ja-azer or jazer Summary and Overview
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ja-azer or jazer in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(Jehovah helps), a town on the east of Jordan, in or near to Gilead. #Nu 32:1,3; 1Ch 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. #Nu 21:32| It seems to have given its name to a district of dependent or "daughter" towns, #Nu 21:32| Authorized Version "villages," 1 Macc. 5:8, the "land of Jazer." #Nu 32:1|