Jattir

Jattir (Hebrew יַתִּר pronounced Yattir) is a town that is mentioned in the Bible as being in the historic Land of Israel. It is unclear as to whether Jattir is located in modern Israel, Lebanon, or the West Bank.

Joshua 15:48 says that Jattir was in the mountains of Judah The village was allocated by Joshua and Elazar to the kohanim of the Aaronic priesthood, according to (Joshua 21:14).

Some 400 years later, the Book of Kings mentions that King David shared a portion of the War booty from his battle with the Amalekites with the elders of Yattir (1 Samuel 30:27).

Identification

Jattir has been identified with Khirbet Attir (Horvat Yattir), southwest of Hebron in the West Bank.

Victor Guérin thought that Jattir was identical with the village of Yater in Lebanon.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Guerin, 1880, pp. 413-4; in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 260

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
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