Numbers 32:41
And Iair the sonne of Manasseh went and tooke the small townes thereof, and called them Hauoth Iair.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
In Context
40Then Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasseh, and he dwelt therein.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:14Iair the sonne of Manasseh tooke all the countrey of Argob, vnto the coastes of Geshuri, and of Maachathi: and called them after his owne name, Bashan, Hauoth Iair vnto this day.
Judges 10:4And he had thirtie sonnes that rode on thirtie assecolts, and they had thirtie cities, which are called Hauoth-Iair vnto this day, and are in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 2:21And afterward came Hezron to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and tooke her when hee was threescore yere olde, and shee bare him Segub.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:29-42
Inheritance of the Reubenites. ( b. c. 1452.) 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord , and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have… Read the whole commentary →