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    Ezem

    עֶ֫צֶם

    Ezem, a city allotted to the tribes of Judah and Simeon in the Negev region.

    Where the story of Ezem happens Ezem, and 1 place the claims reach, framed to them: Ezem, Negeb. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.EzemNegeb
    Ezem, and 1 place the claims reach
    verses
    3
    first named
    Joshua 15:29
    last named
    Joshua 15:29
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.28°N · 34.80°E
    settlement31.28°N · 34.80°E

    Khirbet Asan (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Ezem in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ezem is mentioned in the Bible as a city that was allotted to the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:29) and later given to the tribe of Simeon as part of their inheritance within Judah's territory (Joshua 19:3; 1Ch.4.29).

    The city is listed among other cities in the Negev, the southern desert region of Judah. In Joshua 15:29, Ezem is mentioned alongside Baalah, Iim, and Tolad, while in Joshua 19:3 and 1Ch.4.29, it is listed with Bethul, Hormah, and Ziklag as part of Simeon's inheritance.

    No other details about Ezem are provided in the Bible, and its exact location is unknown. The Negev was known for its arid climate and served as a buffer zone between the Israelites and the surrounding desert-dwelling tribes.

    The mention of Ezem in the lists of cities allotted to Judah and Simeon helps to define the extent of their territories and provides insight into the geography of the region during the time of the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends of an edge always agree. Neither end of one reaches this entity.

    Not stated

    Nothing stands in a stated relation with this entity.

    The pattern

    Where Ezem is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 3 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKSJOSHUA2 VERSES53 books and 822 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 3 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKSJOSHUA2 VERSES53 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Ezem is named in 3 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 64 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 2 books.

    1. Joshua2 verses

      15:2919:3

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      4:29

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

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