Jair

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Judges in the Bible
In the Book of Joshua
Joshua
In the Book of Judges
Othniel
Ehud
Shamgar
Deborah and Barak
Gideon
Abimelech
Tola
Jair
Jephthah
Ibzan
Elon
Abdon
Samson
In the Book of Samuel
Samuel
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For the Brazilian footballer, see Jair da Rosa Pinto.

For the Brazilian singer, see Jair Oliveira.

For the Baseball player, see Jair Jurrjens.

Jair (Hebrew יאיר Ya'ir) was a man from Gilead (see also Manasseh), east of the River Jordan, who judged Israel for twenty-two years after the death of Tola. His inheritance was in Gilead through the line of Makir, the son of Menasseh. Jair was the son of Segub, the son of Hezron the Jew through the daughter of Makir (1 Chronicles 2). According to Judges 10:3-5, Jair had thirty sons, who rode thirty ass colts, and thirty 'cities' in Gilead which came to be known as Havoth-Jair. The word chawwoth ('tent encampments') occurs only in this context (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; Judges 10:4), and is a legacy word remaining from the early nomadic stage of Hebrew culture. 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).