Beth-gamul
Name meaning: "house of recompense, or of the camel"
Beth-gamul (meaning: camel-house or house of recompense) was a city in the plain country of Moab, denounced by the prophet Jeremiah as part of his extended oracle against Moab in chapter 48. Jeremiah lists it among the cities of the Moabite plateau that would experience divine judgment, including Dibon, Kiriathaim, Beth-meon, and others. The oracle pronounces shame and ruin upon each city in turn.
The site is tentatively identified with Um el-Jemal, a ruined city near Bozrah in the Hauran region of modern Jordan, though other identifications have been proposed. The name's reference to camels may indicate the city served as a camel-trading post or watering station on the trans-Jordanian caravan routes. Its single appearance in Jeremiah's oracle preserves its place in the geographical memory of Moab's settlement landscape even though nothing further is known of its history.