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Evidence also suggests that at that time Edom may have engaged in a treaty betrayal of Judah. [50] The people of Edom would be dealt with during the Messiah's rulership, according to the prophets. [51] Despite this, many Edomites peacefully migrated to southern Judea, which continued even during the reign of Nabonidus. [52]
Uz has often been identified as either Aram in modern-day Syria (teal) or Edom in modern-day Jordan (yellow). The land of Uz (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ־עוּץ – ʾereṣ-ʿŪṣ) is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, most prominently in the Book of Job, which begins, "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job". [1]
Ethnarch of Judea, Samaria and Edom: A son of Herod the Great. He is known from the writings of Flavius Josephus [133] and from contemporary coins. [136] Mt. 2:22: Herod the Great: King of Judea: Mentioned by his friend, the historian Nicolaus of Damascus [137] [138] and by Josephus in the Antiquities. His name is also found on contemporary ...
Jobab ben Zerah (Hebrew: יובב בן־זרח Yōḇāḇ ben-Zerah) was a king of ancient Edom, according to Genesis 36. He succeeded Bela ben Beor in the apparently elective kingship [1] of the Edomites. He ruled from Bozrah. He was succeeded by Husham. Jobab has traditionally often been identified with the biblical figure Job. [2]
Moses sends a messenger to the king of Edom requesting passage through his land to Canaan, but the king refuses. The Israelites then go to Mount Hor, where Aaron dies. The Israelites try to go around Edom, but the Israelites complain about lack of bread and water, so Yahweh sends a plague of poisonous snakes to afflict them (Numbers 21:4-7).
Each explanation has evidence to support it: the name of the pharaoh, Amenophis, and the religious character of the conflict fit the Amarna reform of Egyptian religion; the name of Avaris and possibly the name Osarseph fit the Hyksos period; and the overall plot is an apparent inversion of the Jewish story of the Exodus casting the Jews in a ...
A poetic refrain in Judges in the Hebrew Bible states that Yahweh embarked from Se'ir in the region of Edom. [6] [19] Recently, the view has been advanced that Yahweh was originally a Kenite god whose cult spread north of Midian to the Israelites. [20] According to this approach, Qōs might possibly have been a title for Yahweh, rather than a ...
Saul was a king of Edom mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded Samlah of Masrekah in the apparently elective kingship of the early Edomites. He is described as being from "Rehoboth on the River". He was succeeded by Baal-hanan ben Achbor.