Eshtemoa - obedience - is a name in the Bible. Parts of this article contradict each other. ...
1. A son of Ishbah or maybe a town inhabited by Ishbah's descendants. (1. Ch. 4:17)
2. A descendant of Hodiah. (1. Ch. 4:19)
3. A town in the mountains of Judah, which was allotted, with the land round it, to the priests. (Jos 15:50) It is identified with es-Semu'a, a village about 3 1/2 miles east of Socoh, and about 9 miles south of Hebron, around which there are ancient remains of the ruined city. It was one of the places frequented by David as a fugitive. (1 Sa 30: 26-28) Judah (יְהוּדָה Praise, Standard Hebrew YÉ™huda, Tiberian Hebrew YÉ™hûá¸Äh) is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. ... A recent view of the old city of Hebron Hebron (Arabic الخليل al-ḪalÄ«l; Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן, Standard Hebrew Ḥevron, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥeḇrôn: derived from the word friend) is a town in the West Bank, in an area known in Israel as Judea. ... Michelangelos David David fighting Goliath David (דָּוִד Beloved, Standard Hebrew Dávid, Tiberian Hebrew DÄwiá¸; Arabic داود DÄʾūd Beloved), as referred to as King David, was the third and one of the most the well-known kings of ancient Israel, as well as the most mentioned man in the...
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> > Eshtemoa is currently identified with es-Samu`, which lies 8 kilometers > northeast of Khirbat `Attir, southwest of Hebron in the hill country of > Judah.
If Eshtemoa is > not any earlier than this period, then it, like Jattir, didn't exist in > Joshua's days as a town to be alotted to Judah (Jos.15:50, 21:14).
If the last, that would explain why there were no permanent settlements at this time and yet be quite consistent with the account in 1 Samuel 30: at the time the names could have been those of general areas of settlement, which later became the names of permanent settlements in the same areas.
And the sons <01121> of Ezra <05834> [were], Jether <03500>, and Mered <04778>, and Epher <06081>, and Jalon <03210>: and she bare <02029> (8799) Miriam <04813>, and Shammai <08060>, and Ishbah <03431> the father <01> of Eshtemoa <0851>.
And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
And the sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
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