King James Version
1 Chronicles 2:22 in the King James Version says “And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.”
1 Chronicles 2:22 · KJV
And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
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. married: Heb. took
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
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.
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“begat”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“of Gilead”
H1568gilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites
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