Jazer

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Jazer was an ancient town east of the Jordan River, noted in the Hebrew Bible and associated with the territory of the Israelite tribe of Gad.

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Jezerites 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town
biblical location
appearsIn biblical conquest narratives
prophetic oracles against Moab
associatedWith cities of Gad
vineyards of Sibmah (in prophetic poetry)
associatedWithFigure Moses NERFINISHED
Sihon king of the Amorites NERFINISHED
associatedWithTribe Gad NERFINISHED
Reuben (in some territorial lists)
capturedBy Israelites NERFINISHED
capturedDuring Moses’ campaigns east of the Jordan
category Biblical cities east of the Jordan
Former populated places in the Levant
describedAs city of the Amorites before Israelite conquest
pastoral region
hasVariantName Jaazer NERFINISHED
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedEastOf Jordan River NERFINISHED
locatedIn Transjordan NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Gilead region (broadly) NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
mentionedInBook 1 Chronicles NERFINISHED
Isaiah NERFINISHED
Jeremiah NERFINISHED
Joshua NERFINISHED
Numbers NERFINISHED
nearRegion Ammonite border (broadly)
notedFor good pasturelands
notedIn Isaiah’s oracle against Moab NERFINISHED
Jeremiah’s oracle against Moab NERFINISHED
partOfTerritoryOf tribe of Gad NERFINISHED
possibleIdentification Khirbet es-Sar (hypothetical, debated) NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
roleInText border town in some territorial descriptions
marker of Israelite expansion east of the Jordan
status archaeologically uncertain exact location
timePeriod Iron Age Levant NERFINISHED
Late Bronze to Iron Age transition (as a settlement context)

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Jezer clanNamedAfter Jazer
this entity surface form: Jezerites