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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged 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 the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. 2He led Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir. He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years. 4He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair. 5When Jair died, he 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.” That is why it was called Galeed.
• Numbers 32:29He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you, you must give them the land of Gilead as their 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