Forests, a mountain on the border of Judah (Josh. 15:10).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Place
Jearim
Name meaning: a leap; woods (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(forests), Mount, a place named in specifying the northern boundary of Judah. (Joshua 15:10) The boundary ran from Mount Seir to “the shoulder of Mount Jearim, which is Cesalon”—that is, Cesalon was the landmark on the mountain. Kesla, seven miles due west of Jerusalem, stands on a high point on the north slope of a lofty ridge, which is probably Mount Jearim.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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