Abel-shittim; called Shittim, Numbers 25:1, and here Abel-shittim, for the grievous mourning which there was both for the heinous crimes committed, and horrible judgments there inflicted.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 33:49
Numbers 33:49
49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittimc in the plains of Moab.