By the fourth century B.C.E., Edom’s territory was inhabited by the Nabataeans, and the Edomites had to take up residence in the southern part of Judea, the area of the Negeb that later came to be known as Idumea.
इसलिए एदोमियों को मजबूरन यहूदिया के दक्षिणी हिस्से, नेगेब के इलाके में रहना पड़ा, जो आगे चलकर इदूमिया कहलाया । जब सा. यु.