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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Cushan
In Habakkuk's poem the tents of Cushan tremble alongside Midian as the Lord approaches. Probably a Cushite group in northwest Arabia, not African Cush, and no relation to the king Cushan-rishathaim. Where exactly it lay is not established.
In Habakkuk's poem the tents of Cushan tremble alongside Midian as the Lord approaches. Probably a Cushite group in northwest Arabia, not African Cush, and no relation to the king Cushan-rishathaim. Where exactly it lay is not established.
Cushan appears once, in Habakkuk 3:7, paired poetically with Midian as a nomadic people or territory trembling before the Lord's approach. It most likely refers to a Cushite group in northwest Arabia rather than African Cush, and should not be confused with Cushan-rishathaim, the Mesopotamian king who oppressed Israel for eight years in Judges 3:8-10, despite the similar name. Its precise territory is not established.
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- Habakkuk 3:7
