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Smith's Bible Dictionary
river afterward became, toward its western part, the boundary between the kingdoms of Sihon and
Og. (Joshua 12:2,5) Its modern name is Wady Zurka .
Jabesh
(dry).
•Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. (2 Kings 15:10,13,14)
•Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tribe
of Manasseh, (1 Chronicles 27:21) as well as the tribes of Gad and Reuben, (Numbers 32:1-42)
east of the Jordan; and of the cities of Gilead, Jabesh was the chief. It is first mentioned in (Judges
21:8-14) Being attacked subsequently by Nahash the Ammonite, it gave Saul an opportunity of
displaying his prowess in its defence. (1 Samuel 11:1-15) Eusebius places it beyond the Jordan,
six miles from Pella on the mountain road to Gerasa; where its name is probably preserved in the
Wady Yabes.
Jabez
(sorrow).
•Apparently a place at which the families of the scribes resided who belonged to the families of
the Kenites. (1 Chronicles 2:55)
•The name occurs again in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 4:9,10) in a passage of remarkable
detail inserted in a genealogy again connected with Bethlehem. ver. 4.
Jabin
(whom God observes).
•King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites. (Joshua
11:1-3) Joshua surprised the allied forces by the waters of Merom, ver. 7, and utterly routed them.
(B.C. 1448.) During the ensuing wars Joshua again attacked Jabin, and burnt his city. (Joshua
11:1-14)
•A king of Hazor, whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak. (Judges 4:2,13) (B.C. 1316.)
Jabneel
(building of God).
•One of the points on the northern boundary of Judah, not quite at the sea, though near it. (Joshua
15:11) There is no sign, however, of its ever having been occupied by Judah. Josephus attributes
it to the Danites. There was a constant struggle going on between that tribe and the Philistines for
the possession of all the places in the lowland plains, and it is not surprising that the next time we
meet with Jabneel it should be in the hands of the latter. (2 Chronicles 26:6) Uzziah dispossessed
them of it and demolished its fortifications. Called also Jabneh. At the time of the fall of Jerusalem,
Jabneh was one of the most populous places of Judea. The modern village of Yebna, more accurately
Ibna, stands about two miles from the sea, on a slight eminence just south of the Nahr Rubin .
•One of the landmarks on the boundary of Naphtali, (Joshua 19:33) in upper Galilee.
Jabneh
(building of God), (2 Chronicles 26:6) [Jabneel]
Jachan
(affliction), one of seven chief men of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:13)
Jachin
(he shall establish).
•One of the two pillars which were set up “in the porch,” (1 Kings 7:21) or before the temple. (2
Chronicles 3:17) of Solomon. [Boaz]
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