Cushan
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title:
Cushan
text:
The Hebrew Old Testament name Cushan is probably a poetic or prolonged name of the land of Cush, the Arabian Cush. Some have, however, supposed this to be the same as Chushan-Rishathaim, i.e., taking the latter part of the name as a title or local appellation, Chushan “of the two iniquities”, a Mesopotamian king, identified by Rawlinson with Ashur-resh-ishi I; but incorrectly, for the empire of Assyria was not yet founded. He held Israel in bondage for eight years. This article incorporates tex
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Place in the bible
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2023-02-21T01:53:07Z
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