Bible Characters & Character Studies
Lud
First appears at Genesis 10:22
First named in Scripture at Genesis 10:22 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
(1.) The fourth son of Shem (Genesis 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:17), ancestor of the Lydians probably. (2.) One of the Hamitic tribes descended from Mizraim (Genesis 10:13), a people of Africa (Ezekiel 27:10; 30:5), on the west of Egypt. The people called Lud were noted archers (Isaiah 66: 19; comp. Jeremiah 46:9).
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
