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Eshtemoa; Eshtemoh

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(bosom of a woman). A Levitical town of Judah (Josh. 15:50; 21:14⁵⁰And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, (Joshua 15:50)
¹⁴And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, (Joshua 21:14); 1 Sam. 30:28²⁸And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, (1 Samuel 30:28)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. City in the mountains of Judah, given to the Priests (Josh. 15:50⁵⁰And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, (Joshua 15:50); Josh. 21:14¹⁴And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, (Joshua 21:14); 1 Sam. 30:28²⁸And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, (1 Samuel 30:28); 1 Chron. 6:57⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, (1 Chronicles 6:57)). Identified with es Semua, 31° 24' N, 35° 4' E.

2. Son of Ishbah, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chron. 4:17¹⁷And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. (1 Chronicles 4:17)).

3. The Maachathite (1 Chron. 4:19¹⁹And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. (1 Chronicles 4:19)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

I shall cause my own ruin: fire of astonishment: I shall soar aloft