There were two Luds; the one the son of Shem, from whom the
Lydians of Asia Minor are supposed to have sprung, and the other the son
of Mizraim, whose residence was in Africa. The descendants of the latter
only are mentioned in Scripture: they are joined by Isaiah, lxvi, 19,
with Pul, whose settlement is supposed to have been about the island
Philoe, near the first cataract of the Nile; by Jeremiah, xlvi, 9, with
the Ethiopians and Libyans; by Ezekiel, xxvii, 10, with Phut, as the
mercenary soldiers of Tyre, and xxx, 5, with the Ethiopians and Libyans;
all plainly denoting their African position; but in what particular part
of that continent this position was, is not known.
Lydians of Asia Minor are supposed to have sprung, and the other the son
of Mizraim, whose residence was in Africa. The descendants of the latter
only are mentioned in Scripture: they are joined by Isaiah, lxvi, 19,
with Pul, whose settlement is supposed to have been about the island
Philoe, near the first cataract of the Nile; by Jeremiah, xlvi, 9, with
the Ethiopians and Libyans; by Ezekiel, xxvii, 10, with Phut, as the
mercenary soldiers of Tyre, and xxx, 5, with the Ethiopians and Libyans;
all plainly denoting their African position; but in what particular part
of that continent this position was, is not known.