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1 Chronicles 2:23

GileadMachirAramGeshurHavvoth-jairKenath

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.

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 Caleb-ephratah, 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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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

    And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:14

    Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.

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  • 2 Samuel 13:38

    So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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  • Joshua 13:13

    Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

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  • Joshua 13:30

    And 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:

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