Difference between revisions of "Jahaz"

<p> '''Jahaz''' (''jâ'hâz'' ), ''place trodden down.'' [[A]] Moabitish city situated near the desert; afterward reckoned to the tribe of Reuben and assigned to the priests. &nbsp;Numbers 21:23; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:32; &nbsp;Isaiah 15:4; &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:34. It is also called Jahaza, &nbsp;Joshua 13:18, [[A.]] [[V.]] Jahazah, &nbsp;Joshua 21:36; &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:21, [[A.]] [[V.,]] and Jahzah. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:78 [[A.]] [[V.,]] and &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:21 [[R.]] [[V.]] At this place the [[Israelites]] gained a victory over Sihon and conquered the territory between the Arnon and the Jabbok; but in later times Jahaz seems to have been occupied by the Moabites. </p>

<p> '''Ja'haz.''' ''(trodden down).'' Under these four forms ('''Jahaz''' , '''Jahaza''' , '''Jahazah''' and '''Juhzah''' ) is given, in the Authorized Version, the name of a place which in the [[Hebrew]] appears as '''Yahats''' and '''Yahtsah''' . </p> <p> At Jahaz, the decisive battle was fought between the children of Israel and Sihon, king of the Amorites. &nbsp;Numbers 21:23; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:32; &nbsp;Judges 11:20. It was in the allotment of Reuben. &nbsp;Joshua 13:18. Like many others relating to the places east of the [[Dead]] Sea, the question of its site must await further research. </p>