Bible Dictionary · J
Jaazer
He (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan, and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad (Num 32:1, Num 32:35; Josh 13:25). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites (Josh 21:39). In David’s time it was occupied by the Hebronites, i.e., the descendants of Kohath (1 Chr 26:31). It is mentioned in the “burdens” proclaimed over Moab (Isa 16:8, Isa 16:9; Jer 48:32). Its site is marked by the modern ruin called Sar or Seir, about 10 miles west of Amman, and 12 from Heshbon. “The vineyards that once covered the hill-sides are gone; and the wild Bedawin from the eastern desert make cultivation of any kind impossible.”
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Numbers 21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
- Numbers 32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
