THAMARA
THAMARA (
Θαμαρά, Euseb. and Onom. s. v. Hazazon-Thamar;
Θαμαρώ,
Ptol. 5.16.8; Tab. Peut.; Tamar,
Ezek. 47.19, 48.28), a town in Palestine, and one of the most southerly points in the country according to Ezekiel.
According to Eusebius and Jerome it was a town and fortress one day's journey from Malatha on the way from Hebron to Ailah, and in their time was held by a Roman garrison. Robinson fixes it at
Ksurnub, the site with ruins 6 miles S. of
Milh towards the pass
es-Sŭfâh. (
Bibl. Res. vol. ii. p. 202, 2nd ed.)