Bible Location
Meaning: exalted; pomegranate · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Rimmon entry refers to the Rock of Rimmon where the surviving Benjamites took refuge after the civil war. It is important because it is tied to one of Judges' bleakest episodes. First appears in Judg 20:45.1
Place meaning
exalted; pomegranate
Coordinates
31.93, 35.30
First appears
Judg 20:45
AI summary: Rimmon on this page is not the southern town-list entry but the rock stronghold of the surviving Benjamites. Judges remembers it as the place of desperate refuge after near annihilation, making the site a symbol of survival amid national breakdown. The cross references present this Rimmon as a crag of remnant survival after civil war.1
Place meaning
exalted; pomegranate
Latitude
31.93
Longitude
35.30
Bible references
3
“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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.