Reference: Rimmon
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Pomegranate,
1. A town of Palestine, near the frontier of Edom, Jos 15:21,32; Zec 14:10, in the region assigned to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:7; 1Ch 4:32; Ne 11:29.
2. A town on a high chalky hill, a few miles east of Bethel, Jg 20:45-47; 21:13. A village called Rummon still exists there.
3. A city of Zebulun, assigned to the Levites, Jos 19:13; perhaps the same as Rimmono, 1Ch 6:77, which may be traced in the modern village Rimmaneh, northwest of mount Tabor.
4. An unknown encampment of the Israelites in the desert, Nu 33:19.
5. An idol of the Syrians, 2Ki 5:18. See NAMAAN.
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And the cities from the extremity to the tribe of the sons of Judah, to the bound of Edom in the south, will be Kabzeel and Eder, and Jagur,
And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon: all the cities twenty and nine and their enclosures:
The Fountain, the Pomegranate, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their enclosures:
And from thence it passed over east from the sunrising to Gittah-Hepher, Ittah-Kazin, the Pomegranate,, marked out of the Earthquake;
And they will turn and flee to the desert, to the rock Rimmon: and they will glean in the highways five thousand men; and they will pursue after him even to Gidom, and will strike of him two thousand men. And all those falling of Benjamin will be twenty and five thousand men drawing sword in that day; all these men of strength. read more. And there will turn and flee to the desert to the rock Rimmon, six hundred men, and they will dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.
And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them.
For this word will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in the going of my lord to the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaning upon my hand, and I worshiped in the house of Rimmon: in my worshiping in the house of Rimmon now will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in this word?
To the sons of Merari remaining from the tribe of Zebulon Rimmon and her areas, Tabor and her areas:
He shall surround all the land as the desert from the hill to the pomegranate south of Jerusalem: and it was high, and she dwelt in her place from the gate of Benjamin even to the place of the first gate, even to the gate of the corner, and the tower of Hananeel even to the wine-presses of the king.
Easton
pomegranate. (1.) A man of Beeroth (2Sa 4:2), one of the four Gibeonite cities. (See Jos 9:17.)
(2.) A Syrian idol, mentioned only in 2Ki 5:18.
(3.) One of the "uttermost cities" of Judah, afterwards given to Simeon (Jos 15:21,32; 19:7; 1Ch 4:32). In Jos 15:32 Ain and Rimmon are mentioned separately, but in Jos 19:7; 1Ch 4:32 (comp. Ne 11:29) the two words are probably to be combined, as forming together the name of one place, Ain-Rimmon=the spring of the pomegranate. It has been identified with Um er-Rumamin, about 13 miles south-west of Hebron.
(4.) "Rock of," to which the Benjamites fled (Jg 20:45,47; 21:13), and where they maintained themselves for four months after the fearful battle at Gibeah, in which they were almost exterminated, 600 only surviving out of about 27,000. It is the present village of Rummon, "on the very edge of the hill country, with a precipitous descent toward the Jordan valley," supposed to be the site of Ai.
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And the sons of Israel will remove and will come to their cities in the third day. And their cities, Gibe-on and Chephirah and Barith, and Kirjath-Jearim.
And the cities from the extremity to the tribe of the sons of Judah, to the bound of Edom in the south, will be Kabzeel and Eder, and Jagur,
And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon: all the cities twenty and nine and their enclosures:
And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon: all the cities twenty and nine and their enclosures:
The Fountain, the Pomegranate, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their enclosures:
The Fountain, the Pomegranate, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their enclosures:
And they will turn and flee to the desert, to the rock Rimmon: and they will glean in the highways five thousand men; and they will pursue after him even to Gidom, and will strike of him two thousand men.
And there will turn and flee to the desert to the rock Rimmon, six hundred men, and they will dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.
And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them.
And two men, chiefs of troops, were to the son of Saul: the name of the one, Baanah, and the name of the second, Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, for also Beeroth was reckoned to Benjamin.
For this word will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in the going of my lord to the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaning upon my hand, and I worshiped in the house of Rimmon: in my worshiping in the house of Rimmon now will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in this word?
Fausets
1. Father of Rechab and Bannah: 2Sa 4:2-9.(See RECHAB; BAANAH.)
2. An idol worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus (2Ki 5:18). The name appears in Hadad Rimmon. From rum, "the most high"; as El-ion (Selden, Gesenius, etc.). Others from Hebrew rimmon, a "pomegranate," sacred to Venus; the fertilizing principle in nature; tree worship anciently having prevailed, a perverted relic of the tradition of Eden's tree of life. Hadadrimmon may be the full name, from Hadad "the sun god" and Rimmon the pomegranate" ripened in the autumn.
