Nazareth April 28th 1839David Roberts (artist), Louis Haghe (lithographer) · 1842

Camon

קָמוֹן/KAY-mon/

“Full of stalks or grain, or standing place”

Summary

A city in Gilead where Jair the judge was buried after judging Israel for twenty-two years.

☩Location

Camon was a city in Gilead, east of the Jordan River, where Jair the judge was buried. The scriptural notices of Jair all refer to the country east of Jordan, and Josephus confirms that Camon was a city of Gilead. Polybius also mentions a place called Camus in connection with Pella and other trans-Jordanic locations. The site has been tentatively identified with the modern Reimun, about four and a half miles west-northwest of Jerash (ancient Gerasa).

Key verses:Judges 10:5

☩Jair the Judge

After Tola, Jair the Gileadite rose to judge Israel and led for twenty-two years. He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and controlled thirty cities in Gilead, called Havvoth-jair ('the towns of Jair'). Upon his death, he was buried in Camon.

Key verses:Judges 10:3-5

Related Verses1 mention

Judges· 1 verse

10:5

References

1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Camon," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. II (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
2.George Morrish, "Camon," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
3.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Camon," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).