the slope. Glueck describes Tell Nimrin in 1943 as being situated very close to the east of the Arab village of Shuneh (now Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah or South Shuneh). About Tell Nimrin, see also Alexander Ahrens' Wadi Shuʿayb Archaeological Survey (2018). Hebrew Bible It was assigned to the Tribe of Gad (). In the Book of Joshua it was said to have belonged formerly to the kingdom of Sihon (). History Persian period In the 4th century BCE, the city was settled by Israelites who had returned from the Babylonian exile and marked the furthest extent eastward of Jewish settlement in Transjordan. Roman and Byzantine periods In c. 65 CE, the village was the site of a fierce battle during the First Jewish-Roman War under Vespasian, which saw the defeat of the town's defenders. The non-combatants were exterminated, the able-bodied fled, the houses were ransacked by the soldiery, and the village set on fire. The town is also mentioned in the Mosaic of Rehob, which was laid sometimes between the late 3rd and the 6th/7th centuries CE. References Bibliography External links Photos of Tall Nimrin at the American Center of Research Populated places disestablished in the 1st century Former populated places in Jordan Archaeology of Jordan Jews and Judaism in Jordan Hebrew Bible places Transjordan (region)