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JAHAZ

(Heb. yahaṣ, yahṣâ) (also JAHZAH)

A city in Transjordan where the Amorite king Sihon of Heshbon was killed by the Israelites (Num. 21:23; Deut. 2:32-33; Judg. 11:20-21). Although the city was within the territory allocated to the tribe of Reuben, the settlement proper was assigned to the Merarite Levites (Josh. 21:36; 1 Chr. 6:78[MT 63]). Later the city fell to the Moabites during King Mesha’s expansion to the north (Mesha inscription 18-20). It apparently remained in Moabite hands for some time thereafter (Isa. 15:4; Jer. 48:21 [called Jahzah], 34).

Several sites have been proposed as candidates for ancient Jahaz. These include Khirbet Libb (222112; ca. 11 km. [7 mi.] N of Dibon on the King’s Highway), Khirbet Iskander (223107; ca. 6 km. [4 mi.] N of Dibon), Khirbet Remeil (228114; 5 km. [3 mi.] NE of Khirbet Iskander), Khirbet Qureiyet ʾAleiyan (233104; ca. 8 km. [5 mi.] NE of Dibon), and Tall Jalul (231125; 5 km. [3 mi.] E of Madaba). The most recent and best proposal at this time seems to be Khirbet Medeiniyeh (236110) on the Wadi Themed (ca. 2.5 km. [1.5 mi.] NE of Khirbet Remeil).

Randall W. Younker

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JAHAZ

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)