1 Chronicles 2 · Verse 23

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.
1 Chronicles 2:23, King James Version

1 Chronicles 2:23 in other translations

BSBBut Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
WEBGeshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
ASVAnd Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
YLTand he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities--all these belonged to the sons of Machir father of Gilead.
DARBYand Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
BBEAnd Geshur and Aram took the tent-towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the small places round it, even sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
WebsterAnd he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its towns, even sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

What does 1 Chronicles 2:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. he took--rather "he had taken." This statement is accounting for his acquisition of so large a territory; he got it by right of conquest from the former possessors. Kenath--This place, along with its group of surrounding villages, was gained by Nobah, one of Jair's officers sent by him to capture it (Nu 32:1, 2). All these belonged to the sons of Machir--In their number Jair is included as having completely identified himself by his marriage and residence in Gilead with the tribe of Manasseh.

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1 Chronicles 2:23 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
גְּשֽׁוּר\־ge.shur-GeshurH1650
וַ֠אֲרָםVa.'a.romand AramH758
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חַוֹּ֨תcha.VotHavvothH2334
יָאִ֧ירya.'IrJairH2334
מֵאִתָּ֛םme.'i.Tamfrom with <the> themH854
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
קְנָ֥תke.NatKenathH7079
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בְּנֹתֶ֖יהָbe.no.Tei.hadaughters itsH1323
שִׁשִּׁ֣יםshi.ShimsixtyH8346
עִ֑יר'Irciti[es]H5892
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֵ֕לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
בְּנֵ֖יbe.Nei[were] [the] sons ofH1121
מָכִ֥ירma.KhirMakirH4353
אֲבִי\־'a.vi-[the] father ofH1
גִלְעָֽד\׃gil.'AdGileadH1568

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 2:23

  • Numbers 32:41-42

    And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair. And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

  • 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.

  • 2 Samuel 13:38

    So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

  • Joshua 13:13

    Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

  • 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:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Geshur.
Jos 13:13; 2Sa 13:38
Kenath.Kenath was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan. Eusebius says it was called in his time [Kanatha,] Kanatha; and was a town in the Trachonitis, near Bozra. Josephus places it in Coelo-syria; and Pliny reckons it among the cities of the Decapolis. It was also called Nobah, after Nobah an Israelite, who conquered it, (Nu 32:42;) which is placed by Eusebius, eight miles south of Heshbon: See Note on Jud 8:11.

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Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:24

    And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

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1 Chronicles 2:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Gesur y Aram tomaron las ciudades de Jair de ellos, y á Cenath con sus aldeas, sesenta lugares. Todos estos fueron de los hijos de Machîr padre de Galaad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Gueshur et Aram leur prirent les bourgs de Jaïr, et Kenath, et les villes de son ressort, 60 villes. – Tous ceux-là furent fils de Makir, père de Galaad.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Gesur und Aram nahmen ihnen die Dörfer Jairs weg, mit Kenath und seinen Tochterstädten, sechzig Städte. Diese alle waren Söhne Makirs, des Vaters Gileads.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cepitque Gessur et Aram oppida Jair, et Canath, et viculos ejus sexaginta civitatum: omnes isti filii Machir patris Galaad.