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Gath-Rimmon

Name meaning: the high wine-press (Hitchcock)

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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(press of the pomegranate)

A city given out of the tribe of Dan to the Levites. (Joshua 21:24; 1 Chronicles 6:69) situated on the plain of Philistia, apparently not far from Joppa. (Joshua 19:45)

A town of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan, assigned to the Levites. (Joshua 21:25) The reading Gath-rimmon is probably an error of the transcribers.

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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