Judges 10:3-5

3 After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

4 And he had thirty sons who ¹rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, ²which are in the land of Gilead.

5 And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

Judges 10:3-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 10

This chapter gives an account of two judges of Israel, in whose days they enjoyed peace, Jud 10:1-5, after which they sinning against God, came into trouble, and were oppressed by their enemies eighteen years, and were also invaded by an army of the Ammonites, Jud 10:6-9, when they cried unto the Lord for deliverance, confessing their sin; but he had first refused to grant them any, though upon their importunity and reformation he had compassion on them, Jud 10:10-16 and the chapter is concluded with the preparation made by both armies for a battle, Jud 10:17,18.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 5:10; Judges 12:14
• 2. Deuteronomy 3:14