McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Bashan-havoth-Jair

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Bashan-havoth-Jair


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(Heb. hab-Bashan' Chavvoth' Yair', äִáָּùָׁï çִåֹּú éָàַéø , the Bashan of the villages of Jair; Sept. Âáóὰí Áὐὼè [v. r. Èáõὼè ] É᾿áú v ñ ), the general name imposed by Jair, the son of Manasseh, upon the region of Argob (q.v.), conquered by him in Bashan (Deu_3:14), containing sixty cities, with walls and brazen gates (Jos_13:30; 1Ki_4:13). It is elsewhere (Num_22:41) called simply HAVOTH-JAIR SEE HAVOTH-JAIR (q.v.).