"And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead." — 1 Chronicles 2:22

1 Chronicles 2:22 · KJV

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

— 1 Chronicles 2:22

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. {married: Heb. took}

Verse 23

And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, {even} threescore cities. All these {belonged to} the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2 — Context

And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

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. {married: Heb. took}

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

And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, {even} threescore cities. All these {belonged to} the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.

Numbers 32:41

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.

Joshua 13:30

And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which {are} in Bashan, threescore cities:

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