3. A town of Zebulun (See REMMON.)
4. Of Judah in Simeon's portion (Jos 15:32, where Jos 15:29 for Jos 15:36 is a copyist's error); near the southern bound of Judah (Zec 14:10). Omit "and" between Ain and Rimmon, and make one name Ain-Rimmon or En-Rimmen, as Engedi (Ne 11:29). Um-er-rumamin, "mother of pomegranates," four hours N. of Beersheba, corresponds (Robinson, Researches, iii. 8). From the neighboring hill region the spies brought pomegranates and figs (Nu 13:23).
5. Rimmon "the rock"; where the 600 surviving Benjamites retreated after the slaughter of the tribe, and kept themselves four months (Jg 20:45,47; 21:13). Fifteen Roman miles N. of Jerusalem. Now the village Rummon stands on and round the top of a conical limestone mountain, and is visible in all directions (Robinson, 2:113). The houses cling to the sides as huge steps. On the southern side the mountain rises hundreds of feet from the ravine wady Mutyah, and on the western side it is isolated by a deep cross valley. It lies three miles E. of Bethel, and seven N.E. of Gibeah.
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And they will go up to the valley of Esheol, and will cut off from there a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they will lift upon a rod upon two; and from the pomegranates, and from the figs.
And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon: all the cities twenty and nine and their enclosures:
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their enclosures:
And they will turn and flee to the desert, to the rock Rimmon: and they will glean in the highways five thousand men; and they will pursue after him even to Gidom, and will strike of him two thousand men.
And there will turn and flee to the desert to the rock Rimmon, six hundred men, and they will dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.
And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them.
And two men, chiefs of troops, were to the son of Saul: the name of the one, Baanah, and the name of the second, Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, for also Beeroth was reckoned to Benjamin. And the Beerothites will flee to Gittaim, and they will be sojourners there till this day. read more. And to Jonathan, Saul's son, a son smitten in the feet: he was the son of five years in the news coming of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, and his nurse will lift him up and flee: and it will be in her springing up to flee, and he will fall, and he will be lame: and his name Mephibosheth. And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, will go, and they will come about the heat of the day to the house of the man of shame; and he lay down upon the bed at noon. And behold, they came even to the midst of the house, taking wheat; and they will strike him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. And they will come to the house, and he will lie upon his couch in his bed-chamber, and they will strike him and kill him, and take away his head, and they will take his head and go the way of the sterile region all night And they will bring the head of the man of shame to David to Hebron, and they will say to the king, Behold the head of the man of shame, son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy soul; and Jehovah will give to my lord the king vengeance this day of Saul and of his seed. And David will answer Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and he will say to them, Jehovah lives who redeemed my soul from all straits,
For this word will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in the going of my lord to the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaning upon my hand, and I worshiped in the house of Rimmon: in my worshiping in the house of Rimmon now will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in this word?
He shall surround all the land as the desert from the hill to the pomegranate south of Jerusalem: and it was high, and she dwelt in her place from the gate of Benjamin even to the place of the first gate, even to the gate of the corner, and the tower of Hananeel even to the wine-presses of the king.
Hastings
1. A Beerothite (2Sa 4:2,5,9). 2. The rock whither the remnants of the Benjamites fled (Jg 20:45; 21:13). It has been identified with a lofty rock or conical chalky hill, visible in all directions, on the summit of which stands the village of Rumm
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And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon: all the cities twenty and nine and their enclosures:
The Fountain, the Pomegranate, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their enclosures:
And from thence it passed over east from the sunrising to Gittah-Hepher, Ittah-Kazin, the Pomegranate,, marked out of the Earthquake;
And they will turn and flee to the desert, to the rock Rimmon: and they will glean in the highways five thousand men; and they will pursue after him even to Gidom, and will strike of him two thousand men.
And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them.
And two men, chiefs of troops, were to the son of Saul: the name of the one, Baanah, and the name of the second, Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, for also Beeroth was reckoned to Benjamin.
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, will go, and they will come about the heat of the day to the house of the man of shame; and he lay down upon the bed at noon.
And David will answer Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and he will say to them, Jehovah lives who redeemed my soul from all straits,
To the sons of Merari remaining from the tribe of Zebulon Rimmon and her areas, Tabor and her areas:
He shall surround all the land as the desert from the hill to the pomegranate south of Jerusalem: and it was high, and she dwelt in her place from the gate of Benjamin even to the place of the first gate, even to the gate of the corner, and the tower of Hananeel even to the wine-presses of the king.
