JAHAZ

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Also called JAHAZA, JAHAZAH, and JAHZAH
A Levitical city in Reuben, taken from the Moabites
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, (Joshua 21:3636And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, (Joshua 21:36))
And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. (Isaiah 15:44And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. (Isaiah 15:4))
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, (Jeremiah 48:2121And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, (Jeremiah 48:21))
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And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. (Numbers 21:2323And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. (Numbers 21:23))
Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. (Deuteronomy 2:3232Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. (Deuteronomy 2:32))
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. (Judges 11:2020But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. (Judges 11:20))