Jaare-Oregim
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Jaare-Oregim — forests of the weavers, a Bethlehemite (2 Sam. 21:19), and the father of Elhanan, who slew Goliath. In 1 Chr. 20:5 called JAIR.
Easton, M. (1996, c1897). Easton's Bible dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
2:
JAARE-OREGIM* Textual corruption of Jair in 2 Samuel 21:19. See Jair #3.
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (659). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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JA´ARE-OR´EGIM (jaʹa-rā-ōrʹe-jim). The father of Elhanan (which see), a Bethlehemite, who killed Goliath the Gittite (2 Sam. 21:19), but in 1 Chron. 20:5 it is stated that “Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath.” The reading in Chronicles is probably the correct one, the word Oregim having crept in from the next line through oversight of the copyist.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Jaare-Oregim (Heb. ya˓ărê ˒ōrĕg̱ɩ̂m)
A Bethlehemite, the father of Elhanan (2 Sam. 21:19). He is said to have killed Goliath at Gob. In a doublet of the passage at 1 Chr. 20:5 Elhanan kills Lahmi, Goliath’s brother; here Elhanan’s father is Jair. Jaare-oregim is probably an error. According to 2 Sam. 21:19 Goliath’s spear is said to be as large as a weavers’ beam. Oregim (“weavers”; e.g. Isa. 19:9) seems to have been repeated erroneously and joined to the name Jair.
Victoria Andrews
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (663). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
