21 Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead.(A) He made love to her, and she bore him Segub. 22 Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead. 23 (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,[a](B) as well as Kenath(C) with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 2:23 Or captured the settlements of Jair

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.

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

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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21 Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of (A)Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. 22 Segub begot (B)Jair,[a] who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23 (C)(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns—sixty towns.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 2:22 Reckoned to Manasseh through the daughter of Machir, Num. 32:41; Deut. 3:14; 25:5, 6; 1 Kin. 4:13; 1 Chr. 7:14