Yâbêsh — H3003

Definition

locative proper noun

Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine

1. Jabesh = "dry"
2. n pr loc
3. 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; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'
4. n pr m
5. father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom

Usually translated as

Jobesh, JobeshGilead

Origin

the same as H3002 (also Yâbêysh; often with the addition of H1568, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad)

• Same as Yâbêsh (H3002)
• Same as Gilʻâd (H1568)

Occurrences

Yâbêsh occurs 24 times in 21 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (5), 1 Samuel (8), 2 Samuel (3), 2 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (2)

• Judges 21:8 — And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead (מִיָּבֵ֥ישׁ) to the assembly.
• Judges 21:9 — For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֥שׁ) there.
• Judges 21:10 — And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֤שׁ) with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
• Judges 21:12 — And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֣ישׁ) four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
• Judges 21:14 — And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֣שׁ): and yet so they sufficed them not.
• 1 Samuel 11:1 — Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֣שׁ): and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
• 1 Samuel 11:1 — Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh (יָבֵישׁ֙) said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
• 1 Samuel 11:3 — And the elders of Jabesh (יָבֵ֗ישׁ) said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
• 1 Samuel 11:5 — And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh (יָבֵֽישׁ).
• 1 Samuel 11:9 — And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of (יָבֵ֣ישׁ) Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
• 1 Samuel 11:9 — And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh (יָבֵ֖ישׁ); and they were glad.
• 1 Samuel 11:10 — Therefore the men of Jabesh (יָבֵ֔ישׁ) 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 — And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֣ישׁ) heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
• 1 Samuel 31:12 — All 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 came to Jabesh (יָבֵ֔שָׁה), and burnt them there.
• 1 Samuel 31:13 — And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh (בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה), and fasted seven days.
• 2 Samuel 2:4 — And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֣ישׁ) were they that buried Saul.
• 2 Samuel 2:5 — And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֣ישׁ), and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
• 2 Samuel 21:12 — And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֣ישׁ), which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
• 2 Kings 15:10 — And Shallum the son of Jabesh (יָבֵ֔שׁ) conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 15:13 — Shallum the son of Jabesh (יָבֵישׁ֙) began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
• 2 Kings 15:14 — For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh (יָבֵ֖ישׁ) in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
• 1 Chronicles 10:11 — And when all Jabesh-gilead (יָבֵ֣ישׁ) heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
• 1 Chronicles 10:12 — They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh (יָבֵ֑ישָׁה), and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
• 1 Chronicles 10:12 — They arose, all the valiant men, 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 (בְּיָבֵ֔שׁ), and fasted seven days.