1 Chronicles 2:23
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And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad.

Geshur.

Joshua 13:13 And the children of Israel would not destroy Gessuri and Machati and they have dwelt in the midst of Israel, until this present day.

2 Samuel 13:38 And Absalom after he was fled, and come into Gessur, was there three years.

Kenath.

32:42;) which is placed by Eusebius, eight miles south of Heshbon: See Note on Ju.

1 Chronicles 8:11 And Mehusim begot Abitob, and Elphaal.

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Context
The Sons of Israel
22And Segub begot Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad. 23And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad.24And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua.…
Cross References
Genesis 50:23
And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the sons of Manasses, were born on Joseph's knees.

Numbers 32:41
And Jair the son of Manasses went, and took the villages thereof, and he called them Havoth Jair, that is to say, the villages of Jair.

1 Chronicles 2:22
And Segub begot Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad.

1 Chronicles 2:24
And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua.

Lexicon
But Geshur
גְּשֽׁוּר־ (gə·šūr-)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1650: Geshur -- a territory East of the upper Jordan, also inhabitants of Geshur

and Aram
וַ֠אֲרָם (wa·’ă·rām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 758: Aram -- Syria

captured
וַיִּקַּ֣ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

Havvoth-Jair,
יָאִ֧יר (yā·’îr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2971: Jair -- 'he enlightens', three Israelites

along with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

Kenath
קְנָ֥ת (qə·nāṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7079: Kenath -- a city East of the Jordan

and its sixty
שִׁשִּׁ֣ים (šiš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8346: Sixty

surrounding villages.
בְּנֹתֶ֖יהָ (bə·nō·ṯe·hā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

these [were]
אֵ֕לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

descendants
בְּנֵ֖י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Machir
מָכִ֥יר (mā·ḵîr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4353: Machir -- two Israelites

the father
אֲבִי־ (’ă·ḇî-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

of Gilead.
גִלְעָֽד׃ (ḡil·‘āḏ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites


Additional Translations
But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even three score cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; with Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Galaad.

and Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead:

And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its towns, even sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities -- all these belonged to the sons of Machir father of Gilead.
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