1 Chronicles 2:23

2:23 (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 12:15

12:15 They crossed the Jordan River in the first month, when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west.

1 Chronicles 13:11

13:11 David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.


tn Or “Havvoth Jair” (NIV, NRSV). Some translations do not translate the phrase (“havvoth” = “the towns of”), but treat it as part of the place name.

tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

sn That is, March-April.

tn Heb “and they chased all the valleys to the east and to the west.”

tn Heb “because the Lord broke out [with] breaking out [i.e., an outburst] against Uzzah.”

sn The name Perez Uzzah means in Hebrew “the outburst [against] Uzzah.”