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    4 others in the registry answer to the name Jair. Every Jair in the Bible

    person · also Jairite

    Jair

    יָאִיר

    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured the region of Gilead.

    verses
    5
    first named
    Numbers 32:41
    last named
    1 Chronicles 2:22
    period
    Egypt and Wilderness
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Jair?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Jair was a descendant of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, who played a significant role in the conquest and settlement of the region east of the Jordan River. According to Num.32.41 and Deu.3.14, Jair captured the settlements in Gilead and named them Havvoth-jair, which means "the towns of Jair." 1Ch.2.22 states that Jair controlled twenty-three cities in Gilead. In 2Sa.20.26, a person named Ira the Jairite is mentioned as one of David's officials, possibly indicating that Jair's descendants continued to hold influential positions. 1Ki.4.13 refers to the towns of Jair in the context of Solomon's administrative districts, suggesting that the region remained associated with Jair's name long after his lifetime.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Jair10 of 11 entities the graph connects to Jair, in 3 groups: kinship 2, company 1, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.ManassehChild of · Descendant of · 112 versesSegubChild of · 2 versesKinshipWe and Jair’s taking of ArgobTook part in · 3 versesCompanyJordan1 event · 179 versesGilead1 event · 90 versesBashan1 event · 53 versesArnon1 event · 23 versesHermon Mount1 event · 20 versesArgob1 event · 4 versesHavvoth-jair2 events · 4 versesEventsJair

    The 10 best-attested of 11 are drawn. All 11 are listed below.

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    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Jair happensAll 2 places the claims about Jair reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Gilead, Jordan. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Jair there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.GileadJordan
    Egypt and WildernessAll 2 places the claims about Jair reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 5 books.

    1. Numbers1 verse

      32:41

    2. Deuteronomy1 verse

      3:14

    3. 2 Samuel1 verse

      20:26

    4. 1 Kings1 verse

      4:13

    5. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      2:22

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via We and Jair’s taking of ArgobArgobA region in Bashan, known for its fortified cities.via We and Jair’s taking of ArgobArnonA river and valley, serving as a boundary for Israel.via We and Jair’s taking of ArgobHermon MountMountain on the northern border of Israelvia We and Jair’s taking of ArgobJordanA river and region, significant in Israel's historyvia We and Jair’s taking of ArgobTakingTaking is a concept gathering 334 labelled instances in the text.via SegubAshhurDescendant of Judah through Hezronvia SegubCalebSon of Hezron, descendant of Judahvia Segubdaughter of MachirMarried Hezron, bore Segubvia SegubHezronSon of Perez, grandson of Judah, ancestor of David.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on