Isaiah 21:14

Of the land of Tema -Tema was one of the sons of IshmaelGenesis 25:15, and is supposed to have populated the city of Thema in Arabia Deserta. The word denotes hero one of the tribes of Ishmael, or of the Arabians. Job speaksJob 6:19of ‘the troops of Tema,’ and JeremiahJeremiah 25:23connects Tema and Dedan together. Jerome and Eusebius say that the village of Theman (ΘαιμάνThaiman) existed in their time. It was, according to Jerome, five, and according to Eusebius, fifteen miles from Petra, and was then occupied as a Roman garrison (Onomas Urb. et Locor). Ptolemy speaks of a city called Themme (ΘαιμάνThemmē) in Arabia Deserta.