A city of refuge, and (under Solomon) the seat of the governor of a province. Probably the most important Israelite city east of Jordan; identified with the modern es-Salt. See 1 Kgs. 4: 13; 22; 2 Kgs. 8: 28; 2 Kgs 9: 1, 4, 14; 2 Chr. 18; 2 Chr. 22: 5.