole district as Arkoob or Argoob. Thus they call the mountain on which Urn Keis stands Argoob Um Keis; and although this word is applied to any rough, mountainous country, I have nowhere else heard it thus used in common conversation; and since the kingdom or district of Argob was in this immediate neighbourhood, I think it nearly certain that we have the identical name still preserved among these primitive inhabitants.” Thomson. <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Bashan <\/strong> The vast region, of which Argob was but a part, extending from Mount Hermon in the north to the Jabbok on the south, and from the Jordan eastward to the desert. See on Deu 3:3<\/span>.<\/p>\n Threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars <\/strong> “Such a statement seems all but incredible. It would not stand the arithmetic of Bishop Colenso for a moment. But with my own eyes I have seen that it is literally true. The cities are there to this day. Some of them retain the ancient names recorded in the Bible. Bashan is literally crowded with towns and large villages, and though the vast majority of them are deserted, they are not ruined. Many of the houses in the ancient cities of Bashan are perfect, as if only finished yesterday. The walls are sound, the roofs unbroken, the doors, and even the window shutters, in their places. The walls are from five to eight feet thick, built of large squared blocks of basalt; the roofs are formed of slabs of the same material, hewn like planks, and reaching from wall to wall; the very doors and win-dew shutters are of stone, hung upon pivots projecting above and below. Some of these ancient cities have from two to five hundred houses still perfect, but not a man to dwell in them. On one occasion, from the battlements of the castle of Salcah, I counted some thirty towns and villages, dotting the surface of the vast plain, many of them almost as perfect as when they were built, and yet for more than five centuries there has not been a single inhabitant in one of them.” PORTER, Giant Cities of Bashan.<\/p>\n 1Ki 4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; 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:<\/p>\n Ver. 13. With walls and brazen bars.<\/strong> ] To keep out the enemies, wherewith they were surrounded.<\/p>\n Ramoth-gilead. In the tribe of Gad. Famous for Ahab’s last battle (1Ki 22:20). Compare Jos 20:8. Jdg 11:29. <\/p>\n region. A sharply defined border, defining the rocky rampart encircling the “Lejah” as it is called to-day. <\/p>\n Argob = Edrei, one of “the giant cities of Bashan”. See App-23and App-25. <\/p>\n The son of Geber: or, Ben-geber <\/p>\n Ramothgilead: 1Ki 22:3, Deu 4:43, Jos 20:8, Jos 21:38, 2Ki 9:1, 2Ki 9:14 <\/p>\n the towns: Num 32:41, Deu 3:14 <\/p>\n Argob: Deu 3:4, Deu 3:8, Deu 3:13, Deu 3:14, Psa 22:12, Psa 68:15 <\/p>\n threescore great cities: These were the fortified cities; their gates and bars being covered with plates of brass. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ki 8:28 – Ramothgilead 1Ch 6:71 – Bashan 2Ch 18:2 – Ramothgilead<\/p>\n 4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the towns of {d} 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:<\/p>\n (d) Which bore Jair’s name, because he took them from the Canaanites, Num 32:41.<\/p>\n 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 brazen bars: 13. the son of Geber ] Better, Ben-Geber. 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