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Edom and Idumea are two related but distinct terms; they relate to a historically-contiguous population but to two separate, if adjacent, territories which the Edomites/Idumeans occupied in different periods of their history.
The 80th Division "Edom" is a territorial division of the Israel Defense Forces' Southern Command. ... The new unit was tasked with protecting the Red Sea city of Eilat.
Map of Edom. Dinhabah was an Edomite city mentioned in Genesis 36, the capital of King Bela ben Beor. The Hebrew name דִּנְהָבָה may mean "robbers' den". [1] [2] Dinhabah may have been located on the site of modern Dibdiba, a little northeast of Petra. [3] [4] The name is not uncommon among the Shemitic races.
Bozrah means sheepfold or enclosure in Hebrew [3] and was a pastoral city [citation needed] in Edom southeast of the Dead Sea.According to the biblical narrative, it was the home city of one of Edom's kings, Jobab son of Zerah (Genesis 36:32–33) and the homeland of Jacob's twin brother, Esau.
Obed-Edom / ˈ oʊ b ɛ d ˈ iː d ə m / or Oved Edom (hebr.: עֹבֵד אֱדֹם) is a biblical name which in Hebrew means "servant of Edom," and which appears in the books of 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Chronicles. The relationship between these passages has been the subject of scholarly discussions which express uncertainty and disagreements ...
The city of Urfa (ancient Adma', later Edessa) in the Şanlıurfa Province, or Harran region of southeastern Turkey, also claims to be the location at which Job underwent his ordeal in a cave. The location boasts an Ottoman-style mosque and madrasa that runs as shops today. A well exists within the complex, said to be the one formed when he ...
Esau עֵשָׂו (Edom אֱדֹֽום) Married three wives [1]. Reuel [2] רְעוּאֵֽל By Basemath בָּשְׂמַ֥ת (daughter of Elon the Hittite, wife of Ishmael?) [3] Also called Mahalath (the sister of Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael) Married just after Jacob's flight to Haran
Articles relating to Edom, an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. . Most of its former territory is now divided between present-day southern Israel and Jo