McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Heshmon

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Heshmon


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(Heb. Cheshmon', çֶùְׁîåֹï ,faltness; Sept. Á᾿óåìù῎í ), a city on the southern border of Judah (Simeon), near Idumaea, mentioned between Hazor-Gaddah and Beth-Palet (Jos_15:27); hence probably somewhere between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean. It is possibly the same as the AZMON SEE AZMON (q.v.) elsewhere (Jos_15:4) located in.this vicinity. SEE HAZAR-ADDAR.