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Etam
        (lair of wild beasts).
        1. A village of the tribe of Simeon, specified only in the list in 1Ch 4:32 comp. Josh 19:7
        2. A place in Judah, fortified and garrisoned by Rehoboam. 2Ch 11:6 Here, according to the statements of Josephus and the Talmudists, were the sources of the water from which Solomon's gardens and the pleasure-grounds were fed, and Bethlehem and the temple supplied.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'etam' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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