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Jeshimon

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is the rendering in the Auth. Version (Numbers 21:20; Numbers 23:28; 1 Samuel 23:1; 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel 23:24; 1 Samuel 26:1; 1 Samuel 26:3) of יְשַׁימוֹן (yeshinon'), which simply denotes a wilderness, as in the margin (so the Sept.), and elsewhere in the text (Deuteronomy 22:10; Psalms 68:7; "desert;" Psalms 78:40; Psalms 107:14; Isaiah 43:16; Isaiah 43:20, "solitary" way, Psalms 107:4). (See DESERT).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Jeshimon'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​j/jeshimon.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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