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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, 14. 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 Sam. 11: 1-11; 1 Sam. 31: 11-13; 2 Sam. 2: 4, 5;
2 Sam. 21: 12; 1 Chr. 10: 11, 12. Identified with ed Deir (on the south of Wady Yabis, in which the name has probably been preserved), .