And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Havoth Jair. This name was now confirmed to these towns, which they had formerly received from another Jair, Numbers xxxii. 41. (Challoner)
Sixty are there specified, and only 30 here, which might either be the same, or different from those villages to which the former Jair had left his name. Grotius thinks that judge Jair was the son of Segub, who left 23 cities to him. These, with seven belonging to his grandfather, Hesron, make up the number here specified, 1 Paralipomenon ii. 22.
The Hebrew does not say that these 30 cities were called after the judge: "they had 30 cities, which are called Havoth Jair "(Calmet)
Some copies of the Septuagint add "two "to the number of sons, asses, and cities, as if there had been 32 of each. In other respects they agree with the original. It was formerly a mark of distinction to ride on fair asses, chap. v. 10. (Haydock)
St. Jerome thinks that horses were prohibited, as they were in Egypt, without the king's leave. But we nowhere find this law r...
