Numbers 32:41

41 And ¹Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.^[a]

Numbers 32:41 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:41

And Jair the son of Manasseh
By his mother's side, otherwise he was of the family of Judah; for Hezron, of the family of Judah, married a daughter of Machir, the son of Manasseh, by whom he had a son called Segub, who was the father of Jair, ( 1 Chronicles 2:21 1 Chronicles 2:22 ) , the same

went and took the small towns thereof;
of that part of Gilead given to Machir:

and called them Havothjair;
after his own name: in ( Deuteronomy 3:14 ) , they are called Bashanhavothjair.

Numbers 32:41 In-Context

39 And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it.

41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.

42 And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 3:14; See 1 Chronicles 2:21-23

Footnotes

• [a]. Havvoth-jair means the villages of Jair