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Place

Havvoth-jair

Also known as Jair

Named in 4 verses across 4 books, first in Numbers 32:41.

In the Bible

All 4 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Numbers

  • Numbers 32:41

    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

Deuteronomy

  • Deuteronomy 3:14

    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.

Judges

  • Judges 10:4

    He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

1 Chronicles

  • 1 Chronicles 2:23

    But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

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