(See PINON.) Ge 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 (Nu 33:42). Israel's second last stage before reaching the plains of Moab.

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

Pu'non

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

Pu'non

(darkness) one of the halting-places of the Israelite host during the last portion of the wandering.

Nu 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.