Jattir
| Jattir (Yattir) | |
|---|---|
  Jattir (Yattir) | |
| Coordinates: 31°21′09.″N 35°00′58.″E / 31.35250°N 35.01611°ECoordinates: 31°21′09.″N 35°00′58.″E / 31.35250°N 35.01611°E | |
| 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
Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier; 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, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
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