1 Chronicles 2:22
What does 1 Chronicles 2:22 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 2:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Segub begot Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead;
Context
v.21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he tookto wifewhen he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
v.22This passage
v.23And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 13:30
And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
- Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)
- Numbers 32:41
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.
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