Numbers 32:41

Numbers 32:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.
• New International Version (NIV)Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth Jair.

Context of Numbers 32:41

39The descendants of Makir, the son of Manasseh, attacked Gilead. They sent away the people who lived there. 40So Moses gave Gilead to the descendants of Makir who was the son of Manasseh. And they lived there. Jair, who was a descendant of Manasseh, attacked some villages. He got power over them and he called them Havvoth-Jair. 42Nobah attacked Kenath and the villages round it. He called it Nobah, like his own name.

Numbers 32:41 word by word

וְיָאִ֤יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה֙ הָלַ֔ךְ וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד אֶת־חַוֹּתֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶתְהֶ֖ן חַוֹּ֥ת יָאִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Jairיָאִירyâ'îyr · JairH2971
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and tookלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• the small townsחַוָּהchavvâh · villageH2333
• thereof, and calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• them Havoth–jairחַוּוֹת יָעִירchavvôth yâ‛îyr · Havvoth-jairH2334

Cross-references for Numbers 32:41

• Deuteronomy 3:14Jair belonged to the tribe of Manasseh. He took power over all the region of Argob. He went as far as the borders of Geshur and Maakah. Then he gave his own name to that land. To this day, Bashan has the name ‘Jair's towns’.
• Joshua 13:30He gave them the land from Mahanaim, the land of Bashan, all the land ruled by Og, king of Bashan. It included all the 60 towns of Jair in Bashan.
• 1 Chronicles 2:21After some time, when Hezron was 60 years old, he married Makir's daughter. She was Gilead's sister. Hezron had sex with her and she gave birth to a son called Segub.
• Judges 10:4He had 30 sons. They rode on 30 donkeys and they ruled 30 towns in Gilead. These towns are still called Havvoth-Jair (Jair's villages).
• 1 Kings 4:13Ben-Geber had authority in Ramoth Gilead. That included the villages of Manasseh's son Jair in Gilead. It also included the region of Argob in Bashan with 60 large cities which had strong walls gates with bronze bars.

Commentaries on Numbers 32:41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41Havoth-jair - That is, the villages or habitations of Jair; and thus they should have been translated. As these two tribes and a half were the first, says Ainsworth, who had their inheritance assigned to them in the promised land, so they were the first of all Israel that were carried captive out of their own land, because of their sins. "For they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after other gods. And God delivered them…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41The exploits of Jair - he was the conqueror of Argob Deuteronomy 3:14 - gave new. luster to his name; and the fame of the family is attested by the history of Jair the Israelite judge, doubtless a descendant; perhaps also by the mention of Jairus Luke 8:41, the ruler of the synagogue at the neighboring city of Capernaum. Havoth-jair - That is, the villages, or rather groups of tents, or “kraals,” of Jair. Originally they were twenty-three in number 1…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-42Verses 28-42 Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed the names of them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be forgotten. A spirit of selfishness, of seeking our own, not the things of Christ, when each one ought to assist others, is as dangerous as it is common. It is impossible to be sincere in the faith, sensible of the goodness of God, constrained by the love…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39-42Three clans of Manasseh conquered part of Gilead and Bashan (compare Deuteronomy 3:13–15; Joshua 13:29–31). The exact location of Nobah is still unknown (compare Judges 8:11). Havvoth-jair: Compare Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:30; Judges 10:4; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:21–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4141. Havoth-jair--that is, "tent-villages." Jair, who captured them, was a descendant of Manasseh on his mother's side (1Ch 1:21, 22).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 32:41

• Amorites
• Havoth-Jair
• Jair
• Manasseh

In the dictionaries

• Manasseh
• City
• Destroy
• Discourage
• Fenced cities
• Havothjair
• Jair
• Judah upon Jordan
• Ready
• Sit

Commentaries on Numbers 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings