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<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. 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 ( Numbers 21:32; Numbers 32:35 ). The country was very fertile, and its spacious pasture-lands attracted the flock-masters of Gad ( Numbers 32:1 ), the southern border of whose territory it marked ( Joshua 13:25 ). It was assigned to the [[Merarite]] [[Levites]] ( Joshua 21:39; 1 Chronicles 6:81 ). The place was reached by Joab when taking the census ( 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" ( 1 Chronicles 26:32 f). The fruitfulness of the country is alluded to in Isaiah 16:8 f; 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," 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>