Sibmah

Sibmah (also spelled Shibmah or Sebam) was a town on the Moabite plateau east of the Jordan, in the territory originally taken from Sihon king of the Amorites. It was allotted to the tribe of Reuben (Numbers 32:38; Joshua 13:19), who rebuilt it. In the prophetic laments over Moab in Isaiah 16:8–9 and Jeremiah 48:32, Sibmah is mourned for its celebrated vineyards: the vine of Sibmah was proverbially renowned, and its tendrils were said to reach to Jazer and trail down to the sea. The wine culture of the Moabite plateau made this region of the Transjordan prosperous, and its destruction by invading armies is lamented with genuine grief in both prophets. The site is possibly Qurn el-Kibsh near Heshbon.