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City and district in Gilead: it was taken from the Amorites by Israel, allotted to Gad, and given to the Levites. Num. 21: 32; Num. 32: 1, 3, 35; Joshua 13: 25; Joshua 21: 39; 1 Chr. 6: 81; Isa. 16: 8, 9. In Jer. 48: 32 the 'sea of Jazer' is supposed to refer to a lake in the neighbourhood. Identified by some with Beit Zerah, .