Dictionaries :: Beth-Gamul

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Beth-Gamul:

camel-house, a city in the "plain country" of Moab denounced by the prophet (Jer 48:23); probably the modern Um-el-Jemal, near Bozrah, one of the deserted cities of the Hauran.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Beth-Gamul:

house of recompense, or of the camel

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Beth-Gamul:

beth-ga'-mul (beth gamul; oikos Gaimol; Codex Sinaiticus, Gamola): A city in Moab named with Dibon, Kiriathaim and Beth-meon (Jer 48:23). Conder places it at Umm el-Jamal, toward East of the plateau, S. of Medeba (HDB, under the word). Others (Guthe, Kurz. bib. Worterbuch, under the word; Buhl, GAP, 268, etc.) favor Jemeil, a site 6 miles East of Dhiban. Since the town is not mentioned among the cities of Israel Buhl doubts if it should be sought North of the Arnon.

Nave's Topical Bible

Beth-Gamul: A City of Moab

Jer 48:23