ABEL-SHITTIM ā’ bəl shĭt’ ĭm (אָבֵ֣ל הַשִּׁטִּ֑ים, meadow of the acacias). This full form occurs only in Numbers 33:49; elsewhere it is called “the Shittim” (always with the article), Numbers 25:1; Joshua 2:1; 3:1; and Micah 6:5. The consensus on the location seems to be at modern Tell Kefrein, E of Jericho, about seven or eight m. E of the Jordan River. This location is connected with the Balaam and Midianite incidents as Israel made her headquarters here before crossing over the Jordan.