Judges 10:3-5

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

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

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. Numbers 32:41

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "which are in"
• [b]. I.e. the towns of Jair