A town located east of the Sea of Galilee.
About Kenath
Kenath was a town in the Hauran region. It was captured by a man named Nobah (Numbers 32:42). It was later captured by Geshur and Aram (1 Chronicles 2:23).
Kenath was a Canaanite city. It appears in Egyptian curse texts from the 19th and 18th centuries BC. The city was also conquered by the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III and is mentioned in the Amarna letters (ancient diplomatic correspondence)..
Key References
And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
All Scripture References (4)
Numbers (2)
But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Judges (1)
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
1 Chronicles (1)
But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.