And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
Their territory stretched from Mahanaim and included all of Bashan, the entire kingdom that had belonged to King Og of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair that were in Bashan—sixty cities in total.
This verse describes the specific territory given to half of the tribe of Manasseh, including a large region with sixty cities that had once belonged to a defeated king.
📚 Historical Context
This passage describes the division of the Promised Land among the twelve tribes of Israel after their conquest under Joshua's leadership. King Og of Bashan was one of the giant kings the Israelites defeated on their way to the Promised Land, and his former kingdom became part of the inheritance for the half-tribe of Manasseh that settled east of the Jordan River.
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