Pre-eminent, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48; 21:14).
Jattir
Jattir was a town in the hill country of Judah. Joshua lists it among the cities of that tribe, and it was later given, with its pasture lands, to the descendants of Aaron the priest. When David returned from a hard season among the Philistines, he sent gifts from what he had won to friends in a number of places, and Jattir was one of them. A small town on a list, it shows how the land was shared out and who looked after whom. Joshua 21:14 describes it as a priests’ city.
4 verses
Joshua
Joshua 15:48
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
Joshua 21:14
And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
1 Samuel
1 Samuel 30:27
To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 6:57
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(pre-eminent), a town of Judah in the mountain districts, (Joshua 15:48) one of the group containing Socho, Eshtemoa, etc. See also (Joshua 21:14; 1 Samuel 30:27; 1 Chronicles 6:57) By Robinson it is identified with “Attir , six miles north of Molada and ten miles south of Hebron.