house of recompense, or of the camel
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BETH-GAMUL (Jer_48:23).A place in Moab, noticed with Dibon, Kiriathaim, and Beth-meon. It is now the ruin Umm el-Jemâl, towards the east of the plateau, south of Medeba.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Beth-ga'mul. (camel-house). A town of Moab, in the downs, east of Jordan. Jer_48:23. Compare Jer_48:21.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
beth-gā?mul (בּית גּמוּל, bēth gāmūl; οῖκος Γαιμώλ, oı́kos Gaimō̇l; Codex Sinaiticus, Γαμωλά, Gamōlá): A city in Moab named with Dibon, Kiriathaim and Beth-meon (Jer_48:23). Conder places it at Umm el-Jamāl, toward East of the plateau, S. of Medeba (HDB, under the word). Others (Guthe, Kurz. bib. W?rterbuch, under the word; Buhl, GAP, 268, etc.) favor Jemeil, a site 6 miles East of Dhı̄bān. Since the town is not mentioned among the cities of Israel Buhl doubts if it should be sought North of the Arnon.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Beth-gamul
(Heb. Beyth Gamul', בֵּית גָּמוּל, house of the weaned, or possibly camel- house; Sept. οϊvκος v. r. Γαιμώλ v. r. Γαμῶλα), a city, apparently in the plain country of Moab, denounced by the prophet (Jer_48:23). Dr. Smith suggests (Biblical Researches, 3, Append. p. 153) that it is the modern Um-Jemal, a ruined site on the road (south according to Burckhardt, p. 106) from Busrah to Dera (his Edrei); which is probably correct, although it is difficult to believe that Moab ever extended so far north. SEE BOZRAH.
Beth-gamul
Prof. Merrill gives some reasons for thinking that Moab may have been popularly regarded as including the modern Um el-Jemal (East of the Jordan, p. 86). He gives a detailed description of the place (p. 82).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.