Cushan

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Cushan
     probably a poetic or prolonged name of the land of Cush, the
     Arabian Cush (Hab. 3:7). Some have, however, supposed this to be
     the same as Chushan-rishathaim (Judg. 3:8, 10), i.e., taking the
     latter part of the name as a title or local appellation, Chushan
     "of the two iniquities" (= oppressing Israel, and provoking them


     to idolatry), a Mesopotamian king, identified by Rawlinson with
     Asshur-ris-ilim (the father of Tiglathpileser I.); but
     incorrectly, for the empire of Assyria was not yet founded. He
     held Israel in bondage for eight years.