(Heb. hab-Bashan' Chavvoth' Yair', הִבָּשָׁן חִוֹּת יָאַיר, the Bashan of the villages of Jair; Sept. Βασὰν Αὐὼθ [v. r. Θαυὼθ ] Ι᾿αϊ v ρ ), the general name imposed by Jair, the son of Manasseh, upon the region of Argob (q.v.), conquered by him in Bashan (Deuteronomy 3:14), containing sixty cities, with walls and brazen gates (Joshua 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13). It is elsewhere (Numbers 22:41) called simply HAVOTH-JAIR (See HAVOTH-JAIR) (q.v.).
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More