The people appear under a Greek form of their old name, as Idumeans or Idumaeans, and their new territory was called Idumea or Idumaea (Greek: Ἰδουμαία, Idouma ...

Idumea is the name given to the land controlled by the descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother, known as the Edomites (Genesis 25:30, 36:8).

The true Idumaeans, or Edomites, were, as their name implies, descendants of Edom, or Esau, elder brother of Jacob, Genesis 36:6-9.

Idumaea was taken by the Romans in A.D. 105, and under their paternal government the enterprising inhabitants increased greatly in wealth and power. A lucrative ...

They were idolaters (2 Chronicles 25:14-15; 25:20). Their habits were singular. The Horites, their predecessors in Mount Seir, were, as their name implies, ...

Herod the Great was an Idumean, and people from Idumea came to hear Jesus ( Mark 3:8 ). Powell, Mark Allan, ed.

22 дек. 2015 г. · The Idumaeans, though sometimes dismissed as 'half-Jews', played a major role in the First Jewish Revolt and were involved in the faction ...

West of the `Arabah the country they occupied came to be known by the Greek name Idumaea, and the people as Idumeans. Hebron, their chief city, was taken by ...

The Idumaeans would be conquered by the Jewish Hasmonean John Hyrcanus in 163 BCE, and he forcibly converted them all to Judaism.

4 янв. 2022 г. · The Edomites were the descendants of Esau, the firstborn son of Isaac and the twin brother of Jacob. In the womb, Esau and Jacob struggled together.