A town east of the Jordan in the tribe of Reuben, Joshua 13:9,16 . Near it the army of David gained a great victory, 1 Chronicles 19:7 . Long afterwards, it fell again into the hands of the Moabites its ancient masters, Numbers 21:30; Isaiah 15:2 . Its ruins, on rising ground a few miles southeast of Heshbon, still retain the old name.
Although written in 1859 by William Rand, this dictionary of the Bible from the American Tract Society is still relevant today.Wikipedia
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