Jair (was the son of Segub of the tribe of Judah – Segub being a son of Hezron who married a daughter of Machir)
Father:Segub
- Num.32: And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
- Deut.3: 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.
- 1Kgs.4: The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
- 1Chr.2: And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.