Eshtemoa

Esh´tuh-moh´uh

1 A city in the hill country of Judah that was given to the Levites (Josh 21:14). David shared his booty with the city following his defeat of the Amalekites (1Sam 30:28). It is also called Eshtemoh (Josh 15:50) and is tentatively identified as modern es-Samu, about ten miles south and slightly east of Hebron. 2 A son of Ishbah, descendant of Simeon (1Chr 4:17). It is not clear whether Eshtemoa the Maacathite (1Chr 4:19) is the same person or of a different family since the text is disordered in these verses.