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Rimmon
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or 1.
Town of the tribe of Zebulun, on the northeast frontier (Joshua 19:13, R. V.); the Septuagint renders it, more correctly, "Rimonah." Probably it is identical with the Levite city of Rimmon (R. V. "Rimmono"; 1 Chronicles 6:77), which was given to the children of Merari, and which, misspelled "Dimnah," is probably referred to in Joshua 21:35. It would, in the latter case, correspond to the present Al-Rummanah, on the southern edge of the plain of Al-Baá¹á¹of, about 10 kilometers north of Nazareth, where traces of old buildings are found.
2. Sela' ha-Rimmon:
Place, in the desert east of the territory of Benjamin, where 600 defeated Benjamites found refuge ("the rock Rimmon"; Judges 20:47, 21:13). It corresponds, perhaps, to the present village of Rimman, mentioned by Eusebius, and lying 18 kilometers northeast of Jerusalem.
3. En-rimmon:
City of Judah, referred to in Nehemiah 11:29. It is mentioned also in Joshua 15:32, 19:7 (R. V.), and 1 Chronicles 4:32, as is shown by the Septuagint readings "Eromoth" and "Eremmon" and by the "Erembon" of the "Onomasticon" of Eusebius, although in these passages the Hebrew text mentions Ain and Rimmon separately. According to Joshua 15:32, the city was included in the territory of Judah, although Joshua 19:7 places it in that of Simeon. In Zechariah 14:10 it is designated, under the name of "Rimmon," as the southern limit of the mountain district. According to Eusebius, the city lay sixteen Roman miles south of Eleutheropolis (Baet Jibrin); it is represented, therefore, by the modern Al-Ramamin, 27 kilometers southeast of Baet Jibrin.
4. Rimmon-parez:
One of the encampments of the Israelites during the journey in the desert (Numbers 33:19 et seq.).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Rimmon'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/r/rimmon.html. 1901.
