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Nimrim

Wadi · today Wadi en Numeirah

Location likely Wadi en Numeirah: about 75 km (50 miles) south of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Wadi en Numeirah Likely
  • Wadi Nimrin Possible

Named in 2 Verses

  • Isaiah 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
  • Jeremiah 48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

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