Bashan-havoth-jair

Bashan-havoth-jair
   The Bashan of the villages of Jair, the general name given to Argob by Jair, the son of Manasseh (Deut. 3:14), containing sixty cities with walls and brazen gates (Josh. 13:30; 1 Kings 4:13). (See Argob.)

Easton's Bible Dictionary. . 1897.

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