King James Version
What Does Numbers 32:41 Mean?
“And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.”
Context
39
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
40
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
42
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(41) **And Jair the son of Manasseh . . . —**Jair was the son of Segub, the son of Hezron, who married the daughter of Machir, the son of Manasseh (1Chronicles 2:21-22). Jair was, therefore, the great-grandson of Manasseh, and was one of those Israelites who were reckoned as belonging to their maternal tribe.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
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Theological Significance
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