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KENATH.—A city lying to the E. of the Jordan, taken by Nobah, whose name for a time it bore (Num_32:42). Geshur and Aram re-conquered it (1Ch_2:23). It is usually identified with Kanawât, fully 16 miles N. of Bozrah, on the W. slope of Jebet ed-Druze. It occupies a commanding position on either bank of the Wâdy Qanawât, which here forms a picturesque waterfall There are tall, graceful columns, and massive walls, together with other impressive remains of buildings from Græco-Roman times. The modern village, lower down the slope, is now occupied by Druzes. Baedeker (Pal. 8, 207), stating no reason, Moore (Judges, 222), for reasons that do not appear adequate, and others reject the identification. To speak of Qanawât as ‘in the remote north-east’ (Moore), conveys a wrong impression. It is only some 50 miles N.E. of Jerash, which in turn is near the S. boundary of Gilead. No other identification seems possible.
W. Ewing.