Biblical places
Abel-Shittim / Shittim
Israel's last camp before crossing the Jordan, setting for the incident with Balaam and the immorality at Baal-peor (Numbers 22-25). Tell el-Hammam, east of the Jordan Valley, is the leading candidate, with nearby Tell el-Kefrein proposed as an alternative.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Probable
- Tell el-Hammam (probable)
- 31.8402, 35.6737
Tell el-Hammam has recently been favored by most scholars, but Tell el-Kefrein still remains a viable alternative, so it is marked 'probable.'
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Numbers 25:1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Joshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Joel 3:18
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Micah 6:5
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Joshua 3:1
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.