Numbers 32:41 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. ”

Numbers 32:41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The exploits of Jair - he was the conqueror of Argob Deuteronomy 3:14 - gave new. luster to his name; and the fame of the family is attested by the history of Jair the Israelite judge, doubtless...
Numbers 32:41 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them (n) Havothjair. (n) That is the villages of Jair.
Numbers 32:41 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Settlement of certain Manassites in Gilead. This is a fragment relating to a period later than the Mosaic age. Machir was a Manassite clan, and Jair and Nobah ( Numbers 32:41 f.) were probably...
Numbers 32:41 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jair. In the Hebrew this verse begins and ends with the word "Jair". Figure of speech Epanadiplosis (App-6). Havoth . the encampments, or tent villages (of Jair).
Numbers 32:41 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. Havoth-jair - That is, the villages or habitations of Jair; and thus they should have been translated....
Numbers 32:41 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jair the son of Manasseh— One of the posterity of Manasseh by the mother's side; for he was the grandson of Gilead, the son of Machir, by his daughter, 1 Chronicles 2:21-22 but his father was of...
Numbers 32:41 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. Havoth-jair - i:e., tent-villages. Jair, who captured them, was a descendant of Manasseh on the...
Numbers 32:41 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Allotment of Territory to the Tribes of Gad and Reuben and the Halftribe of Manasseh 1-5. The tribes of Reuben and Gad request that the land of Gilead lying on the E. side of the Jordan be assigne...
Numbers 32:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Jair the son of Manasseh... — Jair was the son of Segub, the son of Hezron, who married the daughter of Machir, the son of Manasseh ( 1 Chronicles 2:21-22 ). Jair was, therefore, the great-gran...
Numbers 32:41 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. SETTLEMENT Numbers 32:1-42 The request of the men of Reuben and Gad that they should be allowed to settle on the eastern side of Jordan in the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was at fir...
Numbers 32:41 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Warning against Forsaking Their Brethren Numbers 32:20-42 These two and a half tribes never entered the national life, as did those on the other side of Jordan. They were far from the center of...
Numbers 32:41 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We have here the record of what without doubt was a wrong committed by two and a half tribes, of Moses' failure in judgment, and, consequently, of a grave mistake. Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of...
Numbers 32:41 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The reason of the change of names was most probably to observe that precept, that the children of Israel should not make mention of the names of the gods of the heathen about them; and their cities w...
Numbers 32:41 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jair the son of Manasseh ,.... By his mother's side, otherwise he was of the family of Judah; for Hezron, of the family of Judah, married a daughter of Machir, the son of Manasseh, by whom he ha...
Numbers 32:41 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:40 ; Numbers 32:42 . Moses gave Gilead unto Machir Not to Machir himself, who doubtless was long since dead, but the family or posterity of Machir. Nobah Who, though not elsewhere...
Numbers 32:41 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A PROPOSAL OF COMPROMISE (vs.1-15) The children of Israel being now east of the Jordan River, the land there appealed to the tribes of Reuben and Gad particularly because they had great possessio...
Numbers 32:41 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Inheritance of the Reubenites. B. C. 1452. 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar...
Numbers 32:41 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jair is called here the son of Manasseh, partly because he was so by his mother, 1 Chronicles 2:21,22 ; and partly because he joined himself with the Manassites in this expedition, and settled...
Numbers 32:41 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Land of the Amorites in Transjordan Is Given To The Two Tribes and the Half Tribe of Manasseh ( Numbers 32:33-42 ). The fulfilment of the treaty was now confirmed with the additional informati...
Numbers 32:41 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have the account of the allotment of the territory conquered by Israel on the east of the Jordan to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe...
Numbers 32:41 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:12 . Save Caleb the Kenezite. Kenaz was probably Caleb's grandfather. This solves all the difficulty in this passage. Raguel is called the father of Moses' wife, and he was evidently he...
Numbers 32:41 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES BEYOND JORDAN ( Numbers 32:1-4 ). Numbers 32:1 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad. Reuben and Gad had both been camped on t...
Numbers 32:41 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Petition Granted with the Proposed Condition
Numbers 32:41 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 2:21-23 ; 1 Kings 4:13 ; Deuteronomy 3:14 ; Joshua 13:30 ; Judges 10:4

Numbers 32:41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 32:41 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 32:41 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 32:41 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 32:41 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:41 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 32:41 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:41 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 32:41 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:41 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 32:41 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 32:41 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge