Jaazer, Jazer
Jaazer, Jazer
[Ja’azer] [Ja’zer]
City and district in Gilead: it was taken from the Amorites by Israel, allotted to Gad, and given to the Levites. Num 21:32; Num 32:1; Num 32:3; Num 32:35; Jos 13:25; Jos 21:39; 1Ch 6:81; Isa 16:8-9. In Jer 48:32 the ‘sea of Jazer’ is supposed to refer to a lake in the neighbourhood. Identified by some with Beit Zerah, 31 50′ N, 35 51′ E.