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1 Chronicles 2:22

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22 Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.
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1 Chronicles 2:22 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
English Standard Version (ESV)
22 And Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
New Living Translation (NLT)
22 Segub was the father of Jair, who ruled twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
The Message Bible (MSG)
22 Then Segub had Jair who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
American Standard Version (ASV)
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
22 Segub was the father of Jair, who had 23 towns in Gilead.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
22 Segub fathered Jair, who possessed 23 towns in the land of Gilead.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
22 Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled 23 towns in Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 2:22

And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty three cities in the land
of Gilead.
] Which, according to Kimchi, he inherited in right of his wife, which, he says, he took out of the land of Gilead; but they seem to be rather what he took by force of arms from the former inhabitants; see ( Numbers 32:41 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 2:22 In-Context

20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.
21 Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub.
22 Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.
23 (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair, as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.
24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
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