📍Jahaz

Place

Type: place

A city in the region east of the Jordan. It was the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites.

Num 21:23But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness to fight against Israel. When they reached Jahaz, he attacked Israel.
Deut 2:32When Sihon and all his people came out to fight us at Jahaz,
Judg 11:20But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered all his people, encamped at Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

It was allotted to the tribe of Reuben.

And it was provided as a city for the Levites.

Josh 21:36From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer) with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,

Later, it became a city of the Moabites.

Isa 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their souls tremble within them.
Jer 48:34From Heshbon to Elealeh, and as far as Jahaz, they raise their voices, and from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim are desolate.

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