Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Fatness, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:27).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(rich soil), a place named, with others, as lying in the extreme south of Judah.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HESH'MON (fertility), a town named with others as lying in the south of Judah, Josh 15:27. Wilton connects it with Husham, an Edomite king, Gen 36:34-35, and with 'Ain Hash, perhaps Hashmonah of Num 33:29-30, but Conder identifies Heshmon with a site called el-Meshash ("the pits"), which has two wells and is on the road from Beer-sheba to Moladah.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
a hasty messenger
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