Easton: Dedan

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Dedan) · external_aligned

Low ground. (1.) A son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7). His descendants are mentioned in Isa. 21:13, and Ezek. 27:15. They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the Persian Gulf. (2.) A son of Jokshan, Abraham’s son by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:32). His descendants settled on the Syrian borders about the territory of Edom. They probably led a pastoral life.

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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