After him Jair, the Gileadite, arose. He judged Israel twenty-two years. He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
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After him Jair, the Gileadite, arose. He judged Israel twenty-two years.
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
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And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
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.
And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
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And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years.
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
Cross-references (6)
- Numbers 32:41 (v4) Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.
- Numbers 32:29 (v3) Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle…
- Deuteronomy 3:14 (v4) Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan,…
- Judges 5:10 (v4) “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
- Judges 12:14 (v4) He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.
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- Genesis 31:48 (v3) Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v4 Or, the towns of Jair, as Deut. 3:14.
Or, the towns of Jair, as Deut. 3:14.
Signifying, they were men of authority.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv3–5 Jdg 10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite,…
Jdg 10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
Ver. 3. Jair, a Gileadite.] Of whom we may say as one doth of Jesse, the father of David, that he was Vir bonus et probus, sed minus clarus, a good honest man, but there is not much said of him.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv3–4 A Gileadite; of Gilead beyond Jordan
A Gileadite; of Gilead beyond Jordan
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv3–5 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite,.... Who was…
And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite,.... Who was of the half tribe of Manasseh, on the other side Jordan, which inhabited the land of Gilead, and who is the first of the judges that was on that side Jordan; it pleased God, before the government was settled in a particular tribe, to remove it from one to another, and to honour them all, and to show that though the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, were separated from their brethren by the river Jordan, they were not neglected by the Lord; and generally speaking judges were raised up in all those parts which were most oppressed, and liable to be oppressed by their enemies, as Gilead by the Ammonites; wherefore this, and the next judge that followed him, Jephthah, were of Gilead:
and judged Israel twenty two years; protected them from their enemies, administered justice to them, and preserved them in the true religion.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv3–4 A Gileadite - Of Gilead beyond Jordan.
A Gileadite - Of Gilead beyond Jordan.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v4 Verse 4. He had thirty sons, c.] It appears…
Verse 4. He had thirty sons, c.] It appears that there was both peace and prosperity during the time that Jair governed Israel he had, it seems, provided for his family, and given a village to each of his thirty sons; which were, in consequence, called Havoth Jair or the villages of Jair. Their riding on thirty ass colts seems to intimate that they were persons of consideration, and kept up a certain dignity in their different departments.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v3 Jdg 10:3-4. Jair, a Gileadite — Of Gilead, beyond…
Jdg 10:3-4. Jair, a Gileadite — Of Gilead, beyond Jordan. He had thirty sons — Who, it seems, were itinerant judges, and went from place to place, as their father’s deputies, to administer justice. That rode on thirty ass- colts — It was customary for the noblest persons to ride on those beasts, and that not only in Judea, but likewise in Arabia, and other countries, even among the Romans. Thirty cities, called Havoth-jair — That is, the villages of Jair. These villages were so called before this time from another Jair, but the old name was revived and confirmed upon this occasion.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv4–5 Havoth Jair. This name was now confirmed to these…
Havoth Jair. This name was now confirmed to these towns, which they had formerly received from another Jair, Numbers xxxii. 41. (Challoner) --- Sixty are there specified, and only 30 here, which might either be the same, or different from those villages to which the former Jair had left his name. Grotius thinks that judge Jair was the son of Segub, who left 23 cities to him. These, with seven belonging to his grandfather, Hesron, make up the number here specified, 1 Paralipomenon ii. 22. --- The Hebrew does not say that these 30 cities were called after the judge: "they had 30 cities, which are called Havoth Jair," &c. (Calmet) --- Some copies of the Septuagint add "two" to the number of sons, asses, and cities, as if there had been 32 of each. In other respects they agree with the original. It was formerly a mark of distinction to ride on fair asses, chap. v. 10. (Haydock) --- St. Jerome thinks that horses were prohibited, as they were in Egypt, without the king’s leave. But we nowhere find this law recorded , (Calmet) and it is not universally true that it existed. (Menochius) (Hieropolit. iii. 15.) --- Some have inferred from Jair’s children having 30 cities, that he exercised a sovereign