Beth-jeshimoth: House of wastes, or deserts, a town near Abel-shittim, east of Jordan,
in the desert of Moab, where the Israelites encamped not long before
crossing the Jordan
(Numbers 33:49) A.V., "Bethjesimoth". It was within the
territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites
(Joshua 12:3)
