Jair
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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The 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:...
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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....
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(Hebrew יאיר Ya'ir) was a man from Gilead (Tribe of Manasseh,
east of the River Jordan), who judged Israel for twenty-two
years, after the death of Tola. His inheritance was in Gilead
through the line of Machir, the son of Manasseh. Jair was the
son of Segub, the son of Hezron the Jew through the daughter
of Machir (1 Chronicles 2). According ...
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ja'-er:
(1) Jair (ya'ir, "he enlightens" or "one giving light"):
(a) Son, i.e. descendant of Manasseh (Nu 32:41; Dt 3:14;
Josh 13:30; 1 Ki 4:13:1 Ch 2:22 f). According to 1 Ch 2:21 f
he was the son of ScRub, son of Hezron, a descendant of
Judah, who married the daughter of Machir, son of Manasseh.
He was thus descended both from Judah and Manas...
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-1. Son of Manasseh. Founder of twenty-three cities in Gilead
Nu 32:41; De 3:14; Jos 13:30; 1Ki 4:13; 1Ch 2:22,23
-2. A judge of Israel
Jud 10:3-5
-3. A Benjamite
Es 2:5
-4. Father of Elhanan
1Ch 20:5...
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(enlightener).
1. A man who on his father's side was descended from
Judah, and on his mother's from Manasseh. (B.C. 1451.) During,
the conquest he took the whole of the tract of Argob De 3:14
and in addition possessed himself of some nomad villages in
Gilead, which he called after his own name Havoth-Jair. Nu
32:41; 1Ch 2:23
2. JAIR THE GILE...
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enlightener. (1.) The son of Segub. He was brought up with
his
mother in Gilead, where he had possessions (1 Chr.
2:22). He
distinguished himself in an expedition against
Bashan, and
settled in the part of Argob on the borders of
Gilead. The small
towns taken by him there are called Havoth-jair,
i.e., "Jair's
villages" (Num. 32:41; Deut. ...
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