1 Chronicles 2:23

New Century Version

(But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair, as well as Kenath and the small towns around it—sixty towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

Cross References

Genesis 50:23

During Joseph’s life Ephraim had children and grandchildren, and Joseph’s son Manasseh had a son named Makir. Joseph accepted Makir’s children as his own.

2 Samuel 13:38

After Absalom ran away to Geshur, he stayed there for three years.

1 Kings 4:13

Ben-Geber was governor of Ramoth in Gilead. (He was governor of all the towns of Jair in Gilead. Jair was the son of Manasseh. Ben-Geber was also over the district of Argob in Bashan, which had sixty large, walled cities with bronze bars on their gates.)

1 Chronicles 2:22

Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled twenty-three cities in the country of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 2:24

After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah had his son, named Ashhur. Ashhur became the father of Tekoa.

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole area of Argob, all the way to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. So that land was named for Jair, and even today Bashan is called the Towns of Jair.)

Joshua 13:13

Because the Israelites did not force out the people of Geshur and Maacah, they still live among the Israelites today.

Joshua 13:30

The land started at Mahanaim and included all of Bashan and the land ruled by Og king of Bashan; all the towns of Jair in Bashan, sixty cities in all;