Zeboim is the name in English of two or three places in the Bible:
# Zeboim, Zeboiim or Tzvoyim () was 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
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
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of its own ("Shemeber", שמאבר, Gen. 14:2), and was therefore a place of some importance. It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain, according to Deuteronomy 29:23.
# Gē haṣṢāḇoʻim (, "Valley of the Hyenas"), a valley or rugged
glen somewhere near
Gibeah
Gibeah (; he, גִּבְעָה ''Gīḇəʿā''; he, גִּבְעַת, link=no ''Gīḇəʿaṯ'') is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively.
Gibeah of Benjamin is th ...
in
Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:18). It was probably the place now bearing the name ''Wadi Shaykh aḍ-Ḍubʻa'' "Ravine of the Chief of the
Hyenas" north of
Jericho.
# Ṣāḇoʻim (, "Hyenas"), a place mentioned only in the
Book of Nehemiah 11:34, inhabited by the Benjamites after the
Babylonian captivity.
See also
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Admah – one of the five "cities of the plain"
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Sodom and Gomorrah – two of the five "cities of the plain"
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Zoar, former Bela – one of the five "cities of the plain"
References
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Torah cities
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Destroyed cities