Place · City
Beth-jeshimoth
- Coordinates
- 31.7769, 35.5987
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
House of wastes, or deserts, a town near Abel-shittim, east of Jordan, in the desert of Moab, where the Israelites encamped not long before crossing the Jordan (Num. 33:49; A.V., “Bethjesimoth”). It was within the territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 12:3).