Azem
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
AZEM or EZEM. A city S. of Judah; afterward allotted to Simeon (Joshua 15:29; Joshua 19:3).
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
City on the south of Judah, afterwards allotted to Simeon. Joshua 15:29; Joshua 19:3 . Supposed to be the same as EZEM. It is not identified.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
A'zem. (bone). A city in the extreme south of Judah, Joshua 15:29, afterwards, allotted to Simeon. Joshua 19:3. Elsewhere it is Ezem.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
ā´zem : the King James Version form for Ezem (Thus the Revised Version (British and American)) (Joshua 15:29; Joshua 19:3 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(Hebrews E'tsem, עֶצֶם, a bone, in pause A'tsem, עָצֶם; Sept. Ἀσέμ v. r. Ἀσόμ, Ι᾿ασόν ), a city in the tribe of Simeon, originally included within the southern territory of Judah, in the neighborhood of Balah (or Bilhah) and Eltolad (or Tolad) (Joshua 15:29; Joshua 19:3; 1 Chronicles 4:29, in which last passage it is Anglicized "Ezem," Sept. Βοασόμ v. r. Αἰσέμ ). These notices afford only a slight ground for a conjectural location, perhaps in the great plain at the south-west extremity of the tribe, possibly at the ruins on Tell Akhmar (Van de Velde, Map).
Of this place Dr. Tristram thinks (Bible Places, p. 23) a trace remains in the name of the Azazimeh Arabs who occupy the region in question. (See Iim).
