Havvoth-jair were villages in Gilead captured by Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, during the Israelite conquest of the region (Num.32.41; Deut 3:14; Judg 10:4; 1Ch.2.23).
Also known as Havoth-jair · Havvoth Jair
Havvoth-jair, meaning "the villages of Jair," were settlements in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, captured these villages during the Israelite conquest of the Promised Land (Num.32.41). The territory was named after Jair and became part of the inheritance of the half-tribe of Manasseh settled in Gilead (Deut 3:14). Later, another Jair from Gilead, who judged Israel for twenty-two years, had thirty sons who controlled thirty towns, also known as Havvoth-jair (Judg 10:4). In 1Ch.2.23, it is mentioned that Geshur and Aram captured some of these villages from the descendants of Jair.
Approximate location: 32.043, 35.724 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas
4 verses in 4 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2334
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.
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