Discovery Box1 Chronicles 2:23 
Context2:23 (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, 1 along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 18:1
ContextDavid Conquers the Neighboring Nations
18:1 Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns 2 away from the Philistines. 3
1 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.
2 tn 2 Sam 8:1 identifies this region as “Metheg Ammah.”
3 tn Heb “from the hand of the Philistines.” Here “hand” is figurative language for “control.”
