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22 Segub was the father of Jair, who ruled twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead. 23 (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair[a] and also took Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

24 Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of[b] Tekoa).

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Footnotes

  1. 2:23 Or captured Havvoth-jair.
  2. 2:24 Or the founder of; also in 2:42, 45, 49.

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