John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 32:41

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Jair the son of Manasseh, etc.] 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, (<130221>1 Chronicles 2:21,22), 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 (<050314>Deuteronomy 3:14), they are called Bashanhavothjair.

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