Judges 10:4

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 

Judges 17:5

17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. ³  He made an ephod ⁴  and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. ⁵ 

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.”

³ tn Heb “house of God.”

⁴ sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).

⁵ tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”