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<p> [[Jabesh]] and '''Jabesh-Gilead''' ( ''Jâ'Besh-Gĭl'E-Ad'' ), ''Dry Gilead.'' A city east of the Jordan; destroyed by the Israelites, &nbsp;Judges 21:8-14; delivered from [[Nahash]] by Saul, &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:1-11, and in gratitude therefor, its people brought the bodies of Saul and his sons, which the [[Philistines]] hung upon the walls of Bethshan, to Jabesh, and caused them to be buried in a wood near by. &nbsp;1 Samuel 31:11-13. David blessed them, &nbsp;2 Samuel 2:4-6, but afterward removed the bones to Saul's ancestral burying-place. &nbsp;2 Samuel 2:4-6; &nbsp;2 Samuel 21:12-14. Robinson identifies it with ed-Deir, 23 miles southeast of the Sea of [[Galilee]] on the south side of [[Wady]] Yabis. Merrill, however, would identify Jabesh with the ruins of a town found about 7 miles from [[Pella]] and about 2300 feet above the [[Jordan]] valley. This seems to conform to the Biblical statements concerning the place. </p>

<p> '''Ja'besh.''' ''(Dry).'' </p> <p> 1. Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. &nbsp;2 Kings 15:10; &nbsp;2 Kings 15:13-14. </p> <p> 2. Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense, [[Gilead]] included the half tribe of Manasseh, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 27:21, as well as the tribes of [[Gad]] and Reuben, &nbsp;Numbers 32:1-42, east of the Jordan; and of the cities of Gilead, Jabesh was the chief. </p> <p> It is first mentioned in &nbsp;Judges 21:8-14. Being attacked, subsequently, by Nahash, the Ammonite, it gave Saul an opportunity of displaying his prowess in its defence. &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:1-15. [[Eusebius]] places it beyond the Jordan, six miles from Pella on the mountain road to Gerasa; where its name is probably preserved in the ''Wady Yabes'' . </p>

<p> A city in the half-tribe of [[Manasseh]] east of the Jordan generally called Jabesh-gilead because situated within the territory commonly called Gilead. Eusebius places it six miles from Pella, towards Gerasa. It was sacked by the [[Israelites]] for refusing to aid in chastising the Benjamites, &nbsp;Judges 21:8-10 </p> <p> At a later day, it was besieged by the Ammonites, and relieved by Saul; in gratitude for which service the men of Jabesh-gilead rescued the dead bodies of Saul and his sons from the insults of the Philistines, &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:1-15 &nbsp; 31:11-13 &nbsp; 2 Samuel 2:5 . </p>

<li> The father of [[Shallum]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 15:10,13,14 ), who usurped the throne of [[Israel]] on the death of Zachariah. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]] Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jabesh'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jabesh.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> or [[Jabesh-Gilead]] the name of a city in the half tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan. Naash, king of the Ammonites, besieged [[Genesis]] 2 : &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:1 , &c. The inhabitants were friendly to Saul and his family, &nbsp;1 Samuel 31:11-12 . </p>

<p> <strong> JABESH </strong> . Father of Shallum, who usurped the kingdom of Israel by the assassination of king Zechariah (&nbsp; 2 Kings 15:10; &nbsp; 2 Kings 15:13-14 ). </p>

&nbsp;1 Samuel 11:1&nbsp;1 Samuel 31:1&nbsp;2 Kings 15:13Jabesh-Gilead

<p> (Heb. Yabesh', '''''יָבֵשׁ''''' , ''Dry,'' as in &nbsp;Job 41:25; &nbsp;Ezekiel 17:24, etc.; also written fully ''Yabeysh', '''''יָבֵישׁ''''' '' , &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:1; &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:3; &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:5; &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:10; &nbsp;1 Samuel 31:11; &nbsp;2 Samuel 2:4-5; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 10:12, first time), the name of a place and also of a man. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. in Samuel '''''Ι᾿Αβίς''''' '','' in Chronicles '''''Γαβείς''''' ) The shorter form (&nbsp;1 Samuel 11:3; &nbsp;1 Samuel 11:9-10; &nbsp;1 Samuel 20:12-13; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 10:12, only) of the name of the city elsewhere called JABESH-GILEAD (See Jabesh-Gilead) (q.v.). </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. '''''Ι᾿Αβείς''''' v. ''R. '''''Ἀβείς''''' ,'' Joseph. '''''Ιάβησος''''' '', Ant.'' Ix, 11, 1.) The father of Shallum, which latter usurped the throne of Israel by the assassination of [[Zachariah]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 15:10; &nbsp;2 Kings 15:13-14). B.C. ante 770. </p>

<p> ''''' jā´besh ''''' ( יבשׁ , <i> ''''' yābhēsh ''''' </i> ): A short form of Jabesh-Gilead (which see). </p>