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Sibmah
Town or city mentioned in 6 verses of the Bible, most often in Numbers.
Where it appears
Numbers (2), Isaiah (2), Joshua (1), Jeremiah (1)
Key verses
- Numbers 32:3 first mention — Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:38 — And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
- Joshua 13:19 — And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
- Isaiah 16:8 — 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 16:9 — 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.
- Jeremiah 48:32 — 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.
Nearby places
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.