Gimzo

Gimzo [N] [E] [H]

(fertile in sycamores ), a town which with its dependent villages was taken possession of by the Philistines in the reign of Ahaz. ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 ) The name (Jimzu ) still remains attached to a large village between two and three miles southwest of Lydda, south of the road between Jerusalem and Jaffa.


[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

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