| | | | direction to the | | | | south of Jerash, and | | | | entering the Jordan | | | | near ‘Succoth’ and | | | | ‘Adam.’ | | | | =JABESH-GILEAD= |Judg. xxi. 8, |_Not |11 |Six Roman miles from | 14; 1 Sam. | identified_ | | Pella on the road to | xi. 1-10; | | | Gerasa (Onomasticon.) | xxxi. 11-13; | | | The name survives in | 2 Sam. ii. | | | Wâdy el Yâbis, and | 4, 5; xxi. | | | possibly the ruin ed | 12; 1 Chr. | | | Deir marks the site. | x. 11, 12 | | | | | | | =JABEZ= |1 Chron. ii. |_Not |-- |‘Deir Abu Kabûs, | 55 | identified_ | | between Eshtaol and | | | | Ashnah, has been | | | | proposed for this | | | | place.’ (Henderson’s | | | | _Handbook to | | | | Students_.) The Arabic | | | | and Hebrew have, | | | | however, no connection. | | | | =JABNEEL=, or |Josh. xv. 11; |_Yebnah_ |13 |One of the places on =JABNEH= | 2 Chron. | | | the northern boundary | xxvi. 6; 1 | | | of Judah. Now the | Macc. iv. | | | village Yebnah, in | 15; v. 58; | | | Philistia. The Jamnia | x. 69; xv. | | | of the 1st Book of | 40; 2 Macc. | | | Maccabees. (_Mem._ II. | xii. 8, 9, 40| | | 441; Sh. XVI.) | | | | =JABNEEL= |Josh. xix. 33 |_Yemma_* | 6 |Now the ruins Yemma, | | | | 7 miles south | | | | of Tiberias in | | | | Naphtali.--Conder’s | | | | _Handbook to the | | | | Bible_, p. 269. | | | | (_Mem._ I. 365; Sh. | | | | VI.) | | | | =JABNEH= |2 Chr. xxvi. 6| | |_See_ Jabneel.