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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 11:44 (NET)
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- 1Ch 11:10-47 -- David's Warriors
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Uzzia
[isbe] UZZIA - u-zi'-a (`uzziya', "my strength is Yah"; see UZZIAH): An Ashterathite and one of David's mighty men (1 Ch 11:44).
[smith] (strength of Jehovah), one of David?s guard, and apparently a native of Ashtaroth beyond Jordan. (1Â Chronicles 11:44) (B.C. 1053.)
[nave] UZZIA, one of David's mighty men, 1 Chr. 11:44.
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Shama
[isbe] SHAMA - sha'-ma (shama`): One of David's heroes (1 Ch 11:44).
[smith] (obedient), one of David?s guard. (1Â Chronicles 11:44) (B.C. 1020.)
[nave] SHAMA, one of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:44.
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Hothan
[smith] (signet ring), a man of Aroer, father of Shamu and Jehiel. (1Â Chronicles 11:44) (B.C. 1046.)
[nave] HOTHAN, an Aroerite, 1 Chr. 11:44.
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Jeiel
[isbe] JEIEL - je-i'-el (ye`i'el, meaning unknown): (1) A Reubenite (1 Ch 5:7). (2) In 1 Ch 8:29, added in the Revised Version (British and American) from 9:35, where Kethibh is "Jeuel," an ancestor of King Saul; the King James Ver...
[nave] JEIEL 1. Called also Jehiel. A Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:7. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 9:35. 3. One of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:44. 4. A Levite, and chorister in the tabernacle service, 1 Chr. 15:18, 21; 16:5. 5. A Levite, ancest...
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ASHTERATHITE
[isbe] ASHTERATHITE - ash'-te-rath-it, ash-ter'-ath-it (ha-`ashterathi): A native of Ashtaroth: Uzzia, one of David's heroes (1 Ch 11:44).
[smith] a native or inhabitant of Ashtaroth, (1Â Chronicles 11:44) beyond Jordan.
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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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AROERITE
[isbe] AROERITE - a-ro'-er-it (ha-`aro`eri): A native of Aroer. The Aroerite was Hotham, father of two of David's heroes (1 Ch 11:44).
[smith] Hothan the Aroerite was the father of two of David?s captains. (1Â Chronicles 11:44)
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JEHIEL
[ebd] God's living one. (1.) The father of Gibeon (1 Chr. 9:35). (2.) One of David's guard (1 Chr. 11:44). (3.) One of the Levites "of the second degree," appointed to conduct the music on the occasion of the ark's being removed t...
[smith] (treasured of God), a perfectly distinct name from the last. A man described as father of Gibeon; a fore-father of King Saul. (1Â Chronicles 9:35) One of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite; a member of David?s guard. (1Â Ch...
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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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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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JEHIEL; JEHIELI
[isbe] JEHIEL; JEHIELI - je-hi'-el, je-hi'-e-li (yechi'el, "may God live!"): (1) A Levite, one of the musicians appointed to play upon instruments at the bringing up of the ark by David (1 Ch 15:18,20; 16:5); (yechi'eli): A patrony...
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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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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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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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HOTHAM; HOTHAN
[isbe] HOTHAM; HOTHAN - ho'-tham, ho'-than (chotham, "seal"): (1) An Asherite, son of Heber, family of Beriah (1 Ch 7:32). (2) An Aroerite, father of two of the mighty men of David (1 Ch 11:44). the King James Version, following Se...
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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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