BETH-JESHIMOTH bĕth jĕsh’ ə mŏth (בֵּ֣ית הַיְשִׁמֹ֔ת, LXX Josh 13:20 Βαιθασιμωθ; Num 33:49 ̓Αισιμωθ; house of deserts). One of the cities of Heshbon in the plains of Moab which was assigned to the tribe of Reuben. The last camping site of the Israelites before crossing the Jordan River is defined thus “by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim” (Num 33:49). The ancient city is identified with tell el-Azeimeh near the NE end of the Dead Sea nearer the edge of the valley than Khirbet Sueimeh which preserves the name.

Bibliography N. Glueck, “Some Ancient Towns in the Plains of Moab” BASOR, XCI (1943), 23-25.