en -rim´on ( עין־רמּון , ‛ēn -rimmōn , "the fountain of Rimmon" (see RIMMON ), or perhaps "the spring of the pomegranate"; Ἐρωμώθ , Erōmō̇th , Ῥεμμών , Rhemmō̇n ): A city of Judah (Joshua 15:32 ), "Ain and Rimmon"; ascribed to Simeon (Joshua 19:7; 1 Chronicles 4:32 , "Ain, Rimmon"). In Nehemiah 11:29 mentioned as reinhabited after the Captivity. Zechariah 14:10 , runs: "All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem." It must have been a very southerly place. In the Eusebius, Onomasticon , ("Erimmon") it is described as a "very large village 16 miles South of Eleutheropolis." Kḣ Umm er Rumāmı̄n , 9 miles North of Beersheba is the usually accepted site. See PEF , 398; Sh XXIV .
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