Judges 10:3

Judges 10:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
• New International Version (NIV)He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After him arose Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
• New Living Translation (NLT)After Tola died, Jair from Gilead judged Israel for twenty-two years.

Context of Judges 10:3

1After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. 2And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir. After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. 4And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 5And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

Judges 10:3 word by word

וַיָּ֣קָם אַחֲרָ֔יו יָאִ֖יר הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• him aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• Jairיָאִירyâ'îyr · JairH2971
• a Gileaditeגִּלְעָדִיgil‛âdîy · GileaditeH1569
• and judgedשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• and twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for Judges 10:3

• Genesis 31:48Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me today." Therefore he named it Galeed,
• Numbers 32:29And Moses said to them, "If the people of Gad and the people of Reuben, every man who is armed to battle before the Lord, will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession.

Commentaries on Judges 10:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Jair was likely a descendant of an earlier Jair from the tribe of Manasseh (see Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; compare 1 Kings 4:13). The Towns of Jair, which Jair and his sons controlled, were conquered by the earlier Jair.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Jair, a Gileadite--This judge was a different person from the conqueror of that northeastern territory, and founder of Havoth-jair, or "Jair's villages" (Nu 32:41; De 3:14; Jos 13:3; 1Ch 2:22).Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 10:3

• Israel
• Jair
• Judge

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Defend
• Jair
• Abdon (1)
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Gileadites
• Havvoth-Jair
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Book of

Commentaries on Judges 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby 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