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Arabia in the Bible
AlUla in the Bible: Dedan, the Oasis of Traders, and the Jews Who Came AfterÂ
Ezekiel listed what the merchants of Dedan carried: ivory, ebony, saddlecloths for riding. The town he named is the oasis now called AlUla, and about two thousand inscriptions are carved into a canyon there, in a script that died out.
The Rechabites in Arabia: What Became of the Family That Never Broke Its VowÂ
Jeremiah set wine before them and told them to drink. They refused, having kept a single command for two and a half centuries. Then Babylon came, and the Rechabites disappear from Scripture. A twelfth-century traveler crossing Arabia reported finding them at Tayma, still refusing.