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Hammon

Hammon

(Hamʹmon) [meaning “Place of a Hot (Spring)”].

1. A city on the boundary of Asher. (Jos 19:24-28) It is generally identified with Umm el ʽAwamid, on the Mediterranean seacoast, about 16 km (10 mi) SSW of Tyre.

2. A site in the territory of Naphtali given to the Levites (1Ch 6:71, 76); apparently the same as Hammath.​—Jos 19:35; see HAMMATH No. 2.