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nation, although it appears to have been the name of a god ((Hebrew characters), 2 Sa. 6¹⁰).—11 ff. The total number of the tribes, excluding the bastard 'Amālēḳ, is 12, as in the cases of Israel and Ishmael (25^12-16). The sons of 'Oholibamah are, however, put on a level with the grandsons of the other two wives (so v.¹⁸). The list may be tabulated thus:

The Names.—(a) (Hebrew characters)] Known otherwise only as the name of the oldest and wisest of Job's friends (Jb. 2¹¹ etc.), probably borrowed from this list.—(1) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters))] Frequently mentioned as a district of Edom (Jer. 49^{7. 20}, Ezk. 25¹³, Am. 1¹², Ob. ⁹, Hab. 3³), famous for its wisdom, the home of Eliphaz (Jb. 2¹¹) and of the third king of Edom (v.³⁴). A village bearing the Greek name, 15 Roman m. from Petra, is mentioned in OS, 260; but the site is now lost.—(2) (Hebrew characters) ([Greek: ** ]), (3) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters), 1 Ch. (Hebrew characters)), (4) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters), etc.) are quite unknown, unless (Greek characters) be the original of Job's third friend.—(5) (Hebrew characters)] the eponym of the Ḳenizzites, the group to which Kaleb (the 'dog'-tribe, settled in Ḥebron) and Othniel belonged (Nu. 32¹², Jos. 14^{6. 14} 15¹⁷, Ju. 1¹³ 3^{9. 11}). The incorporation of these families in Judah is a typical example of the unstable political relations of the southern tribes between Israel and Edom, a fact abundantly illustrated from the lists before us.—The once powerful people of (Hebrew characters) (see on 14⁷) is here described as descended from (Hebrew characters), a Ḥorite clan absorbed in Edom (vv.^{22. 40}), of which nothing else is known. The reference may be to an offshoot of the old Amalekites who had found protection from the Edomites.—(b) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters))] 'Friend of God' (?) is one of the names of Moses' father-in-law (a Midianite) (Ex. 2¹⁸, Nu. 10²⁹), also that of a Gadite (Nu. 1¹⁴ 2¹⁴) and of a Benjamite (1 Ch. 9⁸).—(6) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters))] cf. 2 Ch. 31¹³.—(7) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters))] (cf. v.³³). Also a clan of Judah (38³⁰); cf. Nu. 26¹³ (Simeonite), 1 Ch. 66^{6. 26} (Levite).—(8) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters))] cf. 1 Sa. 16⁹ (David's brother), 2 Sa. 23¹¹ (one of his heroes); also (Hebrew characters) in Yeraḥmeel (1 Ch. 2^{28. 32}) and Kaleb (2^44f.).—(9) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters), etc.)] only here. It is pointed out that the four names form a doggerel sentence: 'descent and rising, there and here' (KS. An. 178); but three of them are sufficiently authenticated; and the fact does not prove them to be inventions of an idle fancy.—(10) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters), etc.)] v.i. on v.⁵. As an Israelite name, 1 Ch. 7¹⁰ 8³⁹ (Benjamite), 23^10f. (Levite), 2 Ch. 11¹⁹ (son of Rehoboam). The