Gidom
“A felling or desolation”
Summary
A place marking the limit of Israel's pursuit of the fleeing Benjamites after the battle of Gibeah.
☩Biblical Reference
Gidom is mentioned only once, as the point to which the Israelites pursued the routed Benjamites during the terrible civil war sparked by the atrocity at Gibeah. The fleeing Benjamites were pursued eastward toward the wilderness, with eighteen thousand falling before they reached the rock Rimmon where six hundred survivors found refuge.
☩Location
The exact location of Gidom remains unidentified. It lay east of Gibeah toward the wilderness of Bethel, where the routed Benjamites turned to escape to the rock Rimmon. The name means 'a felling' or 'desolation,' perhaps so called from being a clearing in the woods that anciently covered this tract.
Related Verses1 mention
Judges· 1 verse
References
- 1.George Morrish, "Gidom," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Gidom," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Gidom," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
- 4.John McClintock and James Strong, "Gidom," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. III (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).