Judges 10:3

Jair

3 He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.

Judges 10:3 in Other Translations

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

3 After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

3 After Tola died, Jair from Gilead judged Israel for twenty-two years.

3 After him, Jair the Gileadite stepped into leadership. He judged Israel for twenty-two years.

3 After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel 22 years.

Judges 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 10:3

And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite
Who was of the half tribe of Manasseh, on the other side Jordan, which inhabited the land of Gilead, and who is the first of the judges that was on that side Jordan; it pleased God, before the government was settled in a particular tribe, to remove it from one to another, and to honour them all, and to show that though the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, were separated from their brethren by the river Jordan, they were not neglected by the Lord; and generally speaking judges were raised up in all those parts which were most oppressed, and liable to be oppressed by their enemies, as Gilead by the Ammonites; wherefore this, and the next judge that followed him, Jephthah, were of Gilead:

and judged Israel twenty two years;
protected them from their enemies, administered justice to them, and preserved them in the true religion.

Judges 10:3 In-Context

1 After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

2 He led Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.

3 He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.

4 He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.

5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 32:41