Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Havoth-jair

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 (Num. 32:41).
2. Again, it is said that Jair "took all the tract of Argob," and called it Bashanhavoth-jair (Dt. 3:14). (See also Josh. 13:30; 1 Ki. 4:13; 1 Chr. 2:22, 23.)