Fausset Bible Dictionary: Zemaraim

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Fausset Bible Dictionary: Zemaraim


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A town of Benjamin's allotment (); the name appears now in Khirbet el Szomra (Seetzen), four miles N. of Jericho, or es Sumrah (Robinson). Also a MOUNT on which the prophet Abijah stood in addressing Jeroboam (); in the hilly part of Ephraim, extending into Benjamin's territory. Both town and mount are memorials of the former presence of the Zemarites.