Jahaz: Trodden down (called also Jahaza,)
(Joshua 13:18) Jahazah,
(Joshua 21:36)
Jahzah,
(1 Chronicles 6:78) a town where Sihon was defeated, in the borders of
Moab and in the land of the Ammonites beyond Jordan, and north of the
river Arnon
(Numbers 21:23; Deuteronomy 2:32) It was situated in the tribe of Reuben,
and was assigned to the Merarite Levites
(Joshua 13:18; 21:36) Here was
fought the decisive battle in which Sihon (q.v.) was completely
routed, and his territory (the modern Belka) came into the possession
of Israel. This town is mentioned in the denunciations of the
prophets against Moab
(Isaiah 15:4; Jeremiah 48:34)
