RIMMON

Pomegranate, 1. A town of Palestine, near the frontier of Edom, Jos 15:21,32 Zec 14:10, in the region assigned to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:7 1Ch 4:32 Ne 11:29. 2. A town on a high chalky hill, a few miles east of Bethel, Jud 20:45-47 21:13. A village called Rummon still exists there. 3. A city of Zebulun, assigned to the Levites, Jos 19:13; perhaps the same as Rimmono, 1Ch 6:77, which may be traced in the modern village Rimmaneh, northwest of mount Tabor. 4. An unknown encampment of the Israelites in the desert, Nu 33:19. 5. An idol of the Syrians, 2Ki 5:18. See NAMAAN.

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Rimmon. Rimmon
Pomegranate. (1.) A man of Beeroth (2 Sam. 4:2), one of the four Gibeonite cities. (See Josh. 9:17.)

(2.) A Syrian idol, mentioned only in 2 Kings 5:18.

(3.) One of the “uttermost cities” of Judah, afterwards given to Simeon (Josh. 15:21, 32; 19:7; 1 Chr. 4:32). In Josh. 15:32 Ain and Rimmon are mentioned separately, but in 19:7 and 1 Chr. 4:32 (comp. Neh. 11:29) the two words are probably to be combined, as forming together the name of one place, Ain-Rimmon=the spring of the pomegranate. It has been identified with Um er-Rumamin, about 13 miles south-west of Hebron.

(4.) “Rock of,” to which the Benjamites fled (Judg. 20:45, 47; 21:13), and where they maintained themselves for four months after the fearful battle at Gibeah, in which they were almost exterminated, 600 only surviving out of about 27,000. It is the present village of Rummon, “on the very edge of the hill country, with a precipitous descent toward the Jordan valley,” supposed to be the site of Ai.

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Rimmon. exalted; pomegranate

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RIMMON. 1. Father of the murderers of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:2,5,9 2. A city south of Jerusalem Zec 14:10
* Allotted to the tribe of Judah Jos 15:32; Ne 11:29
* Later alloted to the tribe of Simeon Jos 19:7; 1Ch 4:32
* Called REMMON Jos 19:7
* Also called EN-RIMMON Ne 11:29

3. A city of the tribe of Zebulun 1Ch 6:77
* Called REMMON-METHOAR Jos 19:13

4. A rock in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin Jud 20:45,47; 21:13 5. A Syrian idol 2Ki 5:18