And he judged Israel three and twenty years, and he died and was buried in Samir.

and he judgeth Israel twenty and three years, and he dieth, and is buried in Shamir.

He was judge over Israel for twenty-three years; and at his death his body was put to rest in the earth in Shamir.

Jair the Gileadite was probably the same person as is named in Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14, as having given the name of "Havoth-jair" to certain villages in Bashan.

And he judged Israel twenty three years, and died,.... He did not take upon him to be king, as Abimelech did, but acted as a judge, in which office he continued twenty three years, and faithfully discharged it, and died in honour:
and was buried in Shamir; the place where he executed his office. It is said (t), that in the first year of Tola, the son of Puah, Priamus reigned in Troy.
(t) Juchasin, fol. 136. 1.