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He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair[a]—they are in the land of Gilead.[b] Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

The Lord’s Patience Runs Short

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight.[c] They worshiped[d] the Baals and the Ashtoreths,[e] as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines.[f] They abandoned the Lord and did not worship[g] him.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 10:4 sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.
  2. Judges 10:4 tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day—which are in the land of Gilead.”
  3. Judges 10:6 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”
  4. Judges 10:6 tn Or “served;” or “followed.”
  5. Judges 10:6 sn The Ashtoreths were local manifestations of the goddess Astarte.
  6. Judges 10:6 tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”
  7. Judges 10:6 tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”

He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys.(A) They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.[a](B) When Jair(C) died, he was buried in Kamon.

Jephthah

Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord.(D) They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths,(E) and the gods of Aram,(F) the gods of Sidon,(G) the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites(H) and the gods of the Philistines.(I) And because the Israelites forsook the Lord(J) and no longer served him,

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 10:4 Or called the settlements of Jair