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("strength".)
1. One of Bashank, two capitals (; ; ; ). Mentioned only in connection with the victory over Og, and the acquisition of the Amorite territory. Allotted to Manasseh (). Its rains, Edra, stand in black masses, stone roofed and doored houses, of massive walls, on a projection of the S.W. angle of the Lejah or Argob. The site is without water, without access except through rocky defiles, strong and secure, one mile and a half wide by two and a half long, about 25 ft. above the fertile plain. It seems to have been the stronghold of the Geshurites subsequently.
2. A town of Naphtali, near Kedesh (). Now Aitherun (Conder).