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Jaazer, Or Jazer
Jaazer, or Jazer, was an Amorite town east of the Jordan that Israel captured after defeating Sihon. Its surrounding villages formed the land or district of Jazer, later allotted to Reuben and the Merarite Levites.
Definition
Jaazer, also called Jazer, was a town east of the Jordan, in or near Gilead. It was first held by the Amorites and was captured by Israel after Heshbon, during Israel’s advance toward Bashan. The town gave its name to a surrounding district of dependent villages called the land of Jazer.
Biblical Usage
Israel took Jaazer after defeating the Amorites. Its villages and district are included in the territorial descriptions connected with Israel’s settlement east of the Jordan.
Historical Background
Jaazer lay east of the Jordan, in or near Gilead. The surrounding settlements were called its daughter towns or villages, forming the land or district of Jazer.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(Jehovah helps), a town on the east of Jordan, in or near to Gilead. (Numbers 32:1,3; 1 Chronicles 26:31) We first hear of it in possession of the Amorites, and as taken by Israel after Heshbon, and on their way from thence to Bashan. (Numbers 21:32) It seems to have given its name to a district of dependent or “daughter” towns, (Numbers 21:32) Authorized Version “villages,” 1 Macc. 5:8, the “land of Jazer.” (Numbers 32:1)