JAHAZ

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  • Name JAHAZ  
    _UID 5020146C8CE45B4B8633656B8600C4BE9769 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • Personal name meaning, trodden down. As they journeyed from the wilderness to the Promised Land, Israel defeated King Sihon there (Num 21:23-24; Deut 2:32-33; Judg 11:20-21). Isaiah’s oracle against Moab described the isolated city of Jahaz as hearing the mourning of Heshbon and Elealeh (Isa 15:4). Jeremiah issued a similar warning (Isa 48:34; 48:21). The name also appears with the Hebrew locative ah ending, thus being spelled Jahaza or Jahazah. Jahzah is also a variant spelling. It became part of the tribal territory of Reuben (Josh 13:18) and a city of the Levites (Josh 21:36; 1 Chr 6:78). On the Moabite stone, King Mesha of Moab claims an Israelite king (perhaps Jehu) built Jahaz and used it as a base in his unsuccessful fight against Mesha, Chemosh, the Moabite god driving the Israelites out. Mesha then annexed the city to Dibon. It has been variously located at Libb, six miles north of Dibon; Aleiyan; khirbet el-Medeiyineh; and khirbet Iskander, four miles north of Dibon, being the most popular suggestions.

      jahaz (5)

      Num 21:23, Deut 2:32, Judg 11:20, Isa 15:4, Jer 48:34

      jahazah (2)

      Josh 21:36, Jer 48:21

      jahaza (1)

      Josh 13:18

      jahzah (1)

      1 Chr 6:78
    Person ID I3817  z-Bible Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2007