Numbers 33:18

And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched at Rithmah.
] Eight miles from Hazeroth: Rethem, from whence this place seems to have had its name, is generally rendered by "juniper", ( 1 Kings 19:4 1 Kings 19:5 ) and the Targum of Jonathan here adds, where the juniper trees grew; and, perhaps, it is the same with the valley of Retheme, of which some travellers ^F5 thus write, "this valley", called in the Hebrew Retheme, and commonly Ritma, derives its name from a yellow flower, with which the valley is covered; we found here, on the left hand, two cisterns of excellent water; and water being to be had here, might be the reason of the Israelites pitching in this place. Some learned men ^F6 think it is the same with Kadeshbarnea, from whence the spies were sent, that being the next remove from Hazeroth, as this was; see ( Numbers 12:16 ) ( 13:26 ) ( 32:8 ) ( Deuteronomy 2:14 ) ( Joshua 14:7 ) , with which agrees the remark of Jarchi, that this place was so called, because of the evil tongue of the spies, as it is said, ( Psalms 120:3 Psalms 120:4 ) "what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper"; alluding to the signification of Rithmah; perhaps this is the same place, which by Josephus ^F7 is called Dathema, and so in the Apocrypha:

``Then the heathen that were at Galaad assembled themselves together against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to destroy them; but they fled to the fortress of Dathema.'' (1 Maccabees 5:9)