1 Chronicles 2 · Verse 22

1 Chronicles 2:22

And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 2:22, King James Version

1 Chronicles 2:22 in other translations

BSBSegub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
WEBSegub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
ASVAnd Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
YLTAnd Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead,
DARBYAnd Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead;
BBEAnd Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
WebsterAnd Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

What does 1 Chronicles 2:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead--As the son of Segub and the grandson of Hezron, he was of the tribe of Judah; but from his maternal descent he is called (Nu 32:41; De 3:14) "the son of Manasseh." This designation implies that his inheritance lay in that tribe in right of his grandmother; in other words, his maternal and adopting great-grandfather was Machir the son of Manasseh. Jair, inheriting his property, was his lineal representative; and accordingly this is expressly stated to be the case; for the village group of "Havoth-Jair" was awarded to him in that tribe, in consequence of his valiant and patriotic exploits. This arrangement, however, took place previous to the law (Nu 36:1-13), by which it was enacted that heiresses were to marry in their own tribe. But this instance of Jair shows that in the case of a man obtaining an inheritance in another tribe it required him to become thoroughly incorporated with it as a representative of the family through which the inheritance was received. He had been adopted into Manasseh, and it would never have been imagined that he was other than "a son of Manasseh" naturally, had not this passage given information supplementary to that of the passage in Numbers.

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1 Chronicles 2:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּשְׂג֖וּבu.se.Guvand SegubH7687
הוֹלִ֣ידho.Lidhe fatheredH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יָאִ֑ירya.'IrJairH2971
וַֽיְהִי\־vay.hi-and it belongedH1961
ל֗וֹloto him
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וְשָׁלוֹשׁ֙ve.sha.lo.Voshand threeH7969
עָרִ֔ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
בְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776
הַגִּלְעָֽד\׃ha.gil.'Ad<the> GileadH1568

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 2:22

  • Numbers 32:41

    And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.

  • Joshua 13:30

    And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

  • Deuteronomy 3:14

    Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jair.
Nu 32:41; De 3:14; Jos 13:30

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 2:21

    And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:22

    And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:23

    And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

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1 Chronicles 2:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Segub engendró á Jair, el cual tuvo veintitrés ciudades en la tierra de Galaad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Segub engendra Jaïr, et il eut 23 villes dans le pays de Galaad.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Segub zeugte Jair. Und dieser hatte 23 Städte im Lande Gilead;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et Segub genuit Jair, et possedit viginti tres civitates in terra Galaad.