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known as Ptolemais, the modern `Akka. This emendation is generally adopted by scholars, although it is at best a conjecture. No other identification is yet possible.
Where is Ummah in the Bible?
Ummah was a town in ancient Palestine that was allotted to the tribe of Asher during the division of the Promised Land, as recorded in Joshua 19:30. Located in what is now northern Israel, Ummah is believed by most scholars to be the same location as the later city of Ptolemais, known today as Akka (Acre). Though Ummah receives only brief mention in Scripture as part of Asher's tribal inheritance, it represents one of the territorial allocations made to the twelve tribes after Israel's conquest of Canaan. The exact identification remains somewhat uncertain, though the scholarly consensus tentatively connects it to the coastal city that would become historically significant in later periods.
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Ummah
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)known as Ptolemais, the modern `Akka. This emendation is generally adopted by scholars, although it is at best a conjecture. No other identification is yet possible.
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See DAYSMAN.
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