Thematic Bible: Jair


Thematic Bible



After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years. He had 30 sons who rode on 30 young donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair's Villages to this day.


Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, 60 great cities with walls and bronze bars);

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took over the entire region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He called Bashan by his own name, Jair’s Villages, as it is today.

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages, which he renamed Jair’s Villages.

this as their territory:

From Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all of Jair’s Villages that are in Bashan—60 cities.

Segub fathered Jair, who possessed 23 towns in the land of Gilead. But Geshur and Aram captured Jair's Villages along with Kenath and its villages-60 towns. All these were the sons of Machir father of Gilead.


Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took over the entire region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He called Bashan by his own name, Jair’s Villages, as it is today.

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages, which he renamed Jair’s Villages.


After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.


After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years. He had 30 sons who rode on 30 young donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair's Villages to this day. When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.


Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam.


In the fortress of Susa, there was a Jewish man named Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite.


After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years. He had 30 sons who rode on 30 young donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair's Villages to this day. When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.


After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.


After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.


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