ABELSHITTIM [smith]
(
the meadow of the acacias), in the "plains" of Moab, on the low level of the Jordan valley, opposite Jericho. The last resting-place of Israel before crossing the Jordan. (
Numbers 33:49) The place is most frequently mentioned by its shorter name of Shittim. See
SHITTAH TREE, SHITTIM,
SHITTIM.