Judges 10:3 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 10:3

Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years.

KJV

And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Jair the Gileadite was probably the same person as is named in Num 32:41; Deu 3:14, as having given the name of “Havoth-jair” to certain villages in Bashan.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Jair bore the name of a very famous man of the same tribe who in Moses's time was very active in reducing this country, Num. xxxii. That which is chiefly remarkable concerning this Jair is the increase and honour of his family: He had thirty sons,

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֣קָם	vai.Ya.kom	and he arose	H6965 →
אַחֲרָ֔יו	'a.cha.Rav	after him	H310 →
יָאִ֖יר	ya.'Ir	Jair	H2971 →
הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י	ha.gil.'a.Di	the Gileadite	H1569 →
וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙	vai.yish.Pot	and he judged	H8199 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם	u.she.Ta.yim	and two	H8147 →
שָׁנָֽה׃	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Genesis 31:48
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
leads to
- Joshua 24:27
  And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will…
- Deuteronomy 3:16
  and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the…
- Deuteronomy 2:36
  From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God…
- Joshua 13:8–9
  The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had…
- Genesis 31:23
  So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

About Judges

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Judges

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Judges