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d 7 miles respectively to the South-Southeast of Umm Keis. See further HAVVOTH-JAIR. The ruins of Kamm, about 200 yds. square, crown a small elevation, and point to an important place in the past.
Where is Kamon in the Bible?
Kamon was a city in the region of Gilead, located in ancient Israel east of the Jordan River. It appears in the Bible as the burial place of Jair, one of the judges of Israel, as recorded in Judges 10:5. The site, identified with modern ruins near Umm Keis in the Ajlun region, was once a significant settlement marked by substantial rock-hewn cisterns and fortifications. Though little is recorded about Kamon itself, its mention in connection with Jair underscores the importance of Gilead as a tribal territory during the period of the judges.
In Scripture1 biblical book
- Judges
Kamon
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)d 7 miles respectively to the South-Southeast of Umm Keis. See further HAVVOTH-JAIR. The ruins of Kamm, about 200 yds. square, crown a small elevation, and point to an important place in the past. There are large rock-hewn cisterns to the South. Among the ruins of Kumein, which are not considerable, a few mud huts are built, occupied today by about 200 souls (Schumacher, Northern 'Ajlun, 137).
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