Hagrites

The Hagrites lived in the land east of Gilead. “In the days of Saul,” Reuben's descendants “made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead” (1 Chronicles 5:10). The sons of Reuben, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh “made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab” (1 Chronicles 5:18–19), and “the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them because they put their trust in him” (1 Chronicles 5:20). The victors took their livestock and lived in their place until the captivity, “because the war was of God” (1 Chronicles 5:21–22).

Psalm 83 names “Moab, and the Hagrites” among those who conspired against God's people (Psalms 83:3–6). One Hagrite served David: Jaziz the Hagrite was over the king's flocks (1 Chronicles 27:30–31). The Hagrites are distinct from Hagri, the father of Mibhar, one of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:38).