1 Chronicles 2:21

When Hezron was 60 years old, he married [EUP] Makir’s daughter, who was the sister of Gilead. The son of Hezron and Makir was Segub.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

22Segub was the father of Jair. Jair’s army controlled twenty-three cities in the region ruled by Gilead.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:39The descendants of Manasseh’s son Makir went to the Gilead region and compelled the people of the Amor people-group to leave that area.

Deuteronomy 3:15The northern part of the Gilead region I allotted to the Machir clan, who are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh.

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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