Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
) “secretly” to “view” the land and Jericho (Josh. 2:1).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(the acacias), the place of Israel’s encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic highlands and the passage of the Jordan. ” it was “in the Arboth-moab, by Jordan-Jericho,” (Numb 22:1; 26:3; 31:12; 33:48,49 That is to say, it was in the Arabah or Jordan valley, opposite Jericho.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
SHIT'TIM (acacias), the last encampment of the Israelites before entering Canaan; the scene of the sin with the Midianites, and of its terrible punishment, Num 25; Num 31:1-12; the completion of the Law and the farewell of Moses; the sending forth of the spies to Jericho; and the final preparation before crossing the Jordan. Josh 2. Physical Features. - Shittim - also called Abel-shittim, or "the meadow of acacias," from the number of acacia trees in it - was the green, fertile, well-watered plain stretching from the foot of the mountains of Moab to the Jordan.
" Many acacia (shittim) trees still grow there. The plain now bears the name of Ghor es-Seisaban. At the north is Tell Nimrin (Beth-nimrah). South of this are Tell Kefrain (Abel-shittim and Abila of Josephus), Tell er-Rama (Bethharam), and Suceimeh, which Dr. Merrill and others would identify with Bethjeshimoth. See Abel-shittim.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
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Schaff's Bible Dictionary
SHITTIM, THE VALLEY OF, referred to in Joel 3:18, may denote the same valley mentioned above, indicating that the blessing should spread even beyond the borders of Judah. Some, however, suppose that the reference is to a valley in which acacias grew, on the west side of the Jordan, and nearer Jerusalem.