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ESHTEMOA.—In the tribe of Judah (Jos_15:50—here called Eshtemoh), a Levitical city in the district of Hebron (Jos_21:14), to which David sent a share of the spoil of the Philistines (1Sa_30:28). The name as es-Semu‘a survives about 8 miles S. of Hebron; extensive remains of antiquity are here to be seen.
R. A. S. Macalister.