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Pahath-moab

(Encyclopedia)Pahath-moab pāˈhăth-mōˈăb [key], in the Bible, chief house of Judah. ...

Chesalon

(Encyclopedia)Chesalon kĕsˈəlŏn [key], in the Bible, town of Judah, called also Mt. Jearim, W of Jerusalem. ...

Adadah

(Encyclopedia)Adadah ădˈədə [key], in the Bible, town of Judah in the southernmost part of ancient Palestine. ...

En-shemesh

(Encyclopedia)En-shemesh ĕn-shēˈmĕsh [key], in the Bible, place, E of Jerusalem, on the border of Judah. ...

Ataroth

(Encyclopedia)Ataroth ătˈərŏth [key], in the Bible. 1 Town of Gilead. 2 Place or family of Judah. ...

Adithaim

(Encyclopedia)Adithaim ădˌĭthāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, town of Judah, probably c.10 mi (16 km) from the coast. ...

Elzabad

(Encyclopedia)Elzabad ĕlˈzəbăd, ĕlzāˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Gadite who came to David in Judah. 2 Levitical doorkeeper. ...

Jerusha

(Encyclopedia)Jerusha or Jerushah both: jēro͞oˈshə [key], in the Bible, mother of King Jotham of Judah. ...

Jeshimon

(Encyclopedia)Jeshimon jĕshˈĭmŏn [key], in the Bible, desert, the Wilderness of Judah, between the hill country and the Dead Sea. ...

Onan

(Encyclopedia)Onan ōˈnən [key], in the Bible, Judah's son, whose evasion of his obligation to his brother's widow caused his death. ...

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