Easton: Havoth-jair

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Havoth-jair) · external_aligned

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.)

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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