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Jair

Jair was a Gileadite who appears in Judges 10:3–5 and judged Israel for twenty-two years. Several other people in the Bible bear the same name.

Jair (Son of Manasseh)People
Jair was an Old Testament figure, a descendant of Manasseh, who took villages in the regions of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan River and named them Havoth-jair after himself.
JairusPeople
Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue named in the Gospels of Mark and Luke. He sought Jesus' help for his dying twelve-year-old daughter, and Jesus raised her to life.
Raising of Jairus's DaughterBible
The raising of Jairus's daughter is the miracle in which Jesus restored to life the twelve-year-old daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, after she had died. The account appears in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
ElhananPeople
Elhanan was an Israelite warrior who killed a Philistine giant during the wars of King David's reign. He appears briefly in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles and is often discussed in connection with a textual question about who killed Goliath.
Judges 10Bible
Judges 10 gives brief accounts of the judges Tola and Jair, then describes how Israel again served idols, was oppressed by the Philistines and the Ammonites, and repented. The chapter provides the background for the story of Jephthah.

Numbers 32:41
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.
Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.
Joshua 13:30
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
Judges 10:3
And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
Judges 10:4
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.
Judges 10:5
And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.