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Jeshimon

יְשִׁימוֹן · ye.shi.mon · H3452G“solitude; desolation” Hitchcock's 18694 mentions, all in 1 Samuel

Where it is

Salt SeaSalt SeaJeruelJeruelHachilahHachilahArArKainKainHoronaimHoronaimJeshimonabout 58 km across

31.46° N, 35.39° E · Located through Engedi

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Mentioned most in

1 Samuel · 4
Counted from 4 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Jeshimon is a wilderness area mentioned in the Bible, located near the town of Ziph in the Judean Desert. It is described as a place where David sought refuge from King Saul, who was pursuing him. The Ziphites, inhabitants of Ziph, informed Saul about David's hiding place in the strongholds of Jeshimon (1Sa.23.19). Saul searched for David in the wilderness of Ziph and Jeshimon (1Sa.23.24), and later camped in Jeshimon when pursuing David (1Sa.26.1, 3). The exact location of Jeshimon is not certain, but it is believed to be in the eastern part of the Judean Desert, near the Dead Sea.

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Every mention

4 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Samuel 4 mentions

1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?1 Samuel 23:24They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.1 Samuel 26:1The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”1 Samuel 26:3Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

What the dictionary says

The waste, probably some high waste land to the south of the Dead Sea (Num. 21:20; 23:28; 1 Sam. 23:19, 24); or rather not a proper name at all, but simply…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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