Reference: Zemaraim
Easton
(1.) A town of Benjamin (Jos 18:22); now the ruin, rather two ruins, es-Sumrah, 4 miles north of Jericho.
(2.) A mount in the highlands of Ephraim, to the north of Jerusalem (2Ch 13:4-20). Here the armies of Abijah and Jeroboam engaged in a bloody battle, which issued in the total defeat of the king of Israel, who never "recovered strength again," and soon after died.
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Fausets
A town of Benjamin's allotment (Jos 18:22); the name appears now in Khirbet el Szomra (Seetzen), four miles N. of Jericho, or es Sumrah (Robinson). Also a MOUNT on which the prophet Abijah stood in addressing Jeroboam (2Ch 13:4); in the hilly part of Ephraim, extending into Benjamin's territory. Both town and mount are memorials of the former presence of the Zemarites.
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Hastings
A city of Benjamin, apparently in the vicinity of Bethel (Jos 18:22). It proh. gave its name to Mt. Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim (2Ch 13:4). It is generally identified with es-Sumra to the north of Jericho.
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Morish
Zemaraim, Zemara'im Mount.
This was situate on some part of the highlands of Ephraim. 2Ch 13:4. Not identified.
Zemaraim. Zemara'im
City in Benjamin. Jos 18:22: Identified with ruins at es Sumrah, 31 55' N, 35 29' E.
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Smith
Zemara'im
(double fleece of wool), a town in the allotment of Benjamin,
perhaps identical with Mount Zemaraim, mentioned in
only, which was "in Mount Ephraim," that is to say, within the general district of the highlands of that great tribe.