Place
Jattir
city in Judah
A priestly Levitical city in the hill country of Judah, and one of the towns to which David sent gifts after defeating the Amalekites.
Who or what is this?
Jattir is listed in 15:48 among the cities of the mountainous region of and assigned in Joshua 21:14 to the Aaronite priests as a Levitical city with its surrounding pasturelands. It reappears in 1 30:27 as one of the elders of the cities to which sent a portion of the spoil recovered after the Amalekite raid on , a gesture of goodwill toward those who had supported him during his time as a fugitive. These references together situate Jattir as a priestly community in the highlands south of with longstanding ties to David.
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Places in this story
Modern location: Khirbet Attir. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
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