Shihon

Shihon

For this place both Tristram (Bible Places, page 277) and Conder (Tent Work, 2:339) accept Ayuin esh-Shain, two miles northeast of Debunrieh, which consists merely of two springs, built utp with masonry, about thirty yards apart; good perennial supply of water; no stream" (Memoirs of Ordnance Survey, 1:377). On the other hand esh-Shejerah, four and a half miles north by east of Debfrieh, contains the ruins of an ancient building later used as a mosque (ibid. page 414).