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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Iim
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1. Contracted from Ije Abarim, a late stage of Israel's wilderness journey (; ), = "ruinous heaps". On the S.E. border of Moab, in the midbar or "wilderness," unenclosed uncultivated land, verdant in spring, but parched and dreary in summer. The "Abarim" distinguishes it from.
2. Another Iim in S.W. Canaan (). Abarim, ("farther regions or coast regions"), namely, the hills facing Jericho, the whole upland E. of Jordan, the Greek "Peraea." Between Ije Abarim and Dibon Gad were the rivers Zared and Arnon. Compare -12; , "rise up," implies the Israelites remained at Iim some time; they were forbidden to assail Moab.