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Kenath

Cityaka Kenath

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.

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Key verses

1 Chronicles 2:23
Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
Numbers 32:42
Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.