Bible Dictionary

Janum

Slumber, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:53).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Slumber, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:53).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(slumber), a town of Judah in the mountain district, apparently not far from Hebron.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

JA'NUM (slumber), a place in the tribe of Judah. Josh 15:53. The margin has "Janus" ("flight"). It was not far from Hebron, and Conder proposes to identify it with Beni Naim.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

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