Judges 10:4

And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.

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And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

In Context

3And after him came Jair the Gileadite, who was judge over Israel for twenty-two years.

5And at the death of Jair his body was put to rest in the earth in Kamon.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:14Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the land of Argob, as far as the country of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, naming it, Bashan, Havvoth-Jair after himself, as it is to this day.)

Judges 12:14He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.

Matthew Henry on Judges 10:2-6

Government of Tola and Jair. ( b. c. 1183.) 1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.… Read the whole commentary →

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