Beth-Jeshimoth

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BETH-JESHIMOTH (‘the place of the desert’).—The S. limit of the encampment on ‘the plains of Moab’ at the close of the journeyings (Num_33:49). In Jos_12:8 it is mentioned as in the S. of the Arabah towards the Dead Sea. In Jos_13:20 it is assigned to Reuben; and in Eze_25:9 it is spoken of as belonging to Moab. Eusebius places it 10 miles S. of Jericho. Some ruins and a well at the N.E. end of the Dead Sea bear the name of Suwaimeh, which may be a modification of Jeshimoth; and this situation suits the Biblical narrative.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


("house of the wastes".) A town E. of Jordan in the "deserts" of Moab; last but one of the stations in Israel's journeys in the wilderness (Num_33:49). Originally belonging to Sihon's kingdom; assigned to Reuben (Jos_12:3; Jos_13:20); afterward it became "the glory" of Moab (Eze_25:9). According to Eusebius, ten miles S. from opposite Jericho, on the Dead Sea.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Beth-jesh'imoth. (house of deserts). Beth-jesh'imoth or Jes'imoth, a town or place east of Jordan, on the lower level at the south end, of the Jordan valley, Num_33:49, and named with Ashdod-pisgah and Beth-peor.
It was one of the limits of the encampment of Israel, before crossing the Jordan. Later, it was allotted to Reuben, Jos_12:3; Jos_13:20, but came at last, into the hands of Moab, and formed one of the cities which were "the glory of the country." Eze_25:9.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


beth-jesh?i-moth (בּית הישׁמת, bēth ha-yeshı̄mōth; Codex Vaticanus, Ἁισιμώθ, Haisimō̇th; Codex Alexandrinus, Ασιμώθ, Asimō̇th, 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 (Num_33:49). In Jos_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 (Jos_13:20), At what times and how long it was actually held by Israel we do not know; but it appears in Eze_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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Beth-jeshimoth
or (as it is less correctly Anglicized in Num_33:49) Beth-jes'imoth (Heb. Beyth ha-Yeshimoth', בֵּית הִיְשִׁימוֹת[in Num_33:49, בֵּית הִיְשִׁמֹת], house of the wastes; Sept. Αἰσιμώθ [v. r. Αἰσιμώθ], but Βηθασιμώθ in Jos_13:20, and Βηθιασιμούθ [v. r. Ι᾿ασιμούθ, Βηθασιμούθ] in Eze_25:9), a town or place not far east of Jordan, near Abel-Shittim, in the “deserts” (עֲרְבֹת) of Moab — that is, on the lower level at the south end of the Jordan valley (Num_33:49)-and named with Ashdothpisgah and Beth-Peor. It was one of the limits of the encampment of Israel before crossing the Jordan. It lay within the territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites (Jos_12:3), and was allotted to Reuben (Jos_13:20), but came at last into the hands of Moab, and formed one of the cities which were “the glory of the country” (Eze_25:9). According to Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Βηθασιμούθ, Bethsimuth) it was still called by the same name (τόποι τῇς Ι᾿σμούθ, Domus Isimuth), being “opposite Jericho, 10 miles to the south, near the Dead Sea,” meaning apparently southeast, and across the Jordan. It is evidently the Besimoth (Βησιμώθ) captured by Placidus, the general of Vespasian (Josephus, War, 4, 7, 6). Schwarz (Palest. p. 228) states that there are still “the ruins of a Beth-Jisimuth situated on the north- easternmost point of the Dead Sea, half a mile from the Jordan;” a locality which, although reported by no other traveler, cannot be far from correct (Van de Velde, Memoir, p. 296).



CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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