1 Chronicles 2:22

22 And Segub begot Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad.

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 And Hur begot Uri: and Uri begot Bezeleel.
21 And afterwards Hesron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and took her to wife when he was threescore years old: and she bore him Segub.
22 And Segub begot Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad.
23 And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad.
24 And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua.
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