Jabesh-gilead
Ancient site; 3 competing modern identifications, best supported being Tell el Maqlub.
Placesettlement20 verseslocation disputed
Where was it?
Scholars do not agree. Every proposal recorded by the source is shown with its support score, so you can see the weight of opinion rather than a single answer.
- Tell el Maqlub698
- Tell Abu el Kharaz158
- Tall al Meqbarah5
Name variants
- Jabesh-gilead (79)
- Jabesh (76)
- Jabesh Gilead (39)
- Jabesh-Gilead (3)
References
Topical references
- A city east of the Jordan River — Judges 21:8
- Beseiged by the Ammonites — 1 Samuel 11:1
- Saul and his sons buried at — 1 Samuel 31:11; 1 Chronicles 10:11; 1 Chronicles 10:12; 2 Samuel 2:4
- Bones of Saul and his sons removed from, by David, and buried at Zelah — 2 Samuel 21:12
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.