Jattir

Jattir was a town in ancient Israel . Jattir was located in the mountainous land of Judah . (Josh. 15:48; 21:14) It was made a levitical town for priests to live. The young David was met with friendliness here when he was on flight from king Saul . Samuel chapter 30) Jattir is identified with Khirbet Attir (Horvat Yattir) southwest of Hebron .

Jattir was a town in ancient Israel . It was located in the mountainous land of Judah (Josh. 15:48; 21:14). It was made a Levitical town for priests to live. David gave some of the spoils from his battle with the Amalekites, who took David's two wives from Ziklag (1 sam 30:27). Jattir is identified with Khirbet Attir (Horvat Yattir) southwest of Hebron . v t e v t e

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); Yatir , as written in the Old Testament : "And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer , and Libnah with its suburbs, and Yattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs" ( Book of Joshua 21:13-14 ). 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).

Town mentioned in the Bible Jattir (Hebrew יַתִּר, pronounced Yattir ) is a town in Judea mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible . It was known as Iethira during the 4th century CE, when it was a Christian town. It is identified with Horvat Yattir/Khirbet Attir, an archeological site in the southern Hebron Hills , located in modern day Israel .