Zeboim (Hebrew Bible)

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Zeboim, Zeboiim or Tzvoyim (Hebrew: צְבֹיִים, Modern: Ẓəvoyim, Tiberian: Ṣəḇōyîm, "Deer (plural); goats; gazelles; roes") was:

1. One of the "five cities of the plain" of

Sodom, generally coupled with Admah (Gen. 10:19; 14:2; Deut. 29:23; Hos. 11:8). It had a king of its own (Shemeber), and was therefore a place of some importance. It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain.

1. A valley or rugged glen somewhere near Gibeah in Benjamin

(1 Sam. 13:18). It was probably the ravine now bearing the name Wady Shakh-ed-Dub'a, or "ravine of the hyena," north of Jericho.

1. A place mentioned only in Neh. 11:34, inhabited by the

Benjamites after the Captivity.