Morish
Rim'mon
1. City in Judah, but allotted to Simeon. Jos 15:32; 1Ch 4:32; Zec 14:10. It is called REMMON in Jos 19:7. Probably the same as EN-RIMMON.
2. Rock or cleft in Benjamin, where six hundred Benjamites took refuge. Jg 20:45-47; 21:13. Identified with Rummon, 31 56' N, 35 17' E.
3. Merarite city in Zebulun. 1Ch 6:77. Identified with Remmaneh, 32 47' N, 35 18' E. See DIMNAH.
4. Father of Rechab and Baanah who slew Ish-bosheth. 2Sa 4:2-9.
5. Syrian idol at Damascus. 2Ki 5:18.
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And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon: all the cities twenty and nine and their enclosures:
The Fountain, the Pomegranate, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their enclosures:
And they will turn and flee to the desert, to the rock Rimmon: and they will glean in the highways five thousand men; and they will pursue after him even to Gidom, and will strike of him two thousand men. And all those falling of Benjamin will be twenty and five thousand men drawing sword in that day; all these men of strength. read more. And there will turn and flee to the desert to the rock Rimmon, six hundred men, and they will dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.
And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them.
And two men, chiefs of troops, were to the son of Saul: the name of the one, Baanah, and the name of the second, Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, for also Beeroth was reckoned to Benjamin. And the Beerothites will flee to Gittaim, and they will be sojourners there till this day. read more. And to Jonathan, Saul's son, a son smitten in the feet: he was the son of five years in the news coming of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, and his nurse will lift him up and flee: and it will be in her springing up to flee, and he will fall, and he will be lame: and his name Mephibosheth. And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, will go, and they will come about the heat of the day to the house of the man of shame; and he lay down upon the bed at noon. And behold, they came even to the midst of the house, taking wheat; and they will strike him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. And they will come to the house, and he will lie upon his couch in his bed-chamber, and they will strike him and kill him, and take away his head, and they will take his head and go the way of the sterile region all night And they will bring the head of the man of shame to David to Hebron, and they will say to the king, Behold the head of the man of shame, son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy soul; and Jehovah will give to my lord the king vengeance this day of Saul and of his seed. And David will answer Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and he will say to them, Jehovah lives who redeemed my soul from all straits,
For this word will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in the going of my lord to the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaning upon my hand, and I worshiped in the house of Rimmon: in my worshiping in the house of Rimmon now will Jehovah forgive to thy servant in this word?
To the sons of Merari remaining from the tribe of Zebulon Rimmon and her areas, Tabor and her areas:
He shall surround all the land as the desert from the hill to the pomegranate south of Jerusalem: and it was high, and she dwelt in her place from the gate of Benjamin even to the place of the first gate, even to the gate of the corner, and the tower of Hananeel even to the wine-presses of the king.
Smith
Rim'mon
(pomegranate) the name of several towns.
1. A city of Zebulun
a Levitical city, the present Rummaneh, six miles north of Nazareth.
2. A town in the southern portion of Judah,
allotted to Simeon,
probably 13 miles southwest of Hebron.
3. Rimmon-parez (pomegranate of the breach), the name of a march-station in the wilderness.
No place now known has been identified with it.
4. Rimmon the Rock, a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness, in which the six hundred Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge.
In the wild country which lies on the east of the central highlands of Benjamin the name is still found attached to a village perched on the summit of a conical chalky hill, visible in all directions, and commanding the whole country.
5. A Benjamite of Beeroth, the father of Rechab and Baanah, the murderers of Ish-bosheth.
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And they will remove from Rithmah, and encamp in Rimmon-Parez. And they will remove from Rimmon-Parez, and encamp in Libnah.
And it went out to the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and it passed over Zin and went up from the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and passed by Hezron and went up to Adar and encompassed Karkaa
The Fountain, the Pomegranate, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their enclosures:
And they will turn and flee to the desert, to the rock Rimmon: and they will glean in the highways five thousand men; and they will pursue after him even to Gidom, and will strike of him two thousand men.
And there will turn and flee to the desert to the rock Rimmon, six hundred men, and they will dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.
And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them.
And two men, chiefs of troops, were to the son of Saul: the name of the one, Baanah, and the name of the second, Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, for also Beeroth was reckoned to Benjamin.
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, will go, and they will come about the heat of the day to the house of the man of shame; and he lay down upon the bed at noon.
And David will answer Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and he will say to them, Jehovah lives who redeemed my soul from all straits,
To the sons of Merari remaining from the tribe of Zebulon Rimmon and her areas, Tabor and her areas:
Watsons
RIMMON. See NAAMAN.