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Zemaraim
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
(1.) A town of Benjamin (Josh. 18:22); now the ruin, rather two ruins, es-Sumrah, 4 miles north of Jericho. (2.) A mount in the highlands of Ephraim, to the north of Jerusalem (2 Chr. 13:4-20). Here the armies of Abijah and Jeroboam engaged in a bloody battle, which issued in the total defeat of the king of Israel, who never “recovered strength again,” and soon after died.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(double fleece of wool), a town in the allotment of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:22) perhaps identical with Mount Zemaraim, mentioned in (2 Chronicles 13:4) only, which was “in Mount Ephraim,” that is to say, within the general district of the highlands of that great tribe. (2 Chronicles 13:4)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
ZEMARA'IM (double mount?), a name of two places. A town in Benjamin. Josh 18:22. It has long been identified with Sunna, in the Jordan valley, 4 miles north of Jericho. The name is in the plural, and two ruins bearing the name of Sunna have been found close together. Mount Zemaraim, in the highlands of Ephraim, 2 Chr 13:4; possibly the name survives in the modern Tal'at esSumra.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
wool; pith
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
ZEMARA'IM (double mount?), a name of two places. A town in Benjamin. Josh 18:22. It has long been identified with Sunna, in the Jordan valley, 4 miles north of Jericho. The name is in the plural, and two ruins bearing the name of Sunna have been found close together. Mount Zemaraim, in the highlands of Ephraim, 2 Chr 13:4; possibly the name survives in the modern Tal'at esSumra.