Eshem

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Eshem [1]

Ge'shem. Ge'shem and Gash'mu. (rain). An Arabian, mentioned in  Nehemiah 2:19 and  Nehemiah 6:1-2;  Nehemiah 6:6. (B.C. 446). We may conclude that he was an inhabitant of Arabia Petraea or of the Arabian desert, and probably the chief of a tribe. "Gashum said it" , made him a type of those who create a common report.

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