Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Abelshittim

(the meadow of the acacias), in the "plains" of Moab, on the low level of the Jordan valley, opposite Jericho. The last resting-place of Israel before crossing the Jordan. (Numbers 33:49) The place is most frequently mentioned by its shorter name of Shittim. See SHITTAH TREE, SHITTIM, SHITTIM.

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.