1 Chronicles 2:22

22 Segub fathered Jair, who possessed 23 towns in the land of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 2:22

And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty three cities in the land
of Gilead.
] Which, according to Kimchi, he inherited in right of his wife, which, he says, he took out of the land of Gilead; but they seem to be rather what he took by force of arms from the former inhabitants; see ( Numbers 32:41 ) .

1 Chronicles 2:22 In-Context

20 Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.
21 After this, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. Hezron had married her when he was 60 years old, and she bore him Segub.
22 Segub fathered Jair, who possessed 23 towns in the land of Gilead.
23 But Geshur and Aram captured Jair's Villages along with Kenath and its villages-60 towns. All these were the sons of Machir father of Gilead.
24 After Hezron's death in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
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