in Ancient Geography, a canton lying beyond Jordan, in the half tribe of Manasseh, and in the country of Bashan, one of the most fruitful on the other side of Jordan. In the region of Argob there were five cities, called Bashan-havoth jair, which had very high walls and strong gates, without reckoning many villages and hamlets which were not enclosed, Deut. iii. 4, 14, and 1 Kings iv. 13. But Argob was more particularly the name of the capital city of the region of Argob, which Eusebius says was 15 miles west from Gerasa.