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ably to be sought East of the latter city. It is usual to identify it with es-Samra, a ruin about 4 miles North of Jericho. Mt. Zemaraim probably derived its name from the city, and must be sought in the neighborhood.
Where is Zemaraim in the Bible?
Zemaraim was a town in ancient Benjamin, located in the hill country near Jericho in what is now the West Bank region. The city was allotted to the tribe of Benjamin according to Joshua 18:22, and scholars generally identify it with the ruins of es-Samra, approximately four miles north of Jericho. Mount Zemaraim, named after this city and located in the nearby Ephraim uplands, holds theological significance as the site where King Abijah of Judah stood to address the army of Jeroboam of Israel, appealing to them during a critical moment of conflict between the northern and southern kingdoms (2 Chronicles 13:4).
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Zemaraim
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)ably to be sought East of the latter city. It is usual to identify it with es-Samra, a ruin about 4 miles North of Jericho. Mt. Zemaraim probably derived its name from the city, and must be sought in the neighborhood. On this height, which is said to be in Mt. Ephraim, Abijah, king of Judah, stood when making his appeal to the men of Israel under Jeroboam (2Ch 13:4). If the identification with es-Samra is correct, this hill must be in the uplands to the West, es-Samra being on the floor of the valley. Dillmann (Joshua, at the place) thinks Zemaraim cannot be so far East of Bethel, but may be found somewhere to the South of that town.
W. Ewing
zem'-a-rit (ha-tsemari; ho Samaraios): A Canaanite people named in Ge 10:18; 1Ch 1:16. The occurrence of the name between Arvadite and Hamathi