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Lud
This was the name of a biblical man and a tribe.
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Lud, the 4th son of Shem, son of Noah
Genesis 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:17
Lud was probably an ancestor of the Lydians.
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Tribe of Lud
They are one of the Hamitic tribes descended from Mizraim, a people of Africa, on the west of Egypt.
“Mizraim became the father of [the people groups] Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim” —Genesis 10:13 NASB
The people called Lud (or Ludim) were noted archers (Isaiah 66:19; compare Jeremiah 46:9).
“I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan…” —Isaiah 66:19a NASB
“Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war…” —Ezekiel 27:10a; 30:5
“Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword.” —Ezekiel 30:5 NASB
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