The Definition of the word 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.