Bible Location
Meaning: assistance; helper · 12 cross references · Modern-day map available
Jazer was a city east of the Jordan in the Amorite and later Israelite transjordan, associated especially with Gad and nearby Gilead. It is important because it appears in conquest, tribal inheritance, Levitical distribution, and prophetic language about the eastern lands. First appears in Num 21:32.1
AI summary: Jazer's significance comes from its place within the network of important eastern cities beyond the Jordan. It is part of the territory taken before Israel crossed westward, and later belongs to the inherited and priestly geography of the transjordan. Prophetic references also remember it in connection with the fortunes of surrounding peoples, especially Moab. The cross references present Jazer as a useful marker of the eastern lands' military, tribal, and prophetic history.1
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, 35; Josh. 13:25). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites (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, 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.” 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.)
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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.