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Jahaz

Where Jahaz sits on the map, and the 9 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.

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Identified with
Khirbet el Medeiyineh
Coordinates
31.5883, 35.9079
Mentions
9 mentions

Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.

Passages where it appears

9 verses, in biblical order.

Numbers

  • Numbers 21:23

    And he was not willing to allow Israel to cross through his borders. But instead, gathering an army, he went out to meet them in the desert, and he arrived at Jahaz and fought against them.

Deuteronomy

  • Deuteronomy 2:32

    And Sihon went out to meet us with all his people, to battle at Jahaz.

Joshua

  • Joshua 13:18

    and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

  • Joshua 21:36

    from the tribe of Reuben, beyond the Jordan, opposite Jericho, Bezer in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Misor and Jazer, and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs;

Judges

  • Judges 11:20

    But he, too, despising the words of Israel, would not permit him to cross through his borders. Instead, gathering an innumerable multitude, he went out against him at Jahaz, and he resisted strongly.

1 Chronicles

  • 1 Chronicles 6:78

    and also, across the Jordan opposite Jericho, facing the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs;

Isaiah

  • Isaiah 15:4

    Heshbon will cry out with Elealeh. Their voice has been heard as far as Jahaz. Over this, the well-equipped men of Moab wail; each soul will wail to itself.

Jeremiah

  • Jeremiah 48:21

    and judgment has arrived upon the land of the plains: upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,

  • Jeremiah 48:34

    From the outcry of Heshbon, even to Elealeh and Jahzah, they have uttered their voice; from Zoar, even to Horonaim, like a three year old calf. So too, the waters of Nimrim will be very bad.

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