Beth-nimrah

Beth-nimrah

(house of leopards ) one of the fenced cities on the east of Jordan taken and built by the tribe of Gad ( Numbers 32:36 ) and described as being in the valley beside Beth-haran. ( Joshua 13:27 ) In ( Numbers 32:3 ) it is called simply NIMRAH. The name still survives in the modern Nahr Nimrim, above Jericho on the Jordan.


Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Bethnimrah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.