1 Chronicles 2:23

23 (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair, as well as Kenath and the small towns around it -- sixty towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 2:23

And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from
them
Cities or countries which the Geshurites and Aramaeans, or Syrians, before inhabited; and which he took from them, together with other towns, which, being taken by him, were called after his name; the Targum is, the Geshurites and Aramaeans took the villages of Jair from them; that is, from the sons of Jair in later times; see ( Joshua 12:5 ) ( 13:13 )

with Kenath, and the towns thereof;
which Jair took by Nobah his general, and called it after his name, ( Numbers 32:42 ) , even sixty cities; see ( Deuteronomy 3:4-14 ) ( Joshua 13:30 )

all these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead:
being given him by Moses, ( Numbers 32:40 ) ( Deuteronomy 3:15 ) .

1 Chronicles 2:23 In-Context

21 Later, when Hezron was sixty years old, he married the daughter of Makir, Gilead's father. Hezron had sexual relations with Makir's daughter, and she had a son named Segub.

22 Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled twenty-three cities in the country of Gilead.

23 (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair, as well as Kenath and the small towns around it -- sixty towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah had his son, named Ashhur. Ashhur became the father of Tekoa.

25 Hezron's first son was Jerahmeel. Jerahmeel's sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Ram was Jerahmeel's first son.