Ezekiel 25:9

Open the side of Moab. That is, open up Moab’s flank to the enemy. Lying on a high plateau with steep approaches, Moab was not easily accessible to her enemies. But if the cities on the frontier fell, the rest of the country would soon be overrun.

Beth-jeshimoth. A city at Sweime (Suweima) according to Abel, 2½ mi. (4 km.) east of the point where the Jordan enters the Dead Sea.

Baal-meon. A town about 9½ mi. (15.2 km.) east of the Dead Sea near its northern end, now called Ma‘in.

Kiriathaim. A town about 10 mi. (16 km.) south by west from Baal-meon, now called el-Qereiat.

The cities named all belonged to the region that Sihon and Og had seized from the Moabites centuries before. This territory was in turn wrested from the Amorites by the Israelites at the time of their entry, and for a long time was occupied by them. When the power of Israel waned, Moab had seized it from her. They are spoken of here, perhaps, in view of their having been a possession of Israel.