(darkness) one of the halting-places of the Israelite host during the last portion of the wandering. (Numbers 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.
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Punon
Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.