Bible Location

Jahzah

2 cross references · Modern-day map available

Jahzah was the place where Israel defeated Sihon king of the Amorites and later a town in the transjordanian inheritance. It is important because it joins conquest memory with settled possession. First appears in 1 Chr 6:78.1

Coordinates

31.50, 35.92

First appears

1 Chr 6:78

AI summary: Jahzah matters because a battlefield becomes a remembered town. The defeat of Sihon there is one of the decisive eastern victories before Israel crosses the Jordan, and later references preserve the place within the geography of possession. The cross references present Jahzah as a transjordanian site of conquest, transfer, and memory.1

Latitude

31.50

Longitude

35.92

Bible references

2