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Massa
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or MASSA. A son of Ishmael ( Genesis 25:14 = 1 Chronicles 1:39 ), representing a North Arabian tribe. Its exact location is unknown, but it seems to be mentioned in an inscription containing a report to king Ashurbanipal of Assyria (b.c. 668 626) of an attack made by the Massorites upon the people of Nebaioth (wh. see). The tribe of Massa would therefore seem to have lived not very far east of Palestine. This view is confirmed by the fact that Proverbs 31:1-10 is addressed to ‘ Lemuel , king of Massa’ (see RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ), since Proverbs 30:1-33; Proverbs 31:1-31 belong to the border-land wisdom of Israel. It is probably not to be read in Proverbs 30:1 , where the word ‘Massa’ (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ) is presumably a gloss. Cf. Mesha, p. 607 a .
J. F. M‘Curdy.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Massa'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/m/massa.html. 1909.
