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Jabuk

Illustration of Jabuk

Jabuk is a brook where Jacob was left in its mountain with all belonging to him. Messengers met Jacob in the road of the brook on the opposite side of Jabuk. He lodged that night with his camps by the border of the brook of Jabuk. The children of Israel took possession of the land of Sihon from Aram unto Jabuk unto the children of Ammon.

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near Ammon
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Jabuk in Jasher 31

The Book of Jasher 31:62

And now I have left him in the mountain of the brook of Jabuk, him and all belonging to him; he lacketh nothing....

A62nd now I have left him in the mountain of the brook of Jabuk, him and all belonging to him; he lacketh nothing.

Jabuk in Jasher 31

The Book of Jasher 31:72

And these messengers went on the road to meet Jacob, and they met him in the road of the brook on the opposite side of t...

A72nd these messengers went on the road to meet Jacob, and they met him in the road of the brook on the opposite side of the brook Jabuk, and Jacob said when he saw them, This camp is destined to me from God, and Jacob called the name of that place Machnayim.

Jabuk in Jasher 32

The Book of Jasher 32:47

So the whole present passed on in the hands of his servants, and went before him on that day, and he lodged that night w...

S47o the whole present passed on in the hands of his servants, and went before him on that day, and he lodged that night with his camps by the border of the brook of Jabuk, and he rose up in the midst of the night, and he took his wives and his maid servants, and all belonging to him, and he that night passed them over the ford Jabuk.