How to Pronounce Abel Shittim

What does Abel Shittim mean?

Abel Shittim means “mourning of thorns”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Abel Shittim?

Meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply “Shittim” (Num. 25:1; Josh. 2:1; Micah 6:5), a place on the east of Jordan, in the plain of Moab, nearly opposite Jericho. It was the forty-second encampment of the Israelites, their last resting-place before they crossed the Jordan (Num. 33:49; 22:1; 26:3; 31:12; comp. 25:1; 31:16).

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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