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TEMA

(Heb. têmāʾ)

(PLACE)

A city in north Arabia (Isa. 21:14; Jer. 25:23) associated with a son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:15; 1 Chr. 1:30). Tema (Taymâʾ; modern Teimā, 360 km. [220 mi.] ESE of Aqaba) was an important commercial center located at the convergence of three important trade routes (Job 6:19). In 553/552 it became the headquarters for Nabonidus, the last Neo-Babylonian (or Chaldean) king. Nabonidus’ son Belshazzar ruled in his place in Babylon while the king resided in Tema. The city was probably a center for Persian power in north Arabia during the 5th century b.c.e.

Bibliography. C. Edens and G. Bawden, “History of Taymāʾ and Hejazi Trade during the First Millennium b.c.,” JESHO 32 (1989): 48-103.

C. Shaun Longstreet






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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