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en-rim´on (עין־רמּון, ‛eÌ„n-rimmoÌ„n, “the fountain of Rimmon†(see RIMMON), or perhaps “the spring of the pomegranateâ€; ἘÏωμωÌθ, EroÌ„mō̇th, ῬεμμωÌν, Rhemmō̇n): A city of Judah (), “Ain and Rimmonâ€; ascribed to Simeon (; , “Ain, Rimmonâ€). In mentioned as reinhabited after the Captivity. , runs: “All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem.†It must have been a very southerly place. In the Eusebius, Onomasticon, (“Erimmonâ€) it is described as a “very large village 16 miles South of Eleutheropolis.†Kḣ Umm er RumaÌ„mı̄n, 9 miles North of Beersheba is the usually accepted site. See PEF, 398; Sh XXIV.