After him came Jair the Gileadite,(A) who judged Israel twenty-two years. He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. They had thirty towns[a] in Gilead, which are still called Jair’s Villages[b] today. When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:4 LXX; MT reads donkeys
  2. 10:4 Or called Havvoth-jair

Jair Becomes Israel’s Judge

After Tola died, Jair from Gilead judged Israel for twenty-two years. His thirty sons rode around on thirty donkeys, and they owned thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are still called the Towns of Jair.[a] When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:4 Hebrew Havvoth-jair.