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Benjamin Sass

KING OF EDOM. A seal impression of an Edomite king found in a palace built on the hill Umm el-Biyara at the famous site of Petra, Jordan, reads “Qaus-ga[bri], King of E[dom].” The name Qaus-ga[bri] is theophoric—bearing the name of the Edomite god Qos (or Qaus).