These are the regions where the Midianite army, defeated by Gideon, fled when Gideon was at war with the Midianite tribe.
Judges 7:22When the three hundred blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah and as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Dabbath.