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Gimzo
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
A place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were seized by the Philistines (2 Chr. 28:18). It is now called Jimzu, about 3 miles south-east of Ludd, i.e., Lydda.
Scripture references
Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(fertile in sycamores), a town which with its dependent villages was taken possession of by the Philistines in the reign of Ahaz. (2 Chronicles 28:18) The name (Jimzu) still remains attached to a large village between two and three miles southwest of Lydda, south of the road between Jerusalem and Jaffa.
Scripture references
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
GIM'ZO (fertile in sycamores), a town in the plain of Judah; taken by the Philistines, 2 Chr 28:18; now Jimzu, a village about 2 1/2 miles southwest of Ludd (Lydda).
Scripture references
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
GIM'ZO (fertile in sycamores), a town in the plain of Judah; taken by the Philistines, 2 Chr 28:18; now Jimzu, a village about 2 1/2 miles southwest of Ludd (Lydda).