Dict: smith - JABESH

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JABESH - J>@ - (dry). Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. ( kjv@2Kings:15:10 kjv@2Kings:15:13-14) Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tribe of Manasseh, ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:21) as well as the tribes of Gad and Reuben, kjv@Numbers:32:1-42) east of the Jordan; and of the cities of Gilead, Jabesh was the chief. It is first mentioned in kjv@Judges:21:8-14) Being attacked subsequently by Nahash the Ammonite, it gave Saul an opportunity of displaying his prowess in its defence. ( kjv@1Samuel: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.