Rekem

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Rekem is an ancient name for the Edomite city of Petra. The name appears in dead sea scrolls (4Q462 for example) associated with mount Seir. Additionally, Eusebius and Jerome (Onom. sacr. 286, 71. 145, 9; 228, 55. 287, 94) assert that Rekem was the native name of Petra, apparently on the authority of Josephus (Antiquities iv. 7, 1~ 4, 7).

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