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===Place-names===
Rimmon may refer to:
* Rimmon, one of the "uttermost cities" of Judah, afterwards given to [[tribe of Simeon|Simeon]] (Joshua 15:21, 32; 19:7; [[Books of Chronicles|1 Chronicles]] 4:32). In Joshua 15:32, Ain and Rimmon are mentioned separately, but in Joshua 19:7 and 1 Chronicles 4:32 the two words are probably to be combined, as forming together the name of one place, Ain-Rimmon = "the spring of the pomegranate" (compare [[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]] 11:29). It has been identified with Um er-Rumamin, or [[Horvat Rimmon]], about 13 miles south-west of [[Hebron]]. [[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]] 14:10 describes it as "south of [[Jerusalem]]," to distinguish it from other Rimmons; and uses it in conjunction with [[Geba (city)|Geba]] to describe the latitudinal span of the [[kingdom of Judah]].

* The ''Rock of Rimmon'', where the Benjamites fled ([[Book of Judges|Judges]] 20:45, 47; 21:13), and where they maintained themselves for four months after the battle at Gibeah. It is the present village of [[Rammun]], "on the very edge of the hill country, with a precipitous descent toward the [[River Jordan|Jordan]] valley", supposed to be the site of [[Ai (Bible)|Ai]].<ref name="Easton">{{cite book|author=M. G. Easton|title=Illustrated Bible Dictionary|date=October 2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1DSxtGgEAwC&pg=PA585|publisher=Cosimo, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59605-947-4|page=585}}</ref> Israeli settlement [[Rimonim]] nearby is named after the biblical place.

*[[List of minor biblical places#Hadad-Rimmon|Hadad-Rimmon]] near [[Tel Megiddo |Megiddo]]
[[File:Ancient Galilee.jpg|upright|thumb|A map showing Hadad-Rimmon in ancient Galilee (bottom left) and identifying it with [[Maximianopolis (Palestine)|Maximianopolis]]]]