Jair
the judge
A Gileadite who judged Israel twenty-two years and had thirty sons who rode thirty ass colts and held thirty cities.
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Jair Judges Israel; His Thirty Sons and Cities
3After Tola, a man named Jair became the next leader. He came from a place called Gilead. He led Israel for twenty-two years.
And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
Gilead was land on the east side of the Jordan River. Some of Israel's families lived there, away from the rest.
4Jair had thirty sons. Each one rode his own young donkey. The sons owned thirty towns in the land of Gilead. Even today those towns are called Havoth-jair.
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
Donkeys were animals people rode, a little like small horses. Only rich and important families had thirty of them. So this tells us Jair's sons were powerful men. The name Havoth-jair means "the towns of Jair."
5Then Jair died, and they buried him in a town called Camon.
And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
Every passage here is the King James text. Nothing on this page retells the story; it only puts the pieces in order.