After him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
The ministries of these two minor judges teach two lessons, one negative and the other positive. Negatively, they did not change any of the previous problems in Israel but seem to have maintained the status quo. [Note: Tammi J. Schneiders, Judges, p. 158.] Positively, they indicate God’s gracious blessing of His apostate people in spite of themselves.