A town on the east of Jordan ([Gen. 14:5](/gen#Gen.14.5); [Deut. 2:9](/deut#Deut.2.9), [10](/deut#Deut.2.10)). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben ([Num. 32:37](/num#Num.32.37)). In the time of Ezekiel (25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the “glory of Moab” (comp. [Jer. 48:1](/jer#Jer.48.1), [23](/jer#Jer.48.23)). It has been identified with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on the south slope of Jebel Attarus, the ancient Ataroth.