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Gimzo

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

gim´zō ( גּמזו , gimzō ; Γαμζῶ , Gamzō̇ ): A town of Judah on the border of the Philistine plain, captured by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 ). It is the modern Jimzu , a small mud village about 3 1/2 miles Southeast of Ludd (Lydda), on the old mule road from there to Jerusalem (Robinson, BR , II, 248-49;. SWP , Il, 297).

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Gimzo'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​g/gimzo.html. 1915.