Jahaz

How Nave’s arranged it

• Also called JAHAZA, JAHAZAH, and JAHZAH
• A Levitical city in Reuben, taken from the MoabitesJoshua 13:18Joshua 21:36Isaiah 15:4Jeremiah 48:21
• Sihon defeated atNumbers 21:23Deuteronomy 2:32Judges 11:20

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Numbers 21:23

   But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

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2. Deuteronomy 2:32

   So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:322 voices

   “Then Sihon came out against us,.... Perceiving they were upon their march towards his land or into it, he gathered all his people and went out of Heshbon their capital city, where he resided: he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz; a city which he had taken from the king of Moab, and which in later times, after the captivity of the ten tribes, came into their hands again, Isa 15:4; see Gill on Num 21:21.

   “Rise ye up . . . and pass over the river Arnon--At its mouth, this stream is eighty-two feet wide and four deep. It flows in a channel banked by perpendicular cliffs of sandstone.

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3. Joshua 13:18

   Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 13:182 voices

   “And Jahazah,.... Called Jahaz, Num 21:23, where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel: and Kedemoth; near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from whence Moses sent messengers with words of peace to Sihon, Deu 2:26, and Mephaath; thought to be the Maipha of Ptolemy (f); here Jerom says (g), in his time was a garrison of Roman soldiers, because of the desert that was near.

   “Jahaza - A city near Medeba and Dibon. It was given to the Levites, 1Ch 6:78. Kedemoth - Mentioned Deu 2:26; supposed to have been situated beyond the river Arnon. Mephaath - Situated on the frontiers of Moab, on the eastern part of the desert. It was given to the Levites, Jos 21:37.

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4. Joshua 21:36

   From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,

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   “And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs,.... Which was a city of refuge, and the fifth of them in this account, though not observed as such here, but is in the Greek version; see Jos 20:8, and Jahazah with her suburbs; called Jahaz; see Gill on Num 21:23.

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5. Judges 11:20

   But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

   ›Commentary on Judges 11:201 voice

   “The bravest officers have always been averse to war; so Jephthah, whose courage was indisputable, resolved not only to make it clearly appear that hostilities were forced upon him, but to try measures for avoiding, if possible, an appeal to arms: and in pursuing such a course he was acting as became a leader in Israel (De 20:10-18).

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6. Isaiah 15:4

   Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 15:42 voices

   “Jahaz--east of Jordan, in Reuben. Near it Moses defeated Sihon. therefore--because of the sudden overthrow of their cities. Even the armed men, instead of fighting in defense of their land, shall join in the general cry. life, &c.--rather, "his soul is grieved" (1Sa 1:8) [MAURER].

   “And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh,.... Two other cities in the land of Moab. The first of these was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who took it from the Moabites, Num 21:25 it came into the hands of the Reubenites, Num 32:3 and afterwards was again possessed by the Moabites, Jer 48:

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7. Jeremiah 48:21

   Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 48:211 voice

   “And judgment is come upon the plain country,.... Of Moab, which was for the most part such, especially that which lay near Arnon; the judgment of God's vengeance, punishment for sin, by the hand of the Chaldeans. The Targum is, "they that execute vengeance are come:'' upon Holon; a city of Moab; of which see Jos 15:51; it had its name perhaps from the sandy ground on which it stood.

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