1 Chronicles 2:22

And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

In Context

21And after this Esron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and he took her when he was sixty-five years old; and she bore him Seruch.

23And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; with Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Galaad.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:40And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he dwelt there.

Deuteronomy 3:14And Jair the son of Manasse took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Gargasi and Machathi: he called them by his name Basan Thavoth Jair until this day.

Joshua 13:30And their borders were from Maan, and all the kingdom of Basan, and all the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in the region of Basan, sixty cities:

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 2:19-55

Genealogies. ( b. c. 1450.) 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. 21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.… Read the whole commentary →

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