Rimmon (Joshua 15)

Rimmon (Joshua 15) is a settlement named in 4 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tel Halif (medium confidence; 1 other proposal below).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Joshua

• Joshua 15:32
  And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
• Joshua 19:7
  Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 4:32
  And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

Zechariah

• Zechariah 14:10
  All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.