Jattir

Jattir (Yattir)
Jattir (Yattir)
Coordinates: 31°21′09.″N 35°00′58.″E / 31.35250°N 35.01611°E / 31.35250; 35.01611Coordinates: 31°21′09.″N 35°00′58.″E / 31.35250°N 35.01611°E / 31.35250; 35.01611
Affiliation Jewish priesthood
Founded pre-biblical era
Population (2014) 0

Jattir (Hebrew יַתִּר pronounced Yattir) is a town in the Land of Israel located in the mountainous area of Judah (Joshua 15:48). It was allocated by Joshua and Elazar to the kohanim of the Aaronic priesthood to live in (Joshua 21:14).

Some 400 years later, the book of Kings mentions how 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.

Victor Guérin thought that Jattir was identical with the Lebanese village Yater.[1]

References

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

Bibliography

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