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1 Chronicles 2:23

GileadMachirAramGeshurHavvoth-jairKenath

21 Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

22 Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

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.

24 After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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
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.
DARBY
and Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
BLB
And Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its daughters—sixty towns. All these [were] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
ÅB
Men gesurittene og arameerne tok Ja'irs byer fra dem og likeså Kenat med tilhørende landsbyer - i alt seksti byer. Alle disse[^6] var sønner av[^7] Gileads far Makir.
OTB
Men Gesjur og Aram tok byene til Jair fra dem, med Kenat og dens landsbyer, seksti bosetninger. Alle disse var etterkommere av Makir, far til Gilead.
B1930
Men gesurittene og arameerne tok Ja'irs byer fra dem og likeså Kenat med tilhørende landsbyer - i alt seksti byer. Alle disse var sønner av Gileads far Makir. / < Segub, Ja'ir og deres ætt, 1KR 2, 21. 22.> / < De regnes for sønner av Makir, altså til Manasse stamme, 4MO 32, 40, fordi de nedstammet fra Makirs datter, 1KR 2, 21. Deres stamfar Hesron var av Juda stamme, 1KR 2, 5.>

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  • Numbers 32:41–42

    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:14

    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.

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  • 2 Samuel 13:38

    After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

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  • Joshua 13:13

    but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.

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  • Joshua 13:30

    The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;

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