KJV King James Version
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
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1 Chronicles 2:22
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
WEB World English Bible
Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
ASV American Standard Version
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead,
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 2
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21 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.
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23 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.
24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, [and] Ahijah.
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וּשְׂג֖וּבH7687 · se.guvSegubהוֹלִ֣ידH3205 · ya.ladto begetאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יָאִ֑ירH2971 · ya.irJairוַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beל֗וֹH9033 · ohimעֶשְׂרִ֤יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyוְשָׁלוֹשׁ֙H7969 · sha.loshthreeעָרִ֔יםH5892 · irexcitementבְּאֶ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַגִּלְעָֽד׃H1568 · gil.adGilead
Cross-references
Numbers 32:41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.Joshua 13:30And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities:Deuteronomy 3:14Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
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