The city of Jobab, one of the early Edomite kings ([Gen. 36:33](/gen#Gen.36.33)). This place is mentioned by the prophets in later times ([Isa. 34:6](/isa#Isa.34.6); [Jer. 49:13](/jer#Jer.49.13); [Amos 1:12](/amos#Amos.1.12); [Micah 2:12](/mic#Mic.2.12)). Its modern representative is el-Busseireh. It lies in the mountain district of Petra, 20 miles to the south-east of the Dead Sea.