Difference between revisions of "Jazer"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51932" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51932" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Jazer]] </strong> . An [[Amorite]] town | <p> <strong> [[Jazer]] </strong> . An [[Amorite]] town N. of Heshbon, taken by [[Israel]] ( Numbers 21:32 ), allotted to [[Gad]] ( Joshua 13:25 etc.), and fortified by it ( Numbers 32:35 ). It lay in a district rich in vines ( Isaiah 16:8 etc., Jeremiah 48:32 ). It is probably represented by <em> Khirbet Sâr </em> , about 7 miles W. of <em> ‘Ammân </em> , a mile E. of <em> Wâdy Sîr </em> . [[Judas]] Maccabæus took the city, which was then in the hands of the [[Ammonites]] ( 1Ma 5:9; Jos. [Note: Josephus.] <em> Ant. </em> XII. viii. 1). </p> <p> W. Ewing. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41502" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41502" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70291" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70291" /> == | ||
<p> '''Jazer,''' Joshua 21:39, or [[Jaazer]] ('' | <p> '''Jazer,''' Joshua 21:39, or [[Jaazer]] (''Jâ'Zer,Jâ'A-Zer'' or ''Ja-Â'Zer'' ). 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. 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> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16409" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16409" /> == | ||
<p> Or | <p> Or JAAZER, Numbers 21:32 , a city of the Amorites, in Gilead; afterwards a [[Levitical]] city in Gad. It lay some fifteen miles north of Heshbon, near a small stream, Numbers 1:1-36:13 32:1 Joshua 21:39 1 Chronicles 26:31 Jeremiah 48:32 . </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73190" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73190" /> == | ||
<p> '''Ja'zer.''' ''(Jehovah | <p> '''Ja'zer.''' ''(Jehovah Helps).'' ''See '' [[Jaazer]] ''.'' </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36030" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36030" /> == | ||
<p> (See [[Jaazer.) | <p> (See [[Jaazer]] .) </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66973" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66973" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See JAAZER. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5350" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5350" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45720" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45720" /> == | ||
<p> ( Numbers 32:1; Numbers 32:3; Joshua 21:39; 2 Samuel 24:5; 1 Chronicles 6:81; 1 Chronicles 26:31; Isaiah 16:8-9; Jeremiah 48:32). (See | <p> ( Numbers 32:1; Numbers 32:3; Joshua 21:39; 2 Samuel 24:5; 1 Chronicles 6:81; 1 Chronicles 26:31; Isaiah 16:8-9; Jeremiah 48:32). (See Jaazer). </p> | ||
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