Havvoth-jair
Havvoth-jair were villages in Gilead captured by Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, during the Israelite conquest of the region.
PlaceOld Testament4 books4 verses
Summary
A location near Gilead first mentioned at Numbers 32:41; only referred to as Havvoth-jair (חַוּוֹת יָעִיר).
Location
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 32.588° N, 35.726° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- חַוּוֹת יָעִירHavvoth-jair
Mentions
- Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
- Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
- He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- 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.