Bible Location
Meaning: solitude; desolation · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Jeshimon refers to the desolate wasteland overlooking the Dead Sea region, especially in the wilderness of Ziph narratives. It is important because it frames David's movements through exposed, barren country while hunted by Saul. First appears in 1 Sam 23:19.1
Place meaning
solitude; desolation
Coordinates
31.46, 35.39
First appears
1 Sam 23:19
AI summary: Jeshimon is one of the more atmospheric wilderness terms in Scripture. It names the bleak, exposed terrain that appears in the background of David's fugitive life, where concealment, lookout points, and sudden approach all matter. Its meaning as desolation is part of its force, since the place itself expresses the tension and barrenness of the moment. The cross references present Jeshimon as a wilderness of isolation, danger, and hunted endurance.1
Place meaning
solitude; desolation
Latitude
31.46
Longitude
35.39
Bible references
4
The waste, probably some high waste land to the south of the Dead Sea (Num. 21:20; 23:28; 1 Sam. 23:19, 24); or rather not a proper name at all, but simply “the waste” or “wilderness,” the district on which the plateau of Ziph (q.v.) looks down. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.