E. of Jordan, in the portion of Reuben (Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:37). Appropriated by Moab, and named as a Moabite town by Isaiah (Isaiah 15:4; Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 48:34) along with Heshbon. Now El-A'al, "the high," a mile N. of Heshbon, commanding a wide view of the plain and southern Belka.