Joshua 15:52

Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

Arab, [Septuagint, Airem or Ereb] - not discovered.

Dumah, х Duwmaah (H1745), silence; Septuagint, Remna] - probably el-Daumehm a ruined village 6 miles southwest of Hebron and 17 miles from Beit-Jibrin ('Onomast.,' art. 'Dumah;' Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 1:, p. 314). 'Although it does not lie on a hill, yet it is in the heart of a hilly region, and must itself be very considerably elevated above the level of the sea. It must have been well-watered, and surrounded by a fruitful soil; but only the name remains to us in Scripture' (Bonar, 'Land of Promise,' p. 60).

Eshean, х 'Esh`aan (H824), support, prop; Septuagint, Soma; Alexandrian, Esan] - not yet met with.