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Place

Ezem

town in Simeon's territory

Town in the Negev allotted to the tribe of Simeon within Judah's southern territory, known only from boundary and inheritance lists.

3 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

A town in the Negev listed among the southern border cities of in 15, and then assigned to the tribe of in Joshua 19 as part of the inheritance within Judah's territory. It appears again in the genealogical and geographical registers of 1 Chronicles 4 among the towns of the Simeonites. The biblical record provides no narrative episodes specifically set at Ezem; it is known only through these boundary and inheritance lists.

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Places in this story

Modern location: Khirbet Asan. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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