ELEALEH

(E·le·aʹleh).

A site regularly mentioned with Heshbon and located in the pastoral country E of the Jordan. The tribe of Reuben “built” (or rebuilt) the city soon after its conquest. (Num. 32:3-5, 37) Centuries later when it was under Moab’s control, Isaiah and Jeremiah prophesied that Elealeh was due to “cry out” at that nation’s collapse. (Isa. 15:4; 16:9; Jer. 48:34) It is usually thought to be located on a hill at el-ʽAl, a little less than two miles (3.2 kilometers) NE of Heshbon.