Abel-shittim

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Abel-shittim
     meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply "Shittim" (Num.
     25:1; Josh. 2:1; Micah 6:5), a place on the east of Jordan, in
     the plain of Moab, nearly opposite Jericho. It was the
     forty-second encampment of the Israelites, their last
     resting-place before they crossed the Jordan (Num. 33:49; 22:1;


     26:3; 31:12; comp. 25:1; 31:16).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abel-shittim, mourning of thorns