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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 4:5 (NET)
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Helah
[ebd] rust, (1 Chr. 4:5, 7), one of the wives of Ashur.
[isbe] HELAH - he'-la (chel'ah): A wife of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (1 Ch 4:5,7).
[smith] (rust), one of the two wives of Ashur, father of Tekoa. (1Â Chronicles 4:5)
[nave] HELAH, a wife of Asher, 1 Chr. 4:5.
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Naarah
[ebd] a girl, the second of Ashur's two wives, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:5, 6).
[smith] (a maiden), the second wife of Ashur; a descendant of Judah. (1Â Chronicles 4:5,6)
[nave] NAARAH, a wife of Ashur, 1 Chr. 4:5, 6.
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Ashur
[smith] (black), the posthumous son of Hezron by his wife Abiah. (1Â Chronicles 2:24; 4:5) He became "father" or founder of the town of Tekoa. (B.C. 1658.)
[nave] ASHUR, son of Hezron, 1 Chr. 2:24; 4:5.
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Tekoa
[isbe] TEKOA - te-ko'-a (teqoa', or teqo`ah; Thekoe; the King James Version Tekoah; one of David's mighty men, "Ira the son of Ikkesh," is called a Tekoite, te-ko'-it (teqo`i; 2 Sam 23:26; 1 Ch 11:28; 27:9; the "woman of Tekoa" [2...
[nave] TEKOA 1. Son of Ashur, 1 Chr. 2:24; 4:5. Some authorities interpret these passages to mean that Ashur colonized the town of Tekoah. 2. See: Tekoah.
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Israel
[nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
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Jacob
[nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
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Polygamy
[nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
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Genealogy
[nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
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TEKOA, OR TEKOAH
[smith] (a stockade). A town in the tribe of Judah. (2Â Chronicles 11:6) on the range of hills which rise near Hebron and stretch eastward toward the Dead Sea. Jerome says that Tekoa was six Roman miles from Bethlehem, and that as...
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NAARAH (1)
[isbe] NAARAH (1) - na'-a-ra (na`arah, "a girl"): One of the two wives of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (1 Ch 4:5).
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GENEALOGY, 8 part 2
[isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
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ASHHUR
[isbe] ASHHUR - ash'-ur (ashchur, the King James Version Ashur): The "father of Tekoa" (1 Ch 2:24; 4:5), probably the founder of the village. The original meaning of the name is the "man of Horus," Ashurites (ha-'ashuri). This name...
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JEBUS; JEBUSI; JEBUSITE
[isbe] JEBUS; JEBUSI; JEBUSITE - je'-bus, jeb'-u-si, jeb'-u-zit (yebhuc, ha-yebhuci): "Jebus" is an old name for Jerusalem (Jdg 19:10,11; 1 Ch 4:5 parallel 2 Sam 5:6-9, "the same is Jerus"; see preceding article). "Jebusi" (literal...
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I. Israel's historical roots chs. 1-9A. The lineage of David chs. 1-3B. The house of Israel chs. 4-71. The family of Judah 4:1-232. The family of Simeon 4:24-433. The families of Transjordan ch. 54. The family of Levi ch. 65....
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