beth-jesh´i-moth (הישׁמת בּית, 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 ([Numbers 33:49]). In [Joshua 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 (13:20), At what times and how long it was actually held by Israel we do not know; but it appears in [Ezekiel 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. Smith's Bible Dictionary or
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