Dict: easton - Jair

easton:

Jair @ enlightener.

(1.) The son of Segub. He was brought up with his mother in Gilead, where he had possessions ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:22). He distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and settled in the part of Argob on the borders of Gilead. The small towns taken by him there are called Havoth-jair, i.e., "Jair's villages" kjv@Numbers:32:41; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:14; kjv@Joshua:13:30).

(2.) The eighth judge of Israel, which he ruled for twenty-two years. His opulence is described in kjv@Judges:10:3-5. He had thirty sons, each riding on "ass colts." They had possession of thirty of the sixty cities (kjvKings:4:13; kjv@1Chronicles:2:23) which formed the ancient Havoth-jair.

(3.) A Benjamite, the father of Mordecai, Esther's uncle kjv@Esther:2:5).

(4.) The father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath ( kjv@1Chronicles:20:5).