Havvoth-jair standard
u 32:41; De 3:14; Jud 10:4), and is a legacy from the nomadic stage of Hebrew life. Jair had thirty sons who possessed thirty "cities," and these are identified with Havvoth-jair in Jud 10:3 ff.
Where is Havvoth-jair in the Bible?
Havvoth-jair were a cluster of villages located in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. These settlements were captured and named by Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, during the Israelite conquest of Canaan as recorded in Numbers 32:41 and Deuteronomy 3:14. The name "Havvoth-jair" literally means "villages of Jair" and reflects the nomadic stage of early Hebrew settlement, with Jair's thirty sons each possessing one of these towns. This place appears throughout biblical history, particularly in the Book of Judges where Jair served as a judge over Israel, and the villages remained significant as a territorial possession within the Manassite holdings in Gilead.
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Havvoth-jair
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)u 32:41; De 3:14; Jud 10:4), and is a legacy from the nomadic stage of Hebrew life. Jair had thirty sons who possessed thirty "cities," and these are identified with Havvoth-jair in Jud 10:3 ff. The district was in Gilead (10:5; Nu 32:41). In De 3:13 f, it is identified with Bashan and Argob; but in 1Ki 4:13, "the towns of Jair" are said to be in Gilead; while to him also "pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars." There is evident confusion here. If we follow Jud 10:3 ff, we may find a useful clue in 10:5. Kamon is named as the burial place of Jair. This probably corresponds to Kamun taken by Antiochus III, on his march from Pella to Gephrun (Polyb. v.70, 12). Schumacher (Northern `Ajlun, 137) found two places to the West of Irbid with the names Qamm and Qumeim (the latter a diminutive of the former) with ancient ruins. Qamm probably represents the Hebrew Qamon, so that Havvoth-jair should most likely be sought in this district, i.e. in North Gilead, between the Jordan Valley and Jebel ez-Zumleh.
W. Ewing
hok (nets; hierax, and glaux; Latin Accipiter nisus): A bird of prey of the genus accipiter. Large hawks were numerous in Palestine. The largest were 2 ft. long, have flat heads, hooked beaks, strong talons and eyes appe