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Rimmon in the Bible.

Rimmon is a town in the Bible, about 56 km (35 miles) south-west of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 4 verses, from Joshua 15:32 to Zechariah 14:10. The King James Version also gives the name Rimmon to 2 other places, listed on this page.

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All 4 verses that name this Rimmon.

Joshua 2

  • Joshua 15:32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
  • Joshua 19:7Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

1 Chronicles 1

  • 1 Chronicles 4:32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

Zechariah 1

  • Zechariah 14:10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.

Other places called Rimmon.

Rimmon, about 10 km (6 miles) north-east of Jerusalem.

A stretch of open country, named in 3 verses.

  • Judges 20:45And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
  • Judges 20:47But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
  • Judges 21:13And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

Rimmon, about 112 km (70 miles) north of Jerusalem.

A town, named in 1 verse.

  • Joshua 19:13And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;

Questions about Rimmon.

Where is Rimmon in the Bible?

Rimmon is a town about 56 km (35 miles) south-west of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Rimmon named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Rimmon in 4 verses, in 3 books, from Joshua 15:32 to Zechariah 14:10. It also gives the name Rimmon to 2 other places.

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