Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth Jair.
KJV
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
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And Jair the son of Manasseh,.... By his mother's side, otherwise he was of the family of Judah; for Hezron, of the family of Judah, married a daughter of Machir, the son of Manasseh, by whom he had a son called Segub, who was the father of Jair,
Ch1 2:21
, the same
went and took the small towns thereof; of that part of Gilead given to Machir:
and called them Havothjair; after his own name: in
Deu 3:14
, they are called Bashanhavothjair.
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