Derived from the root meaning "waste," "desolation," Jeshimon appears as a proper noun to describe the desert and wasteland in the Arabah, perhaps near the northern end of the Dead Sea. It appears 4x in most English translations.
CONCORDANCE (NIV):
1 Sam 23:19 — The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?
1 Sam 23:24 — And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
1 Sam 26:1 — The Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Is not David hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which faces Jeshimon?"
1 Sam 26:3 — Saul made his camp beside the road on the hill of Hakilah facing Jeshimon, but David stayed in the desert. When he saw that Saul had followed him there . . .
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