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Heshmon
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Fatness, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:27).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(rich soil), a place named, with others, as lying in the extreme south of Judah. (Joshua 15:27)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
HESH'MON (fertility), a town named with others as lying in the south of Judah, Josh 15:27. Wilton connects it with Husham, an Edomite king, Gen 36:34-35, and with 'Ain Hash, perhaps Hashmonah of Num 33:29-30, but Conder identifies Heshmon with a site called el-Meshash ("the pits"), which has two wells and is on the road from Beer-sheba to Moladah.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
a hasty messenger
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
HESH'MON (fertility), a town named with others as lying in the south of Judah, Josh 15:27. Wilton connects it with Husham, an Edomite king, Gen 36:34-35, and with 'Ain Hash, perhaps Hashmonah of Num 33:29-30, but Conder identifies Heshmon with a site called el-Meshash ("the pits"), which has two wells and is on the road from Beer-sheba to Moladah.