Jaazer

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jaazer
     he (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan,
     and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad (Num.
     32:1, 35; Josh. 13:25). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites
     (21:39). In David's time it was occupied by the Hebronites,
     i.e., the descendants of Kohath (1 Chr. 26:31). It is mentioned


     in the "burdens" proclaimed over Moab (Isa. 16:8, 9; Jer.
     48:32). Its site is marked by the modern ruin called Sar or
     Seir, about 10 miles west of Amman, and 12 from Heshbon. "The
     vineyards that once covered the hill-sides are gone; and the
     wild Bedawin from the eastern desert make cultivation of any
     kind impossible."