Heshmon

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Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]

Joshua 15:27

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]

Near Beersheba (Joshua 15:27). Probably Azmon on the southern boundary of Judah (Numbers 34:4); but according to Conder El Meshash.

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

Joshua 15:27

Hitchcock's Bible Names [4]

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]

HESHMON . An unknown town in the extreme south of Judah ( Joshua 15:27 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary [6]

Town in the extreme south of Judah. Joshua 15:27 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary [7]

Hesh'mon. (rich soil). A place named, with others, as lying in the extreme south of Judah. Joshua 15:27.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]

hesh´mon ( חשׁמון , ḥeshmōn ): An unidentified place on the border of Judah toward Edom ( Joshua 15:27 ). This may have been the original home of the Hasmoneans.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]

(Heb. Cheshmon', חֶשְׁמוֹן ,faltness; Sept. Ἀσεμω῎ν), a city on the southern border of Judah (Simeon), near Idumaea, mentioned between Hazor-Gaddah and Beth-Palet (Joshua 15:27); hence probably somewhere between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean. It is possibly the same as the AZMON (See Azmon) (q.v.) elsewhere (Joshua 15:4) located in.this vicinity. (See Hazar-Addar).

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