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Teman

TEMAN, or Theman, Son of Eliphaz, and Grandson of Esau. We find a King of Idumea called Itusham, of the Country of the Temani. Jeremiah and Amos speak of Teman; and Eusebius places Thæman in Arabia Petrea, five Miles from Petra, and says there was a Roman Garison there.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Teman,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/t/teman/.

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