§ Jabesh = "dry" a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'
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H3003 — יָבֵשׁ
ya.vesh · Jabesh (Gilead) · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Judges 21:8 · מִיָּבֵ֥ישׁAnd they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.Judges 21:9 · יָבֵ֥שׁFor when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.Judges 21:10 · יָבֵ֤שׁAnd the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.Judges 21:12 · יָבֵ֣ישׁAnd they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.Judges 21:14 · יָבֵ֣שׁAnd Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.1 Samuel 11:1 · יָבֵ֣שׁ · יָבֵישׁ֙Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.1 Samuel 11:3 · יָבֵ֗ישׁAnd the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to thee.1 Samuel 11:5 · יָבֵֽישׁ׃And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.1 Samuel 11:9 · יָבֵ֣ישׁ · יָבֵ֖ישׁAnd they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.1 Samuel 11:10 · יָבֵ֔ישׁTherefore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.1 Samuel 31:11 · יָבֵ֣ישׁAnd when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,1 Samuel 31:12 · יָבֵ֔שָׁהall the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.1 Samuel 31:13 · בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁהAnd they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.2 Samuel 2:4 · יָבֵ֣ישׁAnd the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.2 Samuel 2:5 · יָבֵ֣ישׁAnd David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of Jehovah, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.2 Samuel 21:12 · יָבֵ֣ישׁAnd David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;2 Kings 15:10 · יָבֵ֔שׁAnd Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.2 Kings 15:13 · יָבֵישׁ֙Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria.2 Kings 15:14 · יָבֵ֖ישׁAnd Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.1 Chronicles 10:11 · יָבֵ֣ישׁAnd when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,1 Chronicles 10:12 · יָבֵ֑ישָׁה · בְּיָבֵ֔שׁall the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.