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Wesley's Explanatory Notes on Joshua 13:30

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Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Of Jair - Who, though of the tribe of Judah, by the father, Ch1 2:21-22, yet is called the son of Manasseh, Num 32:41, because he married a daughter of Manasseh, and wholly associated himself with those valiant Manassites; and with their help took sixty cities or great towns, Deu 3:4, Deu 3:14, which thence were called the towns of Jair. Joshua 13:31
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