Avith ("ruins") was an Edomite city. It was the capital of the Edomite king Hadad ben Bedad, one of the kings of Edom before there were kings in Israel. Hadad ben Bedad was a king of Edom mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 3631-43. (Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:46) Its location is unknown but presumably it was in what is now southern Israel or Jordan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern