- Kenath:
- Kenath was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan. Eusebius says it was called in his time Καναθα, Kanatha; and was a town in the Trachonitis, near Bozra. Josephus places it in Coelo-syria; and Pliny reckons it among the cities of the Decapolis. It was also called Nobah, after Nobah an Israelite, who conquered it ("And Nobahª wentª° and tookª°¹ Kenath,ª and the villagesª thereof, and calledª° it Nobah,ª after his own name.ª" {Num 32:42}); which is placed by Eusebius, eight miles south of Heshbon. see note on "And Gideonª went upª° by the wayª of them that dweltª° in tentsª on the eastª¹ of Nobahª and Jogbehah,ª and smoteª°¹ the host:ª for the hostª was¹ secure.ª" {Jdg 8:11}.
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