Difference between revisions of "Jazer"

<p> '''Jazer,''' &nbsp;Joshua 21:39, or [[Jaazer]] ( ''Jâ'Zer,Jâ'A-Zer'' or ''Ja-Â'Zer'' ). &nbsp;Numbers 21:32, A. V., a city of the Ammonites, near the river Jabbok. Its ruins are at Sar, about 15 miles from Hesbân. </p> <p> Sea of. &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:32. May be a lake existing in ancient times near the city of Jazer. But scholars are not agreed what the Sea of Jazer refers to. </p>

<p> ''''' jā´zẽr ''''' ( יעזר , <i> ''''' ya‛zēr ''''' </i> or יעזיר , <i> ''''' ya‛zēyr ''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] Ἰαζήν , <i> ''''' Iazḗn ''''' </i> in Codex Alexandrinus; <i> ''''' Iazḗr ''''' </i> ): In some cases, e.g. &nbsp; Numbers 21:32 , the King James Version reads "Jaazer." This was a city of the [[Amorites]] east of the [[Jordan]] taken, along with its towns, by Moses, and occupied by the tribe of Gad (&nbsp;Numbers 21:32; &nbsp;Numbers 32:35 ). The country was very fertile, and its spacious pasture-lands attracted the flock-masters of Gad (&nbsp;Numbers 32:1 ), the southern border of whose territory it marked (&nbsp;Joshua 13:25 ). It was assigned to the [[Merarite]] [[Levites]] (&nbsp;Joshua 21:39; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:81 ). The place was reached by [[Joab]] when taking the census (&nbsp;2 Samuel 24:5 ). In the 40th year of King David mighty men of valor were found here to whom he entrusted the oversight in [[Reuben]] and Gad "for every matter pertaining to God, and run the affairs of the king" (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:32 f). The fruitfulness of the country is alluded to in &nbsp; Isaiah 16:8 f; &nbsp; Jeremiah 48:32 . (Note: "Sea of" Jazer in this verse has arisen through accidental repetition of <i> ''''' yām ''''' </i> , "sea," from the preceding clause.) The city was taken from the Ammonites by Judas Maccabeus, and burned (1 Macc 5:7, 8; <i> Ant </i> , Xii , viii, 1). </p> <p> <i> Onomasticon </i> places Jazer 10 Roman miles West of [[Philadelphia]] ( <i> ''''' ‛Ammān ''''' </i> ), and about 15 miles from Heshbon, where a great stream rises, which flows into the Jordan. Many would identify it with <i> ''''' Khirbet Ṣar ''''' </i> , on the South of <i> ''''' Wādy Ṣir ''''' </i> , about 5 miles West of <i> ''''' ‛Ammān ''''' </i> . The perennial stream from <i> ''''' Wādy Ṣir ''''' </i> reaches the Jordan by <i> ''''' Wādy el ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Kefrein ''''' </i> . Cheyne ( <i> Eb </i> , under the word) suggests <i> ''''' Yajūz ''''' </i> on <i> ''''' Wādy Zorby ''''' </i> , tributary of the Jabbok, with extensive Roman remains. It lies a little way to the East of <i> ''''' el Jubeihāt ''''' </i> ("Jogbehah," &nbsp; Numbers 32:35 ). It is situated, however, to the North and not to the West of <i> ''''' ‛Ammān ''''' </i> , where Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> , places it. Neither identification is certain. </p>