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Avith ("ruin" [1] ) was an Edomite city. It was the capital of the Edomite king Hadad ben Bedad. [2] [3] According to the Bible, Hadad ben Bedad was one of the kings of Edom before there were kings in Israel, [4] [5] that is, before the coronation of Saul ("widely" dated around 1025 BCE). [6] Avith is mentioned only twice in the Hebrew Bible: in a list of Edomite kings in Genesis (Genesis 36:35), and in a copy of the same list found in Chronicles (1 Chronicles 1:46). Its location is unknown [7] [8] but presumably it was in what is now southern Israel or Jordan.

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References

  1. ↑ Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Avith."
  2. ↑ International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), "Avith."
  3. ↑ Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Avith."
  4. ↑ Genesis 36:31
  5. ↑ 1 Chronicles 1:43
  6. ↑ Finkelstein, Israel (2013). The Forgotten Kingdom: The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel (PDF). Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. p. 51. ISBN   978-1-58983-910-6.
  7. ↑ International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), "Avith."
  8. ↑ Holman Bible Dictionary, (1991), "Avith."


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