Place of abundance, a place on the east of Jordan and west of the Euphrates where David gained a great victory over the Syrian army (2 Sam. 10:16), which was under the command of Shobach. Some would identify it with Alamatta, near Nicephorium.
their army; their trouble ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
(stronghold), a place east of the Jordan but west of the Euphrates at which the Syrians were collect...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary