Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(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.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HA'ZARMA'VETH (court of death), the third of Joktan's sons. Gen 10:26; 1 Chr 1:20. He was the progenitor of the inhabitants of modern Hadramaut, a province in South-eastern Arabia. This province abounds in frankincense and myrrh, but the climate is very unhealthy; whence its singular name.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
dwelling of death
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