Bible Location
Meaning: the bosom of a woman · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Eshtemoa was a priestly town in the hill country of Judah. It is important because it appears in Levitical allocations and later in David's gift distribution after victory. First appears in Josh 21:14.1
AI summary: Eshtemoa combines sacred service with Davidic relationship. Joshua and Chronicles place it among priestly towns, while Samuel shows David deliberately sending spoil there after defeating the Amalekites. The cross references present Eshtemoa as a Judahite hill-town linked to both priestly life and royal gratitude.1
Obedience, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 21:14; 1 Chr. 6:57), which was allotted, with the land round it, to the priests. It was frequented by David and his followers during their wanderings; and he sent presents of the spoil of the Amalekites to his friends there (1 Sam. 30:28). It is identified with es-Semu’a, a village about 3 1/2 miles east of Socoh, and 7 or 8 miles south of Hebron, around which there are ancient remains of the ruined city. It is the centre of the “south country” or Negeb. It is also called “Eshtemoh” (Josh. 15:50). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.