And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
And Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
This verse records that Jair, who was Segub's son, became a powerful leader who controlled twenty-three cities in the region of Gilead.
📚 Historical Context
The book of 1 Chronicles was written after the Babylonian exile to help the returning Israelites reconnect with their tribal histories and God's promises to their ancestors. In this verse, Segub, a descendant of Judah through the line of Hezron, fathers Jair, who is noted for possessing twenty-three cities in Gilead, a fertile region east of the Jordan River that was part of the tribal allotments in Israel's conquest of the Promised Land. This reflects the biblical emphasis on land inheritance as a sign of God's faithfulness to the covenant with Abraham.
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