Jogbehah

Jogbehah ("a high place") was one of the fortified Transjordan towns Gad rebuilt after Moses granted them their inheritance east of the Jordan (Numbers 32:35). It rose to prominence in Gideon's extraordinary pursuit of the fleeing Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunna after their defeat at Harod. Gideon and his three hundred crossed the Jordan and pushed deep into Transjordan: "Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents east of Nobah and Jogbehah and struck the army" — catching the kings' rear guard "secure" and capturing them in a surprise attack (Judges 8:11-12). The site is identified with Khirbet el-Jubeihat NW of Amman.