havoth-jair Summary and Overview

hamlets of the enlightener a district in the east of Jordan. (1.) Jair, the son of Manasseh, took some villages of Gilead and called them by this name (Num. 32:41). (2.) Again, it is said that Jair "took all the tract of Argob," and called it Bashanhavoth-jair (Deut. 3:14). (See also Josh. 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chr. 2:22, 23.)

(villages of Jair), certain villages on the east of Jordan, in Gilead or Bashan, which were taken by Jair the son of Manasseh, and called after his name. #Nu 32:41; De 3:14| In the records of Manasseh in #Jos 13:30| and 1Chr 2:23 the Havoth-jair are reckoned with other districts as making up sixty "cities." Comp. #1Ki 4:13| There is apparently some confusion in these different statements as to what the sixty cities really consisted of. No less doubtful is the number of the Havoth-Jair. In #1Ch 2:22| they are specified as twenty-three, but in #Jud 10:4| as thirty.

HA'VOTH-JA'IR (villages of Jair), a title applied to certain villages east of the Jordan which Jair captured and held. Num 32:41; Jud 10:4. The towns of Jair are included with the 60 cities given to Manasseh, Josh 13:30; 1 Chr 2:23; but the word rendered "villages" usually means a small collection of hovels in a country place. These towns were a part of one of the revenue-districts of Solomon, 1 Kgs 4:13.