Great-grandson of the patriarch Joseph and grandson of Manasseh, and son of Segub. He lived during the time of Egyptian slavery and the wilderness wandering of the Israelites.
About Jair
A descendant of Manasseh (Numbers 32:41). At the time of the Conquest, he took several villages in the Argob region of Bashan and Gilead and called them after his own name, Havvoth-jair, meaning “Towns of Jair” (Deuteronomy 3:14; compare Joshua 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:23).
See also Havoth-jair, Havvoth-jair.
Family Relationships
- Parents
- Segub (1 Chronicles 2:21)
- Uncles 4
- Ram, Jerahmeel, Caleb, Ashhur
- Cousins 28
- Amminadab, Ram (1 Chronicles 2:25), Bunah, Oren, Ozem (1 Chronicles 2:25), Ahijah (1 Chronicles 2:25), Onam (1 Chronicles 2:26), Hur, Jesher, Shobab (1 Chronicles 2:18), Ardon, Mareshah, Haran (1 Chronicles 2:46), Moza, Gazez, Sheber, Tirhanah, Shaaph (1 Chronicles 2:49), Sheva (1 Chronicles 2:49), Achsah (1 Chronicles 2:49), Ahuzzam, Hepher (1 Chronicles 4:6), Temeni, Haahashtari, Zereth, Izhar (1 Chronicles 4:7), Ethnan, Koz
Key References
Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
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.
and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
All Scripture References (5)
Numbers (1)
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
Deuteronomy (1)
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.
2 Samuel (1)
and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
1 Kings (1)
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
1 Chronicles (1)
Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.