Judges 10:5

Judges 10:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jair died and was buried in Camon.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

Context of Judges 10:5

3He 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. When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon. 6Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the Lord and no longer served him, 7he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,

Judges 10:5 word by word

וַיָּ֣מָת יָאִ֔יר וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּקָמֽוֹן׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Jairיָאִירyâ'îyr · JairH2971
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• and was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• in Camonקָמוֹןqâmôn · KamonH7056

Commentaries on Judges 10:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Each of the five minor judges (see also Isaiah 12:8–15) led Israel for a set number of years. During this time after Gideon, the phrase the land had rest for forty years (Judges 3:11, 30; 5:31; 8:28) does not appear again. The details about these mysterious figures include their birthplaces and burial sites, and sometimes a brief family history or notable family traits. Four of the five names are found in other family records: Tola and Puah are clans of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-51. after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel, Tola--that is, "to save." Deliverance was necessary as well from intestine usurpation as from foreign aggression. the son of Puah--He was uncle to Abimelech by the father's side, and consequently brother of Gideon; yet the former was of the tribe of Issachar, while the latter was of Manasseh. They were, most probably, uterine brothers. dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim--As a central place, he made it the…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 10:5

• Camon
• Jair
• Judge

In the dictionaries

• Camon
• Defend
• Jair
• Abdon (1)
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Book of
• Kamon

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