A town on the east of Jordan (Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 2:9,10). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Numbers 32:37). In the time of Ezekiel (Numbers 25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the "glory of Moab" (comp. Jeremiah 48:1,23). It has been identified with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on the south slope of Jebel Attarus, the ancient Ataroth.
