Sibmah
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Sibmah in the Bible Dictionary
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A city of the tribe of Reuben
Josh 13:19; Isa 16:8, 9; Jer 48:32
19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
Joshua 13:198 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
Isaiah 16:89 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
Isaiah 16:932 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
Jeremiah 48:32 -
Apparently also called SHEBAM
Num 32:3
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Numbers 32:3 -
Called SHIBMAH
Num 32:38
38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Numbers 32:38
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
