Jogbehah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A city E. of Jordan, fortified by Gad ( Numbers 32:25). Jaazer (Jazer, one in Gilead) and Jogbehah, N.W. of Amman, between it and Es Salt, now Jebeiha, a ruin seven miles to the N.E., formed the second group of Gadite settlements. The first group was headed by Dibon. Chemosh Gad ("he whose good fortune is Chemosh") the father of Mesha was a Dibonite. The third Gadite settlement lay in the Jordan valley, W. of the second group, Beth Nimrah, etc. ( Numbers 32:33-36).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Jogbehah . A town of Gad in Gilead (  Numbers 32:35 ), named also in connexion with Gideon’s pursuit of the Midianites (  Judges 8:11 ). It is the present ruin el-Jubeihât (or Ajbeihât ), N. W. from Rabbath-ammon, and about midway between that place and es-Sault.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jog'behah. (Lofty). One of the cities on the east of Jordan, which were built and fortified, by the tribe of Gad, when they took possession of their territory.  Numbers 32:35.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City of Gad.  Numbers 32:35;  Judges 8:11 . Identified with el Jubeihat, 32 2' N, 35 52' E.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Judges 8:11 Numbers 32:35

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yogbah', יָגְבִּהּ , only with ה paragogic, יָגְבְּהָה , Lofty; Sept. Ι᾿Εγεβαά , but Ὕψωσαν Αὐτάς in Numbers; Vulg. Jegbaa ), a place mentioned (between Jazer and Beth-nimrah) among the "fenced cities and folds for sheep" rebuilt by the Gadites ( Numbers 32:35). It lay on the route of Gideon when pursuing the nomadic Midianites, near Nobah, beyond Penuel, in the direction of Karkor ( Judges 8:11). These notices correspond sufficiently with the locality of the ruined village El-Jebeiha (Robinson's Researches , 3, Append. p. 168), laid down on Robinson's and Zimmerman's maps on the edge of the desert east of Jebel el-Fukeis.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jog´bḗ - ha ( יגבּחה , yoghbecḥāh ): A city in Gilead assigned to Gad and fortified by that tribe (  Numbers 32:35 ). It lay on the line along which Gideon chased the Midianites ( Judges 8:11 ), and the indication there leaves no doubt that it is represented today by Ajbeihāt . The name attaches to 3 groups of ruins which date from Roman times. The position is about 7 miles Northwest of ‛Ammān , and about midway between that city and the town of es - Salt . It stands 3,468 ft. above the level of the Mediterranean.

Oliphant, Land of Gilead , 232; Baedeker-Socin, Palestine.