Rock of Rimmon
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The rock to which, at Judges 20:47, six hundred men turn and flee toward the wilderness, and in which they stay four months. At 20:45 the men of Benjamin turn and flee toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and five thousand men of them are gleaned in the highways; at 21:13–14 the whole congregation sends and speaks to the children of Benjamin who are in the rock of Rimmon and proclaims peace to them, and Benjamin returns at that time.
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- JDG 20:42–46, engwebp
42Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the middle of it.
43They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as near Gibeah toward the sunrise.
44Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.
45They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. They gleaned five thousand men of them in the highways, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck two thousand men of them.
46So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor.
- JDG 20:47–48, engwebp
47But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and stayed in the rock of Rimmon four months.
48The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword—including the entire city, the livestock, and all that they found. Moreover they set all the cities which they found on fire.
- JDG 21:13–15, engwebp
13The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
14Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead. There still weren’t enough for them.
15The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
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Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Rimmon 1” by name and 3 shared verses. Its leading identification scores only 290 of 1000, so it is listed as a candidate and not adopted as a coordinate. 1 other identification is listed too.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29
- El Jai Cave
OpenBible.info confidence 290 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.84762, 35.30514
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Rimmon 1” (CC BY 4.0) - Rammun
OpenBible.info confidence 237 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.92972, 35.29889
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Rimmon 1” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (2) — Benjamin flees toward the wilderness, is chased as far as Gidom, and twenty-five thousand men of Benjamin fall that day, Six hundred men stay in the rock of Rimmon four months, and the men of Israel set the cities on fire
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Rock of Rimmon (place-rock-of-rimmon) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/rock-of-rimmon Current wording: The rock to which, at Judges 20:47, six hundred men turn and flee toward the wilderness, and in which they stay four months. At 20:45 the men of Benjamin turn and flee toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and five thousand men of them are gleaned in the highways; at 21:13–14 the whole congregation sends and speaks to the children of Benjamin who are in the rock of Rimmon and proclaims peace to them, and Benjamin returns at that time. Cited evidence: JDG 20:42–46, engwebp / JDG 20:47–48, engwebp / JDG 21:13–15, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.