-A city southwest of the Dead Sea Numbers 14:45; 21:1-3; Deuteronomy 1 :44

-Captured by the tribes of Judah and Simeon Judges 1 : 17; Joshua 12:14

-Allotted to the tribe of Simeon Joshua 19:4; 1 Chronicles 4:30

-Within the territory allotted to Judah Joshua 15:30; 1 Samuel 30:30