authority over Israel: but he might only give his children the authority of magistrates in them, as Samuel did, 1 Kings viii. (Estius) --- We know not by what means Jair was raised to the chief command, nor what he did for the benefit of the people. He is supposed to be the same who is called Bedan, 1 Kings xii. 11. Serarius; Usher, &c.); though others think that Bedan is a title of Samson. He was of the tribe of Manasses in Galaad. Having kept the people under due restraint during his administration, they burst forth, like a torrent, at his death, and, on all sides, abandoned themselves to a multiplicity of idols, so that God made some difficulty in restoring them again to favour. (Haydock) --- Cornelius a Lapide thinks that they had begun to relapse 18 years before the death of Jair, and were, consequently, chastised by the Ammonites. Serarius is of a contrary opinion, though Houbigant rather inclines to the former sentiment, as it is not said that Jair gave rest to the land, nor more than Samgar. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv3–4 Jair, a Gileadite--This judge was a different person from…
Jair, a Gileadite--This judge was a different person from the conqueror of that northeastern territory, and founder of Havoth-jair, or "Jair's villages" (Num 32:41; Deu 3:14; Jos 13:3; Ch1 2:22).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv3–5 3. Jair, a Gileadite — That is, a native…
3. Jair, a Gileadite — That is, a native or resident of Gilead, the mountainous country east of the Jordan. On the silence of Scripture respecting the particulars of his life the same may be said as of Tola, in Jdg_10:1.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv3–5 3. Jair, the Gileadite] Called ‘the son of Manasseh’…
3. Jair, the Gileadite] Called ‘the son of Manasseh’ in Num_32:41, Deu_3:14, cf. Jos_13:30; in 1Ch_2:21 ff. he is the great-grandson of Machir. Gilead was the name applied generally to the country E. of the Jordan, between the south end of the Sea of Tiberias and the north end of the Dead Sea.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv3–5 (3) Jair, a Gileadite.—In Num_32:41 we are told of…
(3) Jair, a Gileadite.—In Num_32:41 we are told of a Jair, the son of Manasseh, who “took the small towns” of Gilead, and called them Havoth-jair. This earlier Jair, with Nobah, plays a splendid part in Jewish legend, which is only alluded to in Scripture (see Deu_3:14). In what relation the Jair of these verses stood to him we cannot, in the uncertain data of the chronology, decide. The Jair of Num_32:41 was descended from Judah on the father’s side, and on the mother’s was a great-grandson of Manasseh.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv3–5 Jair. We read of Jair the son of Segub,…
Jair. We read of Jair the son of Segub, the son of Machir"s daughter by Hezron, in 1Ch_2:21-23, and are there told that he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead (called Havoth-jair), which were included in the territory of the sons of Machir. The same information is given in Num_32:40-42, and in Deu_3:14, Deu_3:15, in both which passages Jair is styled the son of Manasseh, and is stated to have called the cities after his own name, Havoth-jair. In the present verse we are also told that Jair the judge was a Gileadite, and that he had thirty sons who had thirty cities in Gilead called Havoth-jair. The question arises, Can these two be the same person? If they are, Deu_3:14 must be a later parenthetical insertion, as it has very much the appearance of being. The notice in Num_32:41 must also refer to later times than those of Moses, and we must understand the statement in 1Ch_2:22, that "Segub begat Jair," as meaning that he was his lineal ancestor, just as in Mat_1:8 we read that "Joram begat Ozias," though three generations intervened between them. If, on the other hand, they are not the same, we must suppose that Jair in our text was a descendant of the other Jair, and may compare the double explanation of the name Havothjair with the double explanation of Beer-sheba given Gen_21:31 Gen_26:31-33; the threefold explanation of the name Isaac, Gen_17:17 Gen_18:12 Gen_21:6; and the double explanation of the proverb, "Is Saul among the prophets?" given in 1Sa_10:11, 12 19:23, 24. The Hebrew name Jair is preserved in the New Testament under the Greek form of Jairus. (Mar_5:22)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v4 Or, The villages of Jair. Num 32:41.
Havothjair
Or, The villages of Jair. Num 32:41.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v3 He was followed by Jair the Gileadite
He was followed by Jair the Gileadite
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Jair the Gileadite was leader after Tola" (See: Active or Passive)
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Jair
This is the name of a man. (See: How to Translate Names)
the Gileadite
Jair was from the tribe of Gilead.
He judged Israel
Here "judged" means he led the people of Israel.
Israel
Here "Israel" represents the people of Israel. (See: Metonymy)
twenty-two years
"22 years" (See: Numbers)
thirty sons
"30 sons" (See: Numbers)
Havvoth Jair
This is the name of a region, which is named after a man. (See: How to Translate Names)
to this day
This means to the time when the book of Judges was being written.
was buried
This can be stated in active form. AT: "they buried him" (See: Active or Passive)
Kamon
This is the name of a place. (See: How to Translate Names)
translationWords
Gilead
judge
Israel
year
donkey
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