Geshur: District East of the Sources of the Jordan River--The Inhabitants of, not Subdued by the Israelites

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.

This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, …

But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.