Jair

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Jair is a minor biblical judge of Israel mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for his leadership and his thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys and controlled thirty towns.

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Label Occurrences
Jair canonical 5

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical judge
Judge of Israel
Person
biblicalBookChapterReference Judges 10:3–5
countryGoverned Israel
era Period of the Judges
linked to: Judges
ethnicGroup Israelites
gender Male
governedTerritory Gilead
hasChild Thirty unnamed sons
languageOfName Hebrew
lengthOfJudgeship 22 years
meaningOfName He enlightens
mentionedIn Book of Judges
linked to: Judges

Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible
notableFact Had thirty sons
His thirty sons controlled thirty towns
His thirty sons rode thirty donkeys
numberOfDonkeysRiddenBySons 30
numberOfSons 30
numberOfTownsControlledBySons 30
positionHeld Judge of Israel
predecessor Tola
regionAssociatedWith Gilead
religion Judaism
role Judge of Israel
successor Jephthah
vehicleAssociatedWith Donkey

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Judges featuresCharacter Jair
subject linked to: Judges
Tola successor Jair
Jairzinho givenName Jair