Judges 10:3-5
New English Translation
3 Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years. 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair[a]—they are in the land of Gilead.[b] 5 Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
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- Judges 10:4 sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.
- Judges 10:4 tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day—which are in the land of Gilead.”
Judges 10:3-5
Expanded Bible
Jair, the Judge
3 After ·Tola died [L him], Jair ·from the region of Gilead [L the Gileadite] ·judged [led; 2:16] Israel for twenty-two years. 4 Jair had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys [12:14]. These thirty sons controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which are called the ·Towns [L Havvoth; C Hebrew for “towns” or “tent-villages”] of Jair to this day. 5 Jair died and was buried in the city of Kamon.
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