Heshmon

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:27

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:27

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.