KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Chronicles 2:23
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
WEB World English Bible
Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
ASV American Standard Version
And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities—all these belonged to the sons of Machir father of Gilead.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 2
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.
26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name [was] Atarah; she [was] the mother of Onam.
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וַיִּקַּ֣חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeגְּשֽׁוּר־H1650 · ge.shurGeshurוַ֠אֲרָםH758 · a.ramAramאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חַוֹּ֨תH2334 · chau.vot ya.irHavvoth-jairיָאִ֧ירH2334 · chau.vot ya.irHavvoth-jairמֵאִתָּ֛םH854 · etwithאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]קְנָ֥תH7079 · qe.natKenathוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּנֹתֶ֖יהָH1323 · batdaughterשִׁשִּׁ֣יםH8346 · shish.shimsixtyעִ֑ירH5892 · irexcitementכָּל־H3605 · kolallאֵ֕לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseבְּנֵ֖יH1121 · benson: childמָכִ֥ירH4353 · ma.khirMachirאֲבִי־H1 · avfatherגִלְעָֽד׃H1568 · gil.adGilead
Cross-references
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:Numbers 32:41-42And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.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.Joshua 13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.2 Samuel 13:38So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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