Al-Lajat is a region located in southern
Syria east of the
Jordan River, on an island of rock which was approximately by , and rose 20 or above the table-land of
Bashan. The region is known by several names. In the
Hebrew Bible it was known as
Argob ( / ), and in the
New Testament it is called
Trachonitis. In addition, its modern-day title has multiple spellings in English, including Lajat, Lejat and Lajah and El-Leja.