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Jair in the Bible.

The King James Version names Jair in 2 verses, from Judges 10:3 to Judges 10:5. The King James Version also gives the name Jair to 3 other people, listed on this page.

Places in Jair’s story.

  • Gileadnamed with him in 1 verse
  • Kamonnamed with him in 1 verse

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All 2 verses that name this Jair.

Judges 2

  • Judges 10:3And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
  • Judges 10:5And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

Other people called Jair.

Jair, the father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath.

Named in 2 verses.

  • 2 Samuel 21:19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
  • 1 Chronicles 20:5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.

Jair, Son of Segub.

Named in 1 verse.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

Jair, a Benjamite, the father of Mordecai, Esther’s uncle.

Named in 1 verse.

  • Esther 2:5Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

Questions about Jair.

Who was Jair in the Bible?

The King James Version names Jair in 2 verses, from Judges 10:3 to Judges 10:5.

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