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Judges 10:4

GileadHavvoth-jair

2 Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.

3 Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

6 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

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BSB
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
KJV
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
WEB
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
ASV
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
DARBY
And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty ass colts; and they had thirty cities, which are called the villages of Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
BLB
And there were unto him thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and thirty towns unto him, which are called Havvoth-jair to this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead.
ÅB
Han hadde tretti sønner, som red på tretti eselfoler og hadde tretti byer; disse kalles den dag idag Ja'irs byer; de ligger i Gileads land.
OTB
Jair hadde tretti sønner som red på tretti esler, og de eide tretti byer i Gilead, kjent til denne dag som Havvot-Jair.
B1930
Han hadde tretti sønner, som red på tretti asenfoler og hadde tretti byer; disse kalles den dag idag Ja'irs byer; de ligger i Gileads land.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 32:41

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

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  • Judges 5:10

    You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

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  • Judges 12:14

    He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.

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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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