Jabesh, [Ja'besh] Jabeshgilead. [Ja'besh-gil'ead]
City in Gilead. When the tribe of Benjamin had been punished for its sin, and wives were wanted for the survivors, Jabesh-gilead was smitten because they came not when called, and only the young women were spared. Judges 21:8, Judges 1:21. The city was afterwards saved from the Ammonites by Saul; and when Saul and his sons were killed in battle, the valiant men of the city took up their bodies and buried them. 1 Samuel 11:1-11; 1 Samuel 1:31; 2 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 1:21; 1 Chronicles 1:10, 1 Chronicles 1:10. Identified with ed Deir (on the south of Wady Yabis, in which the name has probably been preserved), 32 23' N, 35 40' E.