Bible Dictionary

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 (Num. 33:49; A.V., “Bethjesimoth”). It …

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

, “Bethjesimoth”). It was within the territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 12:3).