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1 Chronicles 2:23

And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aram;   Geshur;   Gilead;   Jair;   Kenath;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Geshur, Geshuri, Geshurites;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Geshur;   Havoth-Jair;   Jair;   Judah upon Jordan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abihail;   Bashan-Havoth-Jair;   Geshur;   Kenath;   Manasseh (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Havoth-Jair;   Kenath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Genealogy;   Geshur, Geshurites;   Judah;   Kenath;   Manasseh;   Perez;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aram ;   Geshur ;   Gilead ;   Havothjair ;   Hezron ;   Jair ;   Jerahmeel ;   Kenath ;   Machir ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Aram;   Geshur;   Havoth-jair;   Jair;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Havoth-Ja'ir;   Ja'ir;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bridge;   Geshur;   Kenath;   Maacah;   Manasseh (2);   Town;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adoption;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Geshur, Geshurites;   Havoth-Jair;   Jair;   Machir;   Nobah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But Geshur and Aram captured Jair’s Villages along with Kenath and its surrounding villages—sixty towns. All these were the descendants of Machir father of Gilead.
Hebrew Names Version
Geshur and Aram took the towns of Ya'ir from them, with Kenat, and the villages of it, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Makhir the father of Gil`ad.
King James Version
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
English Standard Version
But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath, and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
New Century Version
(But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair, as well as Kenath and the small towns around it—sixty towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
New English Translation
(Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
Amplified Bible
But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its villages, sixty towns in all. All these were the sons (descendants) of Machir, the father of Gilead.
New American Standard Bible
But Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, sixty settlements. All of these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
World English Bible
Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages of it, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Gesthur with Aram tooke the townes of Iair from them, and Kenath and the townes thereof, euen threescore cities. All these were the sonnes of Machir the father of Gilead.
Legacy Standard Bible
But Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
Berean Standard Bible
But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
Contemporary English Version
Some time later the nations of Geshur and Aram captured sixty towns in that region, including the villages that belonged to Jair, as well as the town of Kenath and the nearby villages. Everyone from the region of Gilead was a descendant of Machir.
Complete Jewish Bible
(But G'shur and Aram took Havot-Ya'ir away from them, along with K'nat and its villages — sixty cities.) All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gil‘ad.
Darby Translation
and Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Geshur and Aram took Jair's villages. Among them were Kenath and the small towns around it. There were 60 small towns in all. All these towns belonged to the sons of Makir, the father of Gilead.
George Lamsa Translation
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebs land, Ephrath, then his wife, bore him Eshtawir the father of Tekoa.
Good News Translation
But the kingdoms of Geshur and Aram conquered sixty towns there, including the villages of Jair and Kenath, and the towns nearby. All the people who lived there were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
Lexham English Bible
And Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-Jair from them, Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were the descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
Literal Translation
And he took Geshur and Aram with the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its towns, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he toke out of the same Iesur and Aram the townes of Iair, and Kenath with the vyllages therof, thre score cities. All these are the children of Machir ye father of Gilead.
American Standard Version
And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
Bible in Basic English
And Geshur and Aram took the tent-towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the small places round it, even sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he ouercame Gessur and Aram the townes of Iair, from them [which dwelt in them] and Kenath and the townes therof, euen threescore townes: All these were the sonnes of Machir the father of Gilead.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
King James Version (1611)
And he tooke Geshur, and Aram, with the townes of Iair, from them, with Kenath, and the townes thereof, euen threescore cities. All these belonged to the sonnes of Machir, the father of Gilead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; with Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Galaad.
English Revised Version
And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he took Gessur, and Aran, the citees of Jair, and Chanath, and the townes therof of seuenti citees. Alle these weren the sones of Machir, fadir of Galaad.
Update Bible Version
And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its towns, [even] sixty cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
New King James Version
(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns--sixty towns.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
New Living Translation
(But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair and also took Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
New Life Bible
But Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its towns. They took sixty cities in all. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
New Revised Standard
But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, father of Gilead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the villages thereof, sixty cities. All these, were the sons of Machir, father of Gilead.
Revised Standard Version
But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-ja'ir, Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
Young's Literal Translation
and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities -- all these [belonged to] the sons of Machir father of Gilead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

Contextual Overview

18 And Caleb the son of Hesron took a wife named Azuba, of whom he had Jerioth: and her sons were Jaser, and Sobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata: who bore him Hur. 20 And Hur begot Uri: and Uri begot Bezeleel. 21 And afterwards Hesron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and took her to wife when he was threescore years old: and she bore him Segub. 22 And Segub begot Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad. 23 And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad. 24 And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua. 25 And the sons of Jerameel the firstborn of Hesron, were Ram his firstborn, and Buna, and Aram, and Asom, and Achia. 26 And Jerameel married another wife, named Atara, who was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerameel, were Moos, Jamin, and Achar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Geshur: Joshua 13:13, 2 Samuel 13:38

Kenath: Kenath was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan. Eusebius says it was called in his time בםבטב, Kanatha; and was a town in the Trachonitis, near Bozra. Josephus places it in Coelo-syria; and Pliny reckons it among the cities of the Decapolis. It was also called Nobah, after Nobah an Israelite, who conquered it (Numbers 32:42), which is placed by Eusebius, eight miles south of Heshbon. see note on Judges 8:11.

Reciprocal: Joshua 13:11 - General Joshua 17:1 - Machir 1 Samuel 27:8 - the Geshurites 1 Chronicles 2:42 - the father of Hebron 1 Chronicles 3:2 - Geshur 1 Chronicles 9:35 - the father

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 29:14
He answered: Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after the days of one month were expired,
Judges 9:2
Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerobaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal, consider that I am your bone, and your flesh.
2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, saying: Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Samuel 19:13
And say ye to Amasa: Art not thou my bone, and my flesh? So do God to me and add more, if thou be not the chief captain of the army before me always in the place of Joab.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them,.... Cities or countries which the Geshurites and Aramaeans, or Syrians, before inhabited; and which he took from them, together with other towns, which, being taken by him, were called after his name; the Targum is, the Geshurites and Aramaeans took the villages of Jair from them; that is, from the sons of Jair in later times; see

Joshua 12:5

with Kenath, and the towns thereof; which Jair took by Nobah his general, and called it after his name, Numbers 32:42, even sixty cities; see Deuteronomy 3:4

all these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead: being given him by Moses, Numbers 32:40.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, “And Geshur and Aram (i. e. the Geshurites Deuteronomy 3:14 and Syrians) took the villages of Jair from them:” recovered, that is, from the new settlers the places which Jair had conquered.

All these belonged to the sons of Machir - Rather, “All these were sons of Machir,” i. e. Segub and Jair, with their descendants, were reckoned sons of Machir, rather than sons of Hezron, although only descended from Machir on the mother’s side. The reason of this seems to have been that they cast in their lot with the Manassites, and remained in their portion of the trans-Jordanic region.


 
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