1 Chronicles 2:22

And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21And afterwards hath Hezron gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and he [is] a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub.

23and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities — all these [belonged to] the sons of Machir father of Gilead.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:40and Moses giveth Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelleth in it.

Deuteronomy 3:14'Jair son of Manasseh hath taken all the region of Argob, unto the border of Geshuri, and Maachathi, and calleth them by his own name, Bashan-Havoth-Jair, unto this day.

Joshua 13:30And their border is from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the small towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, 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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