BETHJESHIMOTH [smith]
(
house of deserts) or
Jes?imoth , a town or place east of Jordan, on the lower level at the south end of the Jordan valley, (
Numbers 33:49) and named with Ashdod-pisgah and Beth-peor. It was one of the limits of the encampment of Israel before crossing the Jordan. Later it was allotted to Reuben, (
Joshua 12:3;
13:20) but came at last into the hands of Moab, and formed one of the cities which were "the glory of the country." (
Ezekiel 25:9)