Place Old Testament
Havvoth-jair
Also known as Havvoth-jair =ESV; Havoth-jair =KJV; Havvoth Jair =NIV
Havvoth-jair were villages in Gilead captured by Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, during the Israelite conquest of the region (Num.32.41; Deut 3:14; Judg 10:4; 1Ch.2.23). Mentioned in 4 verses across 4 books, first at Numbers 32:41.
Why it matters. Villages in Gilead captured by Jair
- Primary passages
- Location
- 32.043, 35.724 (approximate, within about 2 km)
Coordinates from STEPBible TIPNR (palopenmaps.org link). Approximate; not independently verified.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Havvoth-jair
Havvoth-jair, meaning "the villages of Jair," were settlements in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, captured these villages during the Israelite conquest of the Promised Land (Num.32.41). The territory was named after Jair and became part of the inheritance of the half-tribe of Manasseh settled in Gilead (Deut 3:14). Later, another Jair from Gilead, who judged Israel for twenty-two years, had thirty sons who controlled thirty towns, also known as Havvoth-jair (Judg 10:4). In 1Ch.2.23, it is mentioned that Geshur and Aram captured some of these villages from the descendants of Jair.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 4 verses across 4 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.