Places of the Bible
Jazer
City
Where the name appears
Events told in passages that name Jazer, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The fainter the mark, the fewer verses name the place.
- Dividing the land · 1444 BC · 1 verse
- Reign of David · 1054 BC · 1 verse
- Prophecies of Isaiah · 758 BC · 2 verses
- Prophecies of Jeremiah · 627 BC · 1 verse
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
He (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan, and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad (Num. 32:1, 35; Josh. 13:25). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites (21:39). In David’s time it was occupied by the Hebronites, i.e., the descendants of Kohath (1 Chr. 26:31). It is mentioned in the “burdens” proclaimed over Moab (Isa. 16:8, 9; Jer. 48:32). Its site is marked by the modern ruin called Sar or Seir, about 10 miles west of Amman, and 12 from Heshbon. “The vineyards that once covered the hill-sides are gone; and the wild Bedawin from the eastern desert make cultivation of any kind impossible.”
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 12 verses
- Numbers
- 21:32, 32:1, 32:3, 32:35
- Joshua
- 13:25, 21:39
- 2 Samuel
- 24:5
- 1 Chronicles
- 6:81, 26:31
- Isaiah
- 16:8, 16:9
- Jeremiah
- 48:32
The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.