And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof,.... Who this Nobah was is not certain, very probably a descendant of Manasseh; it is said he was among those that were born in Egypt, and died after the death of Moses, and was buried beyond Jordan, as it is said, also did Machir and Jair, so that there were none left but Caleb, and Joshua:and called it Nobah, after his name; but it seems that in later times its ancient name was restored to it; for Jerom , says there was a village in Arabia, called Cannatha, which is supposed to be this place; though he also tells us , that eight miles from Heshbon; to the south, is shown a desert place called Naba.
Pliny places Cannatha in the Decapolis. Seder Olam Rabba, c. 9. p. 27. Ut supra. (De loc. Heb. fol. 89. M.) De loc. Heb. fol. 93. H. Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 18.