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Glossary

Rimmon (Person)

  1. A Benjaminite from the town of Beeroth. His two sons, Baanah and Recab, killed Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 4:2, 5, 9). Ishbosheth was the son of King Saul and became king of Israel after his father died.

  2. A god worshiped by the Syrians of Damascus. Naaman was captain of the Syrian army. He and his king often visited the temple of Rimmon (2 Kings 5:18).

    See Syria, Syrians.

People and places

Rimmon: Father of Baanah and Rechab, murderers of Ish-bosheth