Abarim

Abarim is the Hebrew name used in the Bible for a mountain range "across the Jordan", understood as east of the Jordan Rift Valley, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.

Etymology and description

According to Cheyne and Black, its Hebrew meaning is "'Those-on-the-other-side'—i.e., of the Jordan." The Vulgate gives its etymological meaning as passages. Its northern part was called Pisgah (Bible)|Pisgah], and the highest peak of Pisgah was Mount Nebo.
These mountains are mentioned several times in the Bible:

Balaam blessed Israel the second time from the top of Mount Pisgah
From "the top of Pisgah" i.e. Mount Nebo, an area which belonged to Moab, Moses surveyed the Promised Land, and there he died
The Israelites had one of their encampments in the mountains of Abarim after crossing the Arnon
The prophet Jeremiah linked it with Bashan and Lebanon as locations from which the people cried in vain to God for rescue
Jeremiah hid the Ark of the Covenant there.