Abel-shittim: Meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply "Shittim"
(Numbers 25:1)(Joshua 2:1; Micah 6:5) a place on the east of Jordan, in the plain of
Moab, nearly opposite Jericho. It was the forty-second encampment of
the Israelites, their last resting-place before they crossed the
Jordan (Numbers 33:49; 22:1; 26:3; 31:12) comp. (Numbers 25:1; 31:16)
