1 Chronicles 2:22 Meaning and Explanation
“And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 2:22 Mean?
Segub's son Jair is named, a man who held twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. This Jair gave his name to a cluster of towns east of the Jordan known as the villages of Jair. The chronicler records the family's growing inheritance and influence in that region.
From a single late-born child of Hezron came a man whose holdings spread across many towns. God's promise to multiply and to give the land was being fulfilled in concrete places, in cities with names and walls. The blessing was not abstract; it took root in real ground. What God promises, He brings to pass in the solid world of fields and dwellings, keeping His word in full.
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What does 1 Chronicles 2:22 mean?
Segub fathers Jair, who possessed twenty-three cities in Gilead.