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Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.
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Verse 41. Jair was born of Segub, the son of Esron, by a daughter of Machir, 1 Chronicles 1:21. He did not remain in the tribe of Juda, but dwelt in that of his mother, ( Calmet.) or perhaps he married a descendant of Machir, and obtained these villages. Seld. Suc. c. xviii.—Havoth, means “a circle of cabins or shepherds’ huts,” in Arabic. Bochart.
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