Shoa

Shoa was a people group mentioned along with the Babylonians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians in Ezekiel's prophecy against Jerusalem.

The name Shoa means “kings; tyrants”

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Summary

A location near Ecbatana only mentioned at Ezekiel 23:23; only referred to as Shoa (שׁוֹעַ).

Location

Certainty: Likely (71% of scholarship)
Coordinates: 31.004° N, 47.442° E

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Glossary entries

Alternative names

שׁוֹעַShoa

Mentions

Ezekiel 23:23
…the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.