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Etam

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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E'tam. (lair of wild beasts).

1. A village of the tribe of Simeon, specified only in the list in 1 Chronicles 4:32. Compare Joshua 19:7.

2. A place in Judah, fortified and garrisoned by Rehoboam. 2 Chronicles 11:6. Here, according to the statements of Josephus and the Talmudists, were the sources of the water from which Solomon's gardens. and the pleasure-grounds were fed, and Bethlehem and the Temple supplied.

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Etam'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​e/etam.html. 1901.
 
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