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Jeshimon in the Bible.

Jeshimon is a region in the Bible, its middle about 34 km (21 miles) south of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 6 verses, from Numbers 21:20 to 1 Samuel 26:3.

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About Jeshimon.

The waste, probably some high waste land to the south of the Dead Sea (Num. 21:20; 23:28; 1 Sam. 23:19, 24); or rather not a proper name at all, but simply “the waste” or “wilderness,” the district on which the plateau of Ziph (q.v.) looks down.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Jeshimon.

David 4Saul 4Balaam 1Balak 1

Near Jeshimon.

All 6 verses that name Jeshimon.

Numbers 2

  • Numbers 21:20And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
  • Numbers 23:28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

1 Samuel 4

  • 1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
  • 1 Samuel 23:24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
  • 1 Samuel 26:1And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
  • 1 Samuel 26:3And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

Questions about Jeshimon.

Where is Jeshimon in the Bible?

Jeshimon is a region its middle about 34 km (21 miles) south of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Jeshimon named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Jeshimon in 6 verses, in 2 books, from Numbers 21:20 to 1 Samuel 26:3.

Which people are named with Jeshimon in the Bible?

The verses that name Jeshimon also name David, Saul, Balaam and Balak.

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