Jagur

Jagur is a town of Judah named only once, in the southern frontier list of Joshua 15. The verse places it among the "uttermost cities" of the tribe — settlements at the edge of Judah's allotment, looking toward Edom.

A Town in the Judahite South

The single occurrence reads: "And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur," (Jos 15:21). Jagur appears in third position in the list, immediately after Kabzeel and Eder. The phrase "uttermost cities... toward the border of Edom in the South" fixes its general location: the Negev frontier of Judah, on the line where the tribe's territory met Edomite country.

Position in the Frontier List

The list of which Jagur is part runs from Jos 15:21 through Jos 15:32 and ends with the summary "all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages" — a rounded count of the southern allotment. The towns named alongside Jagur include Kabzeel, Eder, Kinah, Dimonah, Aradah, Kedesh, Ziph, Telem, Hazor-hadattah, Beer-sheba, Ziklag, and others. Several names in the same list — Beer-sheba, Ziklag, Hormah — appear elsewhere in scripture as identifiable centers; Jagur is not among them. Beyond its place in this enumeration, the text says nothing further about it. No event, family, or later reference is attached to the name.