Kamon

KAMON ka'-mon (qamon; the King James Version Camon):

The place where Jair was buffed (Judges 10:3-5). It is possibly represented either by Kamm or Kumeim, ruins which lie about 6 and 7 miles respectively to the South-Southeast of Umm Keis. See further HAVVOTH-JAIR. The ruins of Kamm, about 200 yds. square, crown a small elevation, and point to an important place in the past. There are large rock-hewn cisterns to the South. Among the ruins of Kumein, which are not considerable, a few mud huts are built, occupied today by about 200 souls (Schumacher, Northern 'Ajlun, 137).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KAMON'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.