10:3 Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years. 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair 1 – they are in the land of Gilead. 2 10:5 Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
10:6 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. 3 They worshiped 4 the Baals and the Ashtars, 5 as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, 6 Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. 7 They abandoned the Lord and did not worship 8 him.
1 sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.
2 tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”
1 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
2 tn Or “served;” or “followed.”
3 sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Ashtar (i.e., Astarte).
4 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
5 tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”
6 tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”