HUMTAH, a City in the Tribe of Judah. Josh. xv. 54. There is mention of a City called Themath or Thamath in the Greek, 1 Sam. xxx. 29. and St. Jerom speaks of Thabatha, the place of St. Hilarion’s nativity, five miles from Gaza, towards the south. Nicephorus, who calls it Thebasa, places it at fifteen miles distance from the same city, Gaza. I should be ready to believe that it is the same place as Athmatha or Humtah.
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