The Meaning of Judges 10:3 Explained

Judges 10:3

KJV: And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

YLT: And there riseth after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judgeth Israel twenty and two years,

Darby: After him arose Ja'ir the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.

ASV: And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years.

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What is the context of Judges 10:3?

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And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

What does Judges 10:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 10:1-16 - Inveterate Idolatry

The scene is now removed to the tribes across the Jordan, especially those settled, in Gilead and its vicinity. The children of Ammon were the aggressors, and acquired such boldness as even to cross the Jordan and fight against Judah and Ephraim. "Israel was sore distressed." Almost spontaneously we say, "Surely it served them right." It seems incredible that, after all they had suffered on account of their idolatry, they should again relapse to Baal, and add further the gods of Zidon, of Moab, of Ammon and of Philistia. If Jehovah had finally cast them off, could they have complained? But as the psalmist puts it in his touching words, "God regarded their distress and heard their cry." See Psalms 106:3, etc.

All these things were written for our example and instruction. Israel did not forsake God more often than we have done. Life has been full of fits and starts, of backsliding and recommencement, of sin and repentance. We have nothing to say against Israel; let us look at home, and search our hearts, and thank the Lord that His mercy endureth forever, Psalms 136:1-26. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 10

¹ Tola judges Israel in Shamir
³ Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities
⁶ The Philistines and Ammonites oppress Israel
¹⁰ In their misery God sends them to their false gods
¹⁵ Upon their repentance he pities them

What do the individual words in Judges 10:3 mean?

And arose after him Jair a Gileadite and judged he Israel twenty and two years

וַיָּ֣קָם אַחֲרָ֔יו יָאִ֖יר הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙ אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָֽה

וַיָּ֣קָם	And arose
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
אַחֲרָ֔יו	after him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
יָאִ֖יר	Jair
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יָאִיר Sense: a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest.
הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י	a Gileadite
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: גִּלְעָדִי Sense: an inhabitant of Gilead.
וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙	and judged
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁפַט Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	twenty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: עֶשְׂרִים Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם	and two
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, fd Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
שָׁנָֽה	years
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.

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