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ESHTEMOA

(Heb. ʾeštĕmôaʿ),

ESHTEMOH

(ʾeštĕmōh)

(PLACE)

A levitical town in the central hill country of Judah (Josh. 21:14), also listed among the cities of refuge (1 Chr. 6:57[MT 42]). In the list of settlements allotted to Judah it is called Eshtemoh (Josh. 15:50). When David defeated the Amalekites he sent a portion of his booty to Eshtemoa (1 Sam. 30:28). Eusebius reports that a “very large” Jewish settlement existed here as late as the 4th century a.d. (Onom. 26.11; 86.20). Scholarly consensus locates ancient Eshtemoa underneath the modern Arab village of es-Samuʿ (156089), 14 km. (8.7 mi.) SW of Hebron. Although excavations have focused on the 4th-century a.d. synagogue, several Iron Age pottery vessels have also been uncovered.

Bibliography. Z. Yeivin, “Eshtemoa,” NEAEHL 2:423-26.

Wade R. Kotter







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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