RIMMON (1)rim'-on:(1) The rock Rimmon (cela` rimmon; he petra Rhemmon): The place of refuge of the 600 surviving Benjamites of Gibeah (Jeba`) who "turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months" (Judges 20:45, 47; Judges 21:13). Robinson's identification (RB, I, 440) has been very generally accepted... View Details
|man of shame,| a son of Saul and king of Isr.
Baanah [N] [H] [S] son of affliction. One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul's army. He and his brother Rechab assassinated Ishbosheth ( 2 Samuel 4:2 ), and were on this account slain by David, and their mutilated bodies suspended over the pool at Hebron (5,6,12). The father of Heled, who was one of David's thirty heroes ( 2 Samuel 23:29 ;&nbs... View Details
Rechab [N] [H] [S] horseman, or chariot. One of Ishbosheth's "captains of bands" or leaders of predatory troops ( 2 Samuel 4:2 ). The father of Jehonadab, who was the father of the Rechabites ( 2 Kings 10:15 2 Kings 10:23 ; Jeremiah 35:6-19 ). These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Di... View Details