Punon

A place were Israel pitched in the wilderness, between Petra and Segor, Some have thought that it was here Moses set up the brazen serpent, Num. xxi. 7. and Num. 33. 42. The name Punon means precious stone.

Pu´non, one of the stations of the Israelites in the desert [WANDERING].

Pu’non. (darkness). One of the halting-places, of the Israelite host, during the last portion of the wandering. Num 33:42-43. By Eusebius and Jerome, it is identified with Phaeno, which contained the copper-mines, so well known at that period, and was situated between Petra and Zoar.

(See PINON.) Gen 36:41. An Edomite ducal city; the Phoeno of Eusebius and Jerome, the penal abode of convicts sent to labour in the neighbouring copper mines. The Septuagint have Finon. Between Petra and Zoar, probably near the Roman road between them. Seetzen heard of a ruined castle, Fenan (3:17). Phoeno probably lay E. of, not within, Edom; as the Roman road is much to the right of the direct line of march. Punon may coincide with Kala’at Aneizeh, between el Ahsa (Oboth) and Ma’an (Num 33:42). Israel’s second last stage before reaching the plains of Moab.

[Pu’non]

One of the later halting places of the Israelites. Num 33:42-43.

PUNON.—A station of the Israelites (Num 33:42-43). Cf. also art. Pinon.

pū´non (פּוּנן, pūnōn): A desert camp of the Israelites, the second after leaving Mt. Hor (Num 33:42, Num 33:43). Eusebius (Onom 299 85; 123 9) mentions an Idumean village, North of Petra, in the desert, where convicts were mining copper, called Phinon or Phainon. These are doubtless identical. See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL.