Jahaz

Jahaz (jā'huz) [key], Jahaza, Jahazah (both: jāhā'zu) [key], or Jahzah (jä'zu) [key], in the Bible, unidentified town, E of the Dead Sea. Israel's defeat there of the Amorites is recorded on the Moabite stone.

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