A Benjamite, the father of Mordecai, Esther's uncle (Esther 2:5). His opulence is described in Judges 10:3-5. 23 towns in 1 Chronicles 2:22).
Jair. ChristianAnswers.Net WebBible Encyclopedia. 1451.) According to Judges 10:3–5, Yair had thirty sons, who rode thirty ass colts, and controlled 30 cities in Gilead which came to be known as Havoth-Yair (Judges 10:4; cf. Yair was the son of Segub, the son of Hezron through the daughter of Machir (1 Chronicles 2). He was brought up with his mother in Gilead, where he had possessions (1 Chronicles 2:22). After his death there were 18 years of infidelity to the God of the Israelites and oppression at the hands of their Philistine and Ammonite neighbours. Yair was the son of Segub, the son of Hezron through the daughter of Machir (1 Chronicles 2). W. Ewing suggests that Kamon probably corresponds to Kamun taken by the Seleucid king Antiochus III, on his march from Pella to Gephrun (Polybius Book V.70:12). The son of Segub. In the Biblical Book of Judges, Yair (Hebrew: יָאִיר Yā’îr, "he enlightens") was a man from Gilead of the Tribe of Manasseh, east of the River Jordan, who judged Israel for 22 years, after the death of Tola, who had ruled of 23 years. During, the conquest he took the whole of the tract of Argob ( 3:14) and in addition possessed himself of some nomad villages in Gilead, which he called after his own name Havoth-Jair.
He was brought up with his mother in Gilead, where he had possessions (1 Chronicles 2:22). Meaning: enlightener. He distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and settled in the part of Argob on the borders of Gilead.
The small towns taken by him there are called Havoth-jair, i.e., “Jair's villages” (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:30). the name of four biblical men: The son of Segub. Jair (enlightener).A man who on his fathers side was descended from Judah, and on his mothers from Manasseh. [1], King David appointed a Yairite named Ira as his chief ruler or priest after Sheba's rebellion. [2], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jair&oldid=917345585, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 September 2019, at 12:08. His inheritance was in Gilead through the line of Machir, the son of Manasseh. Yair died and was buried in Camon (or Kamon).
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The father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath (1 Chronicles 20:5). He distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and settled in the part of Argob on the borders of Gilead. The eighth judge of Israel, which he ruled for twenty-two years.
The word chawwoth ('tent encampments') occurs only in this context (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; Judges 10:4). His inheritance was in Gilead through the line of Machir, the son of Manasseh. He had thirty sons, each riding on “ass colts.” They had possession of thirty of the sixty cities (1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:23) which formed the ancient Havoth-jair. This version of the name Jair is assigned to four different men in the Bible: The first Jair we meet is a descendant of Manasseh, who conquered several towns east of the Jordan and named them after himself (Numbers 32:41). In the Biblical Book of Judges, Yair (Hebrew: יָאִיר Yā’îr, "he enlightens") was a man from Gilead of the Tribe of Manasseh, east of the River Jordan, who judged Israel for 22 years, after the death of Tola, who had ruled of 23 years.