Ahuzam
Sign in to saveAhuzam () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located around five kilometres south of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In its population was .
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Ahuzam () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located around five kilometres south of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In its population was .
==Etymology== The moshav was originally named ''Ma'agalim but renamed after the biblical Ahuzam, son of Ashur, the father or founder of Tekoa, who may have lived in this area (1 Book of Chronicles 4:6).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ahuzam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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