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

Bible Comments

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-grandson of Manasseh, and was one of those Israelites who were reckoned as belonging to their maternal tribe.

Numbers 32:41

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