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In the [[Hebrew Bible|Jewish scripture]] and Christian scripture, '''Jair''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: יָאִיר ''Yā’îr'', "he enlightens") was a man from [[Gilead]] of the [[Tribe of Manasseh]], east of the River [[Jordan River|Jordan]], who [[Biblical judges|judged Israel]] for twenty-two years, after the death of [[Tola (Judge of Israel)|Tola]] who had ruled of twenty-three years. His inheritance was in Gilead through the line of [[Machir]], the son of Manasseh. Jair was the son of [[Segub (bible)|Segub]], the son of Hezron the Jew through the daughter of Machir ([[1 Chronicles]] 2).