SALECAH

(Salʹe·cah).

A city at the eastern limit of Bashan, and part of the domain of Og. Taken by Israel under Moses, Salecah came to be inhabited by Gadites. (Deut. 3:8, 10; Josh. 12:4, 5; 13:8, 11; 1 Chron. 5:11) It is usually identified with Salkhad, situated on a southern extension of Jebel el-Druze (Jebel Hauran), some seventy miles (113 kilometers) E-SE of the southern end of the Sea of Galilee.