Jahaz

Jahaz (jāˈhəz) [key], Jahaza,  Jahazah both: jāhāˈzə, or Jahzah jäˈzə, 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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