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Havoth-jair

Easton, 1897

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 (Numbers 32:41).

(2.) 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, 1 Chronicles 2:23.)

Dictionary: M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain).