Bible Strands
Joshua 15:52
Arab, Dumah, Eshan,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua records the concluding list of cities allotted to Judah in the hill country and foothills, continuing the territorial inventory after the conquest.
The words — אֲרַ֥ב ('a.Rav) identifies Arab, and וְ/רוּמָ֖ה (ve./ru.Mah) appends Rumah to the enumeration.
The thread — The text catalogs these locations as part of Judah’s inheritance, while Dumah reappears in Isaiah 21:11 as the subject of a separate prophetic oracle.
Why it lands — The record requires the reader to acknowledge the documented precision of the tribal allotments and the fulfillment of the land promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
Cross-references
- Isaiah 21:11 This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”