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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jezerites | 1 |
Statements (40)
| 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
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ⓘ
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
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ⓘ
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) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jezerites