And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.
- BSB Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
- NKJV Also Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth Jair.
- NASB Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair.
- NLT The people of Jair, another clan of the tribe of Manasseh, captured many of the towns in Gilead and changed the name of that region to the Towns of Jair.
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Quick answer
Jair of Manasseh captures villages in the region and renames them Havvoth Jair after himself. Another Manassite leader extends and marks the tribe's holdings.
Overview
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, takes a cluster of settlements and names them the towns of Jair. The renaming claims the territory under his family's identity. These notices of conquest and naming show the eastern tribes actively taking possession of the land God had given, leaving a lasting mark recalled later in Israel's history.
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Cross-references · 5
- Deut 3:14Jair 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.
- Judg 10:4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- Josh 13:30And 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:
- 1 Kgs 4:13The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
- 1 Chr 2:21–23And 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.
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