* Jabesh-gilead.
   This place, as its name imports, was situated in Gilead, east
   of Jordan.  Eusebius and Jerome say it was a great town in
   their time, standing upon a hill, six miles south from Pella,
   in the way to Geresa, now Djerash.  The Wady Yabes, mentioned
   by Burckhardt, which empties itself into the Jordan, in the
   neighbourhood of Bisan or Beth-shan (see 1; Sa 31:11,) and upon
   which Pella was situated, (celebrated by Pliny, 1. v. c.  18,
   for its fine waters,) seems to have taken its name from
   Jabesh.  Near this spot, we must therefore look for its site;
   and the place called Kalaat Rabbad seems to correspond, very
   nearly, to the spot; though it probably still retains among
   the Arabs its ancient name.

  1Sa 11:1-3  31:11-13  2Sa 2:5,6