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Zemaraim

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Zemaraim. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.A town of Benjamin (Josh.
  2. 2.A mount in the highlands of Ephraim, to the north of Jerusalem (2 Chr.
  1. Zemaraim (1)

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    A town of Benjamin (Josh. 18:22); now the ruin, rather two ruins, es-Sumrah, 4 miles north of Jericho.

  2. Zemaraim (2)

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    A mount in the highlands of Ephraim, to the north of Jerusalem (2 Chr. 13:4-20). Here the armies of Abijah and Jeroboam engaged in a bloody battle, which issued in the total defeat of the king of Israel, who never “recovered strength again,” and soon after died.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(double fleece of wool), a town in the allotment of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:22) perhaps identical with Mount Zemaraim, mentioned in (2 Chronicles 13:4) only, which was “in Mount Ephraim,” that is to say, within the general district of the highlands of that great tribe. (2 Chronicles 13:4)

In the Bible

2

Verses where Zemaraim is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 2 Chronicles 13:4

    Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

  • Joshua 18:22

    Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Scripture on Zemaraim

2

Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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