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TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
[isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
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JASHEN
[ebd] sleeping, called also Hashem (1 Chr. 11:34); a person, several of whose sons were in David's body-guard (2 Sam. 23:32).
[isbe] JASHEN - ja'-shen, jash'-en (yashen, "asleep"(?)): Seemingly the father of some of David s thirty valiant men (2 Sam 23:32 f). The Massoretic Text reads "Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, Shammah the Har...
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Hittites
[ebd] Palestine and Syria appear to have been originally inhabited by three different tribes. (1.) The Semites, living on the east of the isthmus of Suez. They were nomadic and pastoral tribes. (2.) The Phoenicians, who were merch...
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Hezro
[ebd] a Carmelite, one of David's warriors (1 Chr. 11:37).
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Hepher
[ebd] a well or stream. (1.) A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (12:17). (2.) The youngest son of Gilead (Num. 26:32; 27:1). (3.) The second son of Asher (1 Chr. 4:6). (4.) One of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:36).
[smith] (a well). The youngest of the sons of Gilead, (Numbers 26:32) and head of the family of the Hepherites. (B.C. before 1450.) Son of Ashur, the "father of Tekoa." (1Â Chronicles 4:6) (B.C. about 1445.) The Mecherathite, one ...
[nave] HEPHER 1. Son of Gilead, and ancestor of Zelophehad, Num. 26:32, 33; 27:1; Josh. 17:2, 3. 2. Son of Naarah, 1 Chr. 4:6. 3. One of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:36. 4. A city west of the Jordan, Josh. 12:17; 1 Kin. 4:10.
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Hararite
[isbe] HARARITE - ha'-ra-rit (ha-harari, or ha-'arari): Literally, "mountaineer," more particularly an inhabitant of the hill country of Judah. Thus used of two heroes: (1) Shammah, the son of Agee (2 Sam 23:11,33). The parallel pa...
[smith] (the mountaineer), The. The destination of three of David?s guard. Agee, a Hararite (2Â Samuel 23:11) Shammah the Hararite. (2Â Samuel 23:33) Sharar, (2Â Samuel 23:33) or Sacar, (1Â Chronicles 11:35) the Hararite, wa...
[nave] HARARITE 2 Sam. 23:11, 33; 1 Chr. 11:34, 35
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Hagarene
[ebd] or Hagarite. (1.) One of David's mighty men (1 Chr. 11:38), the son of a foreigner. (2.) Used of Jaziz (1 Chr. 27:31), who was over David's flocks. "A Hagarite had charge of David's flocks, and an Ishmaelite of his herds, be...
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Giants
[ebd] (1.) Heb. nephilim, meaning "violent" or "causing to fall" (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying "wonder," and hence "monste...
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GENEALOGY, 8 part 1
[isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 - 8. Principal Genealogies and Lists: In the early genealogies the particular strata to which each has been assigned by reconstructive critics is here indicated by J, the Priestly Code (P), etc. The signs...
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Eliphelet
[ebd] God his deliverance. (1.) One of David's distinguished warriors (2 Sam. 23:34); called also Eliphal in 1 Chr. 11:35. (2.) One of the sons of David born at Jerusalem (1 Chr. 3:6; 14:5); called Elpalet in 1 Chr. 14:5. Also ano...
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Eliel
[isbe] ELIEL - e-li'-el, el'-i-el ('eli'el, "El is God," or "my God is God"): (1, 2, 3) Mighty men of David (1 Ch 11:46,47; 12:11). (4) A chief of Manasseh, east of the Jordan (1 Ch 5:24). (5, 6) Two chiefs of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:20,2...
[smith] (to whom God is strength). One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1Â Chronicles 5:24) A forefather of Samuel the prophet. (1Â Chronicles 6:34) A chief man in the tribe of Benjamin. (1Â Chroni...
[nave] ELIEL 1. A chief of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24. 2. Son of Toah, 1 Chr. 6:34. 3. Two Benjamite chiefs, 1 Chr. 8:20, 22. 4. Three of David's heroes, bearing the same name, 1 Chr. 11:46, 47; 12:11. 5. Chief of Levites, 1 Chr. 15...
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David
[nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
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Captain
[nave] CAPTAIN Commander-in-chief of an army, Deut. 20:9; Judg. 4:2; 1 Sam. 14:50; 1 Kin. 2:35; 16:16; 1 Chr. 27:34. Of the tribes, Num. 2. Of thousands, Num. 31:48; 1 Sam. 17:18; 1 Chr. 28:1. Of hundreds, 2 Kin. 11:15. See: Ce...
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Ashtaroth
[ebd] a city of Bashan, in the kingdom of Og (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:4; 13:12; 9:10). It was in the half-tribe of Manasseh (Josh. 13:12), and as a Levitical city was given to the Gershonites (1 Chr. 6:71). Uzzia, one of David's valia...
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Aroer
[ebd] ruins. (1.) A town on the north bank of the Arnon (Deut. 4:48; Judg. 11:26; 2 Kings 10:33), the southern boundary of the kingdom of Sihon (Josh. 12:2). It is now called Arair, 13 miles west of the Dead Sea. (2.) One of the t...
[nave] AROER 1. A city of the Amorites in the valley of the river Arnon, Deut. 4:48. Conquered by Israelites, Deut. 2:36; 3:12; Judg. 11:26. Taken by Hazael, 2 Kin. 10:33. 2. A city built, or, probably more correctly, rebuilt, b...
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Armies
[nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
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Ahijah
[ebd] brother (i.e., "friend") of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, R.V.). In A.V. called "Ahiah." (2.) One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:25). (3.) Son of Ahitub (1 Sam. ...
[isbe] AHIJAH - a-hi'-ja ('achiyah or 'achiyahu, "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yahweh," "Yah is brother." In the King James Version the name sometimes appears as Ahiah): (1) One of the sons of Jerahmeel the great-grandson of ...
[nave] AHIJAH, called also Ahiah. 1. Son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:7. 2. Son of Jerahmeel, 1 Chr. 2:25. 3. A priest in Shiloh, probably identical with Ahimelech, mentioned in 1 Sam. 22:11. Was priest in Saul's reign, 1 Sam. 14:3, 18. S...
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Abi-Albon
[ebd] father of strength; i.e., "valiant", one of David's body-guard of thirty mighty men (2 Sam. 23:31); called also Abiel (1 Chr. 11:32).
[isbe] ABI-ALBON - ab-i-al'-bon, abi-al'-bon ('abhi `alebhon, meaning not known. Gesenius infers from the Arabic a stem which would give the meaning "father of strength," and this is at worst not quite so groundless as the conjectu...
[nave] ABI-ALBON, called also Abiel. One of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:31; 1 Chr. 11:32.
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AMASAI
[isbe] AMASAI - a-ma'-si (`amasay, perhaps rather to be read `ammishay; so Wellhausen, IJG, II, 24, n.2): (1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a Levite of the Kohathite family (compare 1 Ch 6:25; 2 Ch 29:12). (2) ...
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ABIEL
[ebd] father (i.e., "possessor") of God = "pious." (1.) The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1 Sam. 14:51; 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). In 1 Sam. 9:1, he is called the "father," probably meaning the grandfat...
[isbe] ABIEL - a'-bi-el, ab'-yel, a-bi'-el ('abhi'el, "my father is God," or "God is father"): (1) A descendant of Benjamin the son of Jacob. Father of Kish the father of King Saul, and also, apparently, the father of Ner the fathe...
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