A town in the Shephelah (Joshua 15:44) rescued by David from the Philistines (1 Sam. 23). It is now Khirbet Qîlā, 8 mi. (12.6 km.) northwest of Hebron.
Eshtemoa.
Verse 17 states that Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Possibly this Eshtemoa, the Maachathite, is not the same as the former.