Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Possession, a city of Gilead. It was captured by Nobah, who called it by his own name (Num. 32:42). It has been identified with Kunawat, on the slopes of Jebel Hauran (Mount Bashan), 60 miles east from the south end of the Sea of Galilee.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(possession), one of the cities on the east of Jordan, with its “daughter-towns” (Authorized Version “villages”) taken possession of by a certain Nobah, who then called it by his own name, (Numbers 32:42)
Schaff's Bible Dictionary
KE'NATH (possession), a city of Gilead, in the tribe of Manasseh; captured by Nobah, Num 32:42; a place of splendor and importance under Rome; a Christian bishop's see; 20 miles from Bostra; now called Kenawat.
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