Jabesh = "dry"
n pr loc 1. 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' n pr m 2. father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom |