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<li> A place mentioned only in &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:34 , inhabited by the Benjamites after the Captivity. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Zeboim'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/z/zeboim.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> [[Zeboim]] (''Ze-Bô'Im'' ), ''Hyænas.'' It was a gorge or ravine apparently east of Mich-mash, and mentioned only In &nbsp;1 Samuel 13:18. The "wilderness" is the wild tract between the central hills and the valley of the Jordan. </p>

<p> a name which occurs in two distinct forms in the original, denoting different localities. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Heb. ''Tseboini','' צְבֹאַים. gazelles, as often, &nbsp;Hosea 11:8; or shorter, Tseboï m', צַבֹיַם [marg. צְבוֹיַם ], &nbsp;Genesis 10:19; or צְבֹיַים [marg. צַבוֹיַם ], &nbsp;Genesis 14:2; &nbsp;Genesis 14:8 [A.V. "Zeboï m"]; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:23; Sept. Σεβωείμ v.r. Σεβοείμ '';'' Vulg. ''Zeboï M'' )'','' one of the five cities destroyed by divine visitation in the vale of [[Siddim]] (&nbsp;Hosea 11:8), mentioned immediately after Admah (&nbsp;Genesis 10:19; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:23), and ruled over by a separate king, [[Shemeber]] (&nbsp;Genesis 14:2; &nbsp;Genesis 14:8). De Saulcy finds the site of Zeboï m in the ''Talda Sebaan,'' a name which he reports as attached to extensive ruins on the high ground between the Dead Sea and Kerak (''Dead Sea,'' 1, 383); but the position as well as the elevation is improbable, and the ancient spot is most likely beneath the water of the southern bay of the sea. (See Sodom); (See [[Zoar]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' (Heb. with the art. ''Hats-Tseboï M','' הִצַּבֹעַים, the hyenas; Sept. Ζαμαείν v.r. Σαβίμ, Σεβοείμ '','' etc.; Vulg. ''Seboimn'' )'','' the name of a valley (גֵּי ), i.e. a ravine or gorge, apparently east of Michmash, mentioned in &nbsp;1 Samuel 13:18, where it is described with a curious minuteness, which is unfortunately no longer intelligible. The road running from Michmash to the east is specified as "the road of the border that looketh to the ravine of Zeboim towards the wilderness." The wilderness (midbar) is no doubt the district of uncultivated mountaintops and sides which lies between the central district of Benjamin and the Jordan valley, and here apparently the ravine of Zeboim should be sought. In that very district there is a wild gorge, bearing the name of Shuk ed-Duba, "ravine of the hyena," up which runs the path from [[Jericho]] to Mukhmas (Conder, Tent Work in Palest. 3, 16). It is represented on the new Ordnance Map as running for a short distance N.E. of [[Ain]] Dû k. The same place or a town adjacent seems to be mentioned in &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:34 (where it occurs without the art. prefixed)-confounding it, nevertheless, with the Zeboï m of Genesis-as occupied after the Captivity. Rabbi Schwarz, however, maintains that the two places are different, and, while locating the valley as above (''Palest.'' p. 156), he identifies the Zeboï m of Nehemiah with "the village Zuba, situated on .a high mount, three English miles west of Jerusalem" (ibid. p. 134). He adds," In [the Talmudical tract] Challah, 4:10 is mentioned the Mount. Zeboim." He doubtless refers to the ruined village Soba, about six miles west of Jerusalem, near Eshtaol; but this has little probability. </p>

<p> ''''' zḗ ''''' - ''''' bō´ı̄m ''''' ((1) צבעים , <i> ''''' cebhō‛ı̄m ''''' </i> ; Σεβωείμ , <i> ''''' Sebōeı́m ''''' </i> (&nbsp; Nehemiah 11:34 ); (2) הצּבעים גּי , <i> '''''gē''''' </i> <i> '''''hacebhō‛ı̄m''''' </i> ; Γαὶ τὴν Σαμείν , <i> '''''Gaı́''''' </i> <i> '''''tḗn''''' </i> <i> '''''Sameı́n''''' </i> (&nbsp;1 Samuel 13:18 )): </p> <p> (1) A B enjamite town mentioned as between [[Hadid]] (which see) and [[Neballat]] (which see), and therefore in the maritime plain near Lydda; the site is lost (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:34 ). (2) The Valley of Zeboim, "the valley of hyenas," one of three companies of the [[Philistines]] left their camp at Michmash and "turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness" (&nbsp;1 Samuel 13:18 ). There are several valleys with names derived from the hyena, so common in these parts. There is a small branch valley called <i> '''''Shakkeḍ''''' </i> <i> '''''ḍab‛ā''''' </i> , "ravine of the hyenas," North of the <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''kelt''''' </i> (Grove), a, <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''abu''''' </i> <i> '''''ḍab‛ā''''' </i> , "valley of the father of hyenas, which joins the <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''kelt''''' </i> from the South (Marti), and a large and well-known <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''ḍab‛ā''''' </i> , "valley of hyenas," which runs parallel with the <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''kelt''''' </i> , some 3 miles farther South, and ends at the Dead Sea. The first of these, which apparently leads to <i> '''''Mukhmās''''' </i> itself, seems the most probable. See Conder's Handbook, 241. </p>