Verse 4
4. Thirty sons… thirty ass colts… thirty cities These facts are mentioned to show the power, dignity, and wealth of the house of Jair.
Havoth-jair That is, villages of Jair. These villages, possessed by Jair’s sons, were called after their father’s name even at the time when the Book of Judges was written. They probably comprised the same “towns” which Jair, the son of Manasseh, took in the days of Moses, (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14,) and called by this very name. Their number may have been increased so as to furnish one for each of the thirty sons of this Gileadite judge. This name was not now given them for the first time, but was a bringing into use again of an old name which had, perhaps, become partially forgotten.
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