Bible Location
Meaning: Jahazah · 5 cross references · Modern-day map available
Jahaz was the town or battlefield area east of the Jordan where Israel defeated Sihon king of the Amorites. It is important because that victory opened the way to Israel's possession of significant transjordanian territory. First appears in Num 21:23.1
AI summary: Jahaz is remembered chiefly because decisive conflict happened there. The battle with Sihon becomes one of the defining victories before Israel crosses the Jordan, turning Jahaz into a landmark of transition from vulnerable travel to secured territory. Later prophetic references to Moab show the place remained politically and emotionally charged in the eastern plateau. The cross references present Jahaz as a battle site where conquest, possession, and later lament converge.1
Trodden down (called also Jahaza, Josh. 13:18; Jahazah, 21:36; Jahzah, 1 Chr. 6:78), a town where Sihon was defeated, in the borders of Moab and in the land of the Ammonites beyond Jordan, and north of the river Arnon (Num. 21:23; Deut. 2:32). It was situated in the tribe of Reuben, and was assigned to the Merarite Levites (Josh. 13:18; 21:36). Here was fought the decisive battle in which Sihon (q.v.) was completely routed, and his territory (the modern Belka) came into the possession of Israel. This town is mentioned in the denunciations of the prophets against Moab (Isa. 15:4; Jer. 48:34). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.