Shibmah
/SHIB-muh/
Summary
An alternate spelling of Sibmah, a town in Reubenite territory east of the Jordan, famous for its vineyards.
☩Location and History
Shibmah (also spelled Sibmah or Shebam) was a town originally belonging to Bashan that was rebuilt by the tribe of Reuben after Israel's conquest of the Transjordan region. The town was particularly renowned for its excellent vineyards, which the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah mentioned in their oracles. Modern scholarship tentatively identifies it with the ruins of es-Sameh, located approximately four miles east of Heshbon.
Key verses:Numbers 32:3Numbers 32:38Isaiah 16:8-9
Related Verses1 mention
Numbers· 1 verse
See Also
References
- 1.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Shibmah," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
- 2.John McClintock and James Strong, "Shibmah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).