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Hazarmaveth
(court of death), the third in order of the sons of Joktan (Genesis 10:26) The name is preserved in the Arabic Hadramawt and Hadrumawl, the appellation of a province and an ancient people of southern Arabia. The capital is Satham, a very ancient city, and its chief ports are Mirbat, Zafari and Kisheem, from whence a great trade was carried on in ancient times with India and Africa.
In the Bible
2
Verses where Hazarmaveth is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 1:20
And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
- Genesis 10:26
And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Scripture on Hazarmaveth
2
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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