I. Name

As a deity, Edom is possibly attested in the Egyptian Leiden Magical Papyrus 343+345 V 7, otherwise only in personal names. ʿObed Edom (LXX Abdedom) 2 Sam. 6.10–12 (//1 Chr. 13.13–14; 1 Chr. 15.25) is a citizen of Philistine Gath—and the owner of an estate between Baalath-Jehudah and Jerusalem—who accommodated the ark for three months. In Chronicles, he is transformed into a Levite (1 Chr. 15.18, 1 Chr. 21, 1 Chr. 24; 1 Chr. 16.5, 1 Chr. 38) and the ancestor of a Levitical clan (1 Chr. 26.4, 1 Chr. 8, 1 Chr. 15). In Punic, ʾdm is attested in t…