City of Salt

City of Salt (עיר המלח in Hebrew) is a town referred to in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. According to Josh 15:62 the town was located in the wilderness of Judah, otherwise known as the Judean Desert, and is identified by some scholars with the archaeological site of Khirbet Qumran.
==Ancient Name==
The toponym is occasionally transcribed in English translations of the Hebrew Bible, such as Ir-melah in the JPS Tanakh), which is a transliteration of the Hebrew ˁîr-hammelaḥ. 
==References==
Category:Hebrew Bible places