Deuteronomy 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Geshuri, or Geshurites, a people towards the north of Canaan, 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 15:8. See also Joshua 13:13. Maachathi; of whom see 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 10:6. Unto this day: this must be put among those other passages which were not written by Moses, but added by those holy men who digested the books of Moses into this order, and inserted some very few passages to accommodate things to their own time and people.

Deuteronomy 3:14

14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.