The son of Segub. He distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and settled in the part of Argob on the borders of Gilead. Yair died and was buried in Camon (or Kamon). This version of the name Jair is assigned to four different men in the Bible: The first Jair we meet is a descendant of Manasseh, who conquered several towns east of the Jordan and named them after himself (Numbers 32:41). W. Ewing suggests that Kamon probably corresponds to Kamun taken by the Seleucid king Antiochus III, on his march from Pella to Gephrun (Polybius Book V.70:12). He was brought up with his mother in Gilead, where he had possessions (1 Chronicles 2:22). (B.C. The word chawwoth ('tent encampments') occurs only in this context (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; Judges 10:4). He had thirty sons, each riding on “ass colts.” They had possession of thirty of the sixty cities (1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:23) which formed the ancient Havoth-jair. His inheritance was in Gilead through the line of Machir, the son of Manasseh. ChristianAnswers.Net WebBible Encyclopedia. A Benjamite, the father of Mordecai, Esther's uncle (Esther 2:5). The small towns taken by him there are called Havoth-jair, i.e., “Jair's villages” (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:30). His opulence is described in Judges 10:3-5. The eighth judge of Israel, which he ruled for twenty-two years. He was brought up with his mother in Gilead, where he had possessions (1 Chronicles 2:22). Meaning: enlightener. After his death there were 18 years of infidelity to the God of the Israelites and oppression at the hands of their Philistine and Ammonite neighbours. [1], King David appointed a Yairite named Ira as his chief ruler or priest after Sheba's rebellion. Jair. He distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and settled in the part of Argob on the borders of Gilead. In the Biblical Book of Judges, Yair (Hebrew: יָאִיר Yā’îr, "he enlightens") was a man from Gilead of the Tribe of Manasseh, east of the River Jordan, who judged Israel for 22 years, after the death of Tola, who had ruled of 23 years. the name of four biblical men: The son of Segub. Yair was the son of Segub, the son of Hezron through the daughter of Machir (1 Chronicles 2). [2], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jair&oldid=917345585, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 September 2019, at 12:08. According to Judges 10:3–5, Yair had thirty sons, who rode thirty ass colts, and controlled 30 cities in Gilead which came to be known as Havoth-Yair (Judges 10:4; cf. In the Biblical Book of Judges, Yair (Hebrew: יָאִיר Yā’îr, "he enlightens") was a man from Gilead of the Tribe of Manasseh, east of the River Jordan, who judged Israel for 22 years, after the death of Tola, who had ruled of 23 years. During, the conquest he took the whole of the tract of Argob ( 3:14) and in addition possessed himself of some nomad villages in Gilead, which he called after his own name Havoth-Jair. His inheritance was in Gilead through the line of Machir, the son of Manasseh. Yair was the son of Segub, the son of Hezron through the daughter of Machir (1 Chronicles 2). 23 towns in 1 Chronicles 2:22). The father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath (1 Chronicles 20:5). 1451.) Jair (enlightener).A man who on his fathers side was descended from Judah, and on his mothers from Manasseh.