Judges 10:3-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 10:1-5

Quiet and peaceable reigns, though the best to live in, are the worst to write of, as yielding least variety of matter for the historian to entertain his reader with; such were the reigns of these two judges, Tola and Jair, who make but a small figure and take up but a very little room in this history. But no doubt they were both raised up of God to serve their country in the quality of judges, not pretending, as Abimelech had done, to the grandeur of kings, nor, like him, taking the honour... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:3

And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite ,.... Who was of the half tribe of Manasseh, on the other side Jordan, which inhabited the land of Gilead, and who is the first of the judges that was on that side Jordan; it pleased God, before the government was settled in a particular tribe, to remove it from one to another, and to honour them all, and to show that though the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, were separated from their brethren by the river Jordan, they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:4

And he had thirty sons that rode upon thirty ass colts ,.... Which to ride on in those times was reckoned honourable, and on which judges rode in their circuit, Judges 5:10 and such might be these sons of Jair, who were appointed under him to ride about, and do justice in the several parts of the country, as Samuel's sons were judges under him, 1 Samuel 8:1 , and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead ; or the villages of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:5

And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. A city of Gilead, as Josephus F21 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 6. calls it; Jerom F23 De loc. Heb. fol. 90. B. , under this word Camon, makes mention of a village in his times, called Cimana, in the large plain six miles from Legion to the north, as you go to Ptolemais; but, as Reland F24 Palestina Illustr. tom. 2. p. 679. observes, this seems not to be the same place, but rather this is the Camon Polybius F25 Hist. l. 5. speaks of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons , etc. - It appears that there was both peace and prosperity during the time that Jair governed Israel; he had, it seems, provided for his family, and given a village to each of his thirty sons; which were, in consequence, called Havoth Jair or the villages of Jair. Their riding on thirty ass colts seems to intimate that they were persons of consideration, and kept up a certain dignity in their different departments. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 10:3-4

Judges 10:3-4. Jair, a Gileadite Of Gilead, beyond Jordan. He had thirty sons Who, it seems, were itinerant judges, and went from place to place, as their father’s deputies, to administer justice. That rode on thirty ass- colts It was customary for the noblest persons to ride on those beasts, and that not only in Judea, but likewise in Arabia, and other countries, even among the Romans. Thirty cities, called Havoth-jair That is, the villages of Jair. These villages were so called... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 10:1-18

Jephthah and five other judges (10:1-12:15)Little is known of the political or military activities of the judges Tola and Jair. They both exercised power for lengthy periods, and Jair’s family certainly enjoyed considerable power and prestige among the East Jordan tribes (10:1-5).Again the Israelites turned away from Yahweh and worshipped false gods, and again they were punished. The Ammonites conquered the eastern tribes, crossed Jordan, and seized large portions of Israelite territory in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 10:3

twenty. See note, App-50 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Ashtaroth, plural = the Ashtoreths. Compare Judges 2:11-13 . gods of Syria. Genesis 35:3-6 . gods of Zidon. 1 Kings 11:5 (Baal, Astarte). gods of Moab. Judges 11:24 (Chemosh). 1 Kings 11:33 (Milcom or Molech). gods of the Philistines: e.g. Dagon (Judges 16:23 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 10:3

"And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years. And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.""Jair the Gileadite" (Judges 10:3). "The name Jair is the same as the N.T. name `Jairus.'"[2] Dalglish pointed out that this and the following verse feature what appears to be a play on words. "J-air, the name of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 10:3

3. Jair, a Gileadite—This judge was a different person from the conqueror of that northeastern territory, and founder of Havoth-jair, or "Jair's villages" (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 2:22). read more

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