After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel for twenty-two years.
Moses told them, ‘If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, every man in battle formation before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
Then Laban said, ‘This mound is a witness between you and me today.’ Therefore the place was called Galeed
Tola judged Israel for twenty-three years and when he died, was buried in Shamir.
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. They had thirty towns in Gilead, which are still called Jair’s Villages today.