Jahaz, Also Jahaza, Jahazah And Juhzah
JAHAZ, ALSO JAHAZA, JAHAZAH AND JUHZAH [smith]
(
trodden down). Under these four forms is given in the Authorized Version the name of a place which in the Hebrew appears as
Yahats and
Yahtsah . At Jahaz the decisive battle was fought between the children of Israel and Sihon king of the Amorites. (
Numbers 21:23;
2:32;
Judges 11:20) It was in the allotment of Reuben. (
Joshua 13:18) Like many others relating to the places east of the Dead Sea, the question of its site must await further research.