Avith ("ruin") was an Edomite city. It was the capital of the Edomite king Hadad ben Bedad. According to the Bible, Hadad ben Bedad was one of the kings of Edom before there were kings in Israel, that is, before the coronation of
Saul
Saul (; , ; , ; ) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh c ...
("widely" dated around 1025 BCE). Avith is mentioned only twice in the
Israel
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or
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
.
See also
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List of rulers of Edom
The following is a list of the known rulers of the Kingdom of Edom in the Levant.
Descendants of Esau
Esau עֵשָׂו (Edom אֱדֹֽום) Married three wives
* Reuel רְעוּאֵֽל By Basemath בָּשְׂמַ֥ת (daughter of El ...