Deuteronomy 2:32

unto battle at Jahaz E, Numbers 21:23; went out to meet I. towards the wilderness, came to Yahaṣ and fought Israel. See on Ḳedemoth, Deuteronomy 2:26. The Moabite stone (Deuteronomy 2:18-21) implies that Yahaṣ was near Dîbôn; Jeremiah 48:21 places it on the Mishôr or Moab plateau (see Deuteronomy 3:10); and Isaiah 15:4 some distance S. of Ḥeshbon. In Eusebius" day it was pointed out between Madaba 1 [112] and Dibon (On. Sacr.Ιασσα). Musil (Moab, 107, 122) suggests Umm-el-Walîd, ruins on a strong site S.E. of Mâdabâ on the right bank of the W. el-Heri, undoubtedly a suitable place for Sîḥôn to meet Israel. But there are other ruined sites equally suitable on the probable line of Israel's march and on the E. of the plateau.

[112] The various forms of this name are: Heb. Mêd e bâ; Moabite M e hçd e bâ; Arab. Mâdabâ; Greek Μαἱδαβα, Μεδαβα, Μηδαβα!; Lat. Medaba.