Jabesh in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(dry). 1. Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. 2Ki 15:10,13,14 2. Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tribe of Manasseh, 1Ch 27:21 as well as the tribes of Gad and Reuben, Nu 32:1-42 east of the Jordan; and of the cities of Gilead, Jabesh was the chief. It is first mentioned in Jud 21:8-14 Being attacked subsequently by Nahash the Ammonite, it gave Saul an opportunity of displaying his prowess in its defence. 1Sa 11:1-15 Eusebius places it beyond the Jordan, six miles from Pella on the mountain road to Gerasa; where its name is probably preserved in the Wady Yabes.