Small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom (Gen. 19:22, 23). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). It is referred to by the prophets Isaiah (15:5) and Jeremiah (48:34). Its ruins are still seen at the opening of the ravine of Kerak, the Kir-Moab referred to in 2 Kings 3, the modern Tell esh-Shaghur.
Appears in
- Genesis 13 (MENTIONS)
- Genesis 14 (MENTIONS)
- Genesis 19 (MENTIONS)
- Deuteronomy 34 (MENTIONS)
- Isaiah 15 (MENTIONS)
- Jeremiah 48 (MENTIONS)