Apparently the home of Samlah, an Edomite king. (Ge 36:31, 36; 1Ch 1:43, 47) The name Masrekah may be preserved in the mountain that the Arabs call Jebel el-Mushraq, located about 50 km (30 mi) SW of Maʽan. Eusebius placed Masrekah farther N, nearer the Dead Sea.
