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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

e'-zem (`etsem, "bone"; Boosal, Boasom):

A city in the extreme South of Judah, assigned to Simeon.

Some identify it with Azmon (Jos 15:29; 19:3; 1Ch 4:29).