1 Chronicles 2:22

22 But also Segub begat Jair; and he had in possession three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead;

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 begat Uri; (and) Uri begat Bezaleel.

21 After these things Hezron entered to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her to wife, when he was of sixty years; and she childed Segub to him. (After these things Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her for his wife, when he was sixty years old; and she bare him Segub.)

22 But also Segub begat Jair; and he had in possession three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead;

23 and he took Geshur, and Aram, the cities of Jair, and Kenath, and the towns thereof, of seventy cities (but Geshur and Aram captured the cities of Jair, and Kenath, and their towns, sixty towns in all). All these were (of) the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

24 And when Hezron was dead, Caleb entered into Ephratah. And Hezron had a wife Abiah, the which childed to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. (And when Hezron died, Caleb went to Ephratah, the wife of his father Hezron, and married her. And she bare him Ashhur, the founder of Tekoa.)