Easton: Dumah

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

Silence, (comp. Ps. 94:17), the fourth son of Ishmael; also the tribe descended from him; and hence also the region in Arabia which they inhabited (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30). There was also a town of this name in Judah (Josh. 15:52), which has been identified with ed-Domeh, about 10 miles southwest of Hebron. The place mentioned in the “burden” of the prophet Isaiah (21:11) is Edom or Idumea.

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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