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Rimmon. [Rim'mon]


1. City in Judah, but allotted to Simeon. Joshua 15: 32; 1 Chr. 4: 32; Zech. 14: 10. It is called REMMON in Joshua 19: 7. Probably the same as EN-RIMMON.


2 . Rock or cleft in Benjamin, where six hundred Benjamites took refuge. Judges 20: 45-47; Judges 21: 13. Identified with Rummon, .


3. Merarite city in Zebulun. 1 Chr. 6: 77. Identified with Remmaneh,

. See DIMNAH.


4. Father of Rechab and Baanah who slew Ish-bosheth. 2 Sam. 4: 2- 9.


5. Syrian idol at Damascus. 2 Kings 5: 18.