A place of encampment for the Israelites during the exodus (Num. 33: 35; Deut. 2: 8); afterwards one of the headquarters of Solomon’s navy (1 Kgs. 9: 26; 1 Kgs. 22: 48; 2 Chr. 8: 17; 2 Chr. 20: 36). It was in the extreme south of the country of Edom, at the head of the Gulf of Aqabah.