Atlas  Beth-jeshimoth and surrounding area Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences Numbers 33:49 They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab.Joshua 12:3 and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah: Joshua 13:20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth, Ezekiel 25:9 therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim, Encyclopedia BETH-JESHIMOTHbeth-jesh'-i-moth (beth ha-yeshimoth; Codex Vaticanus, Haisimoth; Codex Alexandrinus, Asimoth, and other variants (see DB, under the word)): Mentioned as the point in the south from which the camp of Israel stretched to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab (Numbers 33:49). In Joshua 12:3 the way to Beth-jeshimoth is described as South of the Arabah, near the Dead Sea. It was in the lot assigned to Reuben (Joshua 13:20), At what times and how long it was actually held by Israel we do not know; but it appears in Ezekiel 25:9 as belonging to Moab. It may be identical with Khirbet es-Suweimeh, where there are some ruins and a well, about 3 miles East of the mouth of the Jordan. BETH-JES'IMOTH, and Jesh'imoth, house of wastes, in Moab, about a mile e. of Jordan and one m. n. of the Dead Sea. Strong's Hebrew H1020: Beth Hayshimoth"place of the desert," a place East of the Jordan in Moab |
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