Numbers xxxii. 38. Josh. xiii. 9. Isai xvi. 8. 19. Jer. xlviii. 32.SHIBMAH, or Sabama, or Sibma, a City of the Tribe of Reuben. Isaiah speaks of the Vines of Shibmah, which were cut down by the Enemies of the Moabites: For these People had taken the City of Shibmah, and others of the Country of Reuben, after this Tribe was carry’d away into Captivity, by Tiglath-pilnesér1. St. Jerom says,2 that between Heshbon and Sibmah there was hardly the Distance of five hundred Paces.
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