Eshtemoa
Eshtemoa, meaning obedience or "'place where prayer is heard",First Book of Chronicles.
Eshtemoa, Judah
Eshtemoa was an ancient city in the
1 Samuel
30: 26-28).
In the 4th-century CE, Eshtemoa was described by
Jewish village.[4][5] The Jerusalem Talmud mentions Eshtemoa as the place of residence of an amora (scholar) who dwelt in the town during the 4th century by the name of Hasa of Eshtemoa.[6]
Eshtemoa is identified with
Socoh, and about 9 miles south of Hebron
, around which there are ancient remains of the ruined city.
Findings
In 1934, the remains of an
Rockefeller Museum.[8]
In 1971, five pottery jars dated to the 9th-8th centuries BCE were found in as-Samu', bearing inscriptions written in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet. These jars contained one of the largest silver hoards ever found in Israel and the Palestinian Territories.[9]
People
Eshtemoa is mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible as a name of a person:
- A son of Ishbah or maybe a town inhabited by Ishbah's descendants. (1 Chronicles 4:17)
- A descendant of Bithiah princess of Egypt and Mered (1 Chronicles 4:19)
References
- ISSN 0022-5185.
Eshtemoa', from שמע, 'hear', may denote 'place where prayer is heard'.
- ^ a b Joshua 15:50 Joshua 21:14 1 Samuel 30:28
- JSTOR 23462909.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8264-8571-7. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ISBN 0-391-04217-3
- ISBN 978-90-04-17838-0. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- OCLC 873183425.
- ISBN 9780852222805. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- JSTOR 27931588.
See also
- Eshtemoa synagogue, the remains of an ancient Jewish synagogue dating from around the 4th–5th century CE
- Mitzpe Eshtemoa (Eshtemoa look-out), an Israeli settlement outpost in the West Bank
- Cities in the Book of Joshua