Jabesh-Gilead
In upper Gilead.
Inhabitants or natives
Matthias the former leper.
Description
"The deep and wooded valley where Jabesh Gilead rises echoes with the roar of a small torrent swollen that foams towards the nearby Jordan."[1]
Notable events
The inhabitants of Jabesh repent for having driven out Jesus[2].
Its name
In a mocking sense, Yabesh means "dry". Yabesh - Yabechen – Yavesh - Jabesh Gilead.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
EMV 359
EMV 632
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3 km east of the Jordan and 15 km from Beth-Shean. An Israelite city where Saul appeared as king[3] and where he was buried[4].
In the time of the Judges, all the tribes of Israel, except the inhabitants of Yabesh, went to War Against the Benjaminites guilty of a crime against a guest at Gibeah. They were exterminated[5], but pitying the survivors, Israel gave them 400 virgins from Jabesh in Gilead, the tribe which, despite the oath, had not come to mobilize and was therefore exterminated.
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