Avith

{{Short description|Edomite city}} '''Avith''' ("ruin"<ref>''Holman Bible Dictionary'' (1991), "Avith."</ref>) was an Edomite city. It was the capital of the Edomite king Hadad ben Bedad.<ref>''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'' (1915), "Avith."</ref><ref>''Holman Bible Dictionary'' (1991), "Avith."</ref> According to the Bible, Hadad ben Bedad was one of the kings of Edom before there were kings in Israel,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Genesis|36:31|SOURCE}}</ref><ref>{{Bibleverse|1 Chronicles|1:43|NRSV}}</ref> that is, before the coronation of Saul ("widely" dated around 1025 BCE).<ref>{{cite book |last=Finkelstein |first=Israel |date=2013 |title=The Forgotten Kingdom: The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel |url=https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/9781589839106_OA.pdf |location=Atlanta |publisher=Society of Biblical Literature |page=51 |isbn=978-1-58983-910-6 |author-link=Israel Finkelstein }}</ref> Avith is mentioned only twice in the Hebrew Bible: in a list of Edomite kings in Genesis ({{Bibleverse|Genesis|36:35|NRSV}}), and in a copy of the same list found in Chronicles ({{Bibleverse|1 Chronicles|1:46|NRSV}}). Its location is unknown<ref>''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'' (1915), "Avith."</ref><ref>''Holman Bible Dictionary,'' (1991), "Avith."</ref> but presumably it was in what is now southern Israel or Jordan.

==See also== *List of rulers of Edom

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Edom