Numbers 32:41

41 And Iair the sonne of Manasse wet and toke ye small townes thereof and called the the townes of Iair.

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 childern of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and toke it and put out the Amorites yt were therin.

40 And Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse and he dwelt therein.

41 And Iair the sonne of Manasse wet and toke ye small townes thereof and called the the townes of Iair.

42 And Nobah went and toke kenath with the townes longinge thereto and called it Nobah after his awne name.