Commentary for Bava Batra 223:1

וכי מנין ליאיר שלא היה לו לשגוב מלמד שנשא יאיר אשה ומתה וירשה

Whence could Jair possess [cities] which did not belong to Segub?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 11. ');">¹</span> [But] this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The statement that fair had cities which were his own property independent of that of his father. ');">²</span> teaches that Jair took a wife who died, and he was her heir.

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