Numbers 32:41

41 Jair, the son of Manasseh also went and took the small towns thereof and called them Havothjair.

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 took it and dispossessed the Amorite who was in it.

40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

41 Jair, the son of Manasseh also went and took the small towns thereof and called them Havothjair.

42 Likewise Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.