Ludim reckoned in Jeremiah 46:9 and Ezekiel 30:5 (R.V. "Lud") among the auxiliary troops of Egypt; they are no doubt the Lydians. Gyges of Lydia in the seventh century b.c. helped to make Egypt independent by sending forces to help Psammetichus; and Lydians were permanently retained in the bodyguard of the Egyptian king. See also 1 Chronicles 1:17, note on Lud. Of the Anamim, Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, nothing is certainly known.

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