Bible Dictionaries
Havoth-Jair

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hamlets of the enlightener a district in the east of Jordan.
  • Jair, the son of Manasseh, took some villages of Gilead and called them by this name (Numbers 32:41 ).

  • Again, it is said that Jair "took all the tract of Argob," and called it Bashanhavoth-jair (Deuteronomy 3:14 ). (See also Joshua 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:22,23 .)

    Bibliography Information
    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Havoth-Jair'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​h/havoth-jair.html. 1897.