Beth-jeshimoth
BETH-yeh-shih-MOTHE
What is Beth-jeshimoth?
Bethjeshimoth, written as one word in the KJV, lay east of Jordan. Joshua uses 'the way to Bethjeshimoth' in bounding the land Israel took from the kings on the east side of Jordan (Joshua 12:3), and the town is listed with Bethpeor and Ashdothpisgah in the inheritance Moses gave the tribe of Reuben (Joshua 13:20). Ezekiel names Bethjeshimoth with Baalmeon and Kiriathaim among the cities on Moab's frontiers, 'the glory of the country' (Ezekiel 25:9).
Meaning: house of the wastes (Hebrew)
Also pronounced
beth-JESH-eh-mahth
Found in Scripture
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