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Kenath

Kenath, a city in Gilead captured by Nobah and renamed after himself, was later recaptured by Geshur and Aram.
PlaceOld Testament3 books4 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at Numbers 21:30; referred to as Kenath (קְנָת), Nobah (נֹ֫בַח), or Nophah (נֹ֫פַח).

Location

Identified as
Qanawat
Certainty
Likely (80% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
Coordinates
32.756° N, 36.619° E
Kenath
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Glossary entries

Kenath Nobah (Place) Nophah

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Numbers 21:30נֹ֫פַח · Nophah
    But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
  2. Numbers 32:42קְנָת · Kenath; נֹ֫בַח · Nobah
    And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
  3. Judges 8:11נֹ֫בַח · Nobah
    And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:23קְנָת · Kenath
    But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.