Difference between revisions of "Ashan"

        <p> ( Joshua 15:42): a city of the low country of Judah. In 1 Chronicles 4:32 mentioned as of [[Simeon.]] In 1 Chronicles 6:59 a priests' city; holding the same place as the similar Ain in Joshua's list ( Joshua 21:16). In 1 Samuel 30:30 Chor-ashan is in "the south." Probably it is the same as Ain, of which traces exist at El Ghuweir. </p>

        Joshua 15:42 Joshua 19:7 1 Chronicles 6:59 Joshua 21:16 <p> </p>

        <p> <strong> ASHAN </strong> ( Joshua 15:42; Jos 19:7 , 1 Chronicles 4:32; 1 Chronicles 6:69 ). Perhaps the same as <strong> [[Cor-Ashan]] </strong> (wh. see). It was a town of Judah, near [[Libnah]] and Rimmon, belonging to Simeon, and not far from Debir. The site is doubtful. </p>

        <p> 1. Levitical city in Judah. Joshua 15:42; 1 Chronicles 6:59 : not identified. </p> <p> 2. City in [[Simeon.]] Joshua 19:7; 1 Chronicles 4:32 . See AIN. </p>

        <p> A'shan. (smoke). A city in the low country of Judah. Joshua 15:42. In Joshua 19:7 and 1 Chronicles 4:32, it is mentioned again as belonging to [[Simeon.]] It has not yet been identified. </p>

        <p> '''''ā´shan''''' ( עשׁן , <i> '''''‛āshān''''' </i> ): An unknown site in the domain of [[Judah]] ( Joshua 15:42 ), possessed by [[Simeon]] ( Joshua 19:7 ), and mentioned among the priests' cities in 1 Chronicles 6:59 . (44) = Joshua 21:16 ( עין , <i> '''''‛ayin''''' </i> is a corruption of עשׁן , <i> '''''‛āshān''''' </i> ). [[Chorashan]] (or Borashan), which was probably the site of some reservoir in the Southwest part of Judah ( 1 Samuel 30:30 ), is the same as Ashan. </p>

        <p> (Heb. Ashan', עָשָׁן , smoke; Sept. Ἀσάν; in 1 Chronicles 4:32, Ἀισάν v. r. Ἀισάρ; in Joshua 15:42, omits), a Levitical city in the low country of [[Judah]] named in Joshua 15:42 with [[Libnah]] and Ether. In Joshua 19:7, and 1 Chronicles 4:32, it is mentioned again as belonging to Simeon, but in company with Ain and Rimmon, which (see Joshua 15:31) appear to have been much more to the south. In 1 Chronicles 6:59, it is given as a priests' city, occupying (perhaps 1)- error of transcription) the same place as the somewhat similar word Ain ( עין ) does in the list of Joshua 21 :I 16. In 1 Samuel 30:30, the fuller form Chor- ashan is named with [[Hormah]] and other cities of "the South." [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] (Onomast. s.v.) mention a village named Bethasan as 15 or 16 miles west of Jerusalem; but this, though agreeing sufficiently with the position of the place in Joshua 15:42, is not far enough south for the indications of the other passages; and indeed this is a doubtful intimation (Cellar. Notit. ii, 496). (See [[Ashnah]]). It appears to have been situated in the southern part of the hilly region adjoining the plain (Keil, Comment. on Joshua 15:42); perhaps not far from the present Deir Samil. (See Ain). The above conflicting notices of its position would almost seem to require two cities of the name of Ashan, one in Judah (? =Eshean), and the other in [[Simeon]] (distinctively Chorashan); but, on the whole, they may best be reconciled by supposing one locality, properly in the plain of Judah, but assigned (with Ether, q.v.) to [[Simeon.]] (See [[Tribe]]). </p>

        <ref name="term_34422"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/ashan Ashan from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_38630"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ashan Ashan from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_45068"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/ashan Ashan from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref>

        <ref name="term_49405"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ashan Ashan from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_64843"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/ashan Ashan from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_71479"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ashan Ashan from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_1346"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ashan Ashan from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>

        <ref name="term_21454"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ashan Ashan from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>