Name of two cities in Palestine. (1) A city (Jos., xv, 41) of the tribe of Juda "in the plains", that is, the territory below Joppa between the mountains and the Mediterranean. Its site is uncertain. (2) A city (Jos., xix, 27) of Aser near Zabulon, supposed to be Tell Daæouk, southeast of Akka.
For references and conjectures see HAGEN, Lex. Biblicum, s. v.
JOHN CORBETT