Beth-jeshimoth
Beth-jeshimoth was a town in Moab, allotted to Reuben, near where the Israelites camped and mentioned in a prophecy against Moab.
PlaceOld Testament3 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Numbers 33:49; only referred to as Beth-jeshimoth (בֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹת).
Location
- Identified as
- Tell Azeimeh
- Certainty
- Likely (80% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
- Coordinates
- 31.783° N, 35.621° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- בֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹתBeth-jeshimoth
Mentions
- And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
- …as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
- Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
- …therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.