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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 8:12 (NET)
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- 1Ch 8:1-40 -- Benjamin's Descendants (Continued)
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Shamed, a Person
[nave] SHAMED, A PERSON 1 Chr. 8:12
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SHEMER
[isbe] SHEMER - she'-mer (shemer; Semer, Lucian, Semmer): (1) The owner of the hill which Omri bought and which became the site of Samaria (1 Ki 16:24, shomeron). Shemer may be an ancient clan name. The fact, however, that the moun...
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SHAMED
[smith] (keeper), properly Shamer or Shemer; one of the pens of Elpaal the Benjamite. (1Â Chronicles 8:12)
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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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PALESTINE, 2
[isbe] PALESTINE, 2 - III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains...
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Ono
[ebd] a town of Benjamin, in the "plain of Ono" (1 Chr. 8:12; Ezra 2:33); now Kefr 'Ana, 5 miles north of Lydda, and about 30 miles north-west of Jerusalem. Not succeeding in their attempts to deter Nehemiah from rebuilding the wa...
[isbe] ONO - o'-no ('ono; Codex Vaticanus Onan; Codex Alexandrinus Ono, and other forms): A town mentioned along with Lod as fortified by certain Benjamites (1 Ch 8:12). The Mishna (Arakhin ix.6) says that Joshua fortified it, but ...
[smith] (strong), one of the towns of Benjamin, is first found in (1Â Chronicles 8:12) A plain was attached to the town called "the plain of Ono" (Nehemiah 6:2) perhaps identical with the valley of craftsmen" (Nehemiah 11:35)
[nave] ONO, a town of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 8:12; Neh. 6:2; 11:35.
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Misham
[ebd] their cleansing or their beholding, a Benjamite, one of the sons of Elpaal (1 Chr. 8:12).
[isbe] MISHAM - mi'-sham (mish`am): A Benjamite, son of Elpaal (1 Ch 8:12).
[smith] (purification), a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and descendant of Shaharaim. (1Â Chronicles 8:12)
[nave] MISHAM, a Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:12.
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Lydda
[ebd] a town in the tribe of Ephraim, mentioned only in the New Testament (Acts 9:32, 35, 38) as the scene of Peter's miracle in healing the paralytic AEneas. It lay about 9 miles east of Joppa, on the road from the sea-port to Je...
[smith] (strife), the Greek form of the name, (Acts 9:32,35,38) which appears in the Hebrew records as LOD a town of Benjamin, founded by Shamed or Shamer. (1Â Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; 11:35) It is still called Li...
[nave] LYDDA, called also Lod. A city of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Neh. 11:35. Peter heals Aeneas in, Acts 9:32-35.
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Lod
[nave] LOD A city in Benjamin, 1 Chr. 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Neh. 7:37; 11:35. Called Lydda, Acts 9:38.
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LOD; LYDDA
[isbe] LOD; LYDDA - (lodh; Ludda): 1. Scriptural Notices: Ono and Lod and the towns thereof are said to have been built by Shemed, a Benjamite (1 Ch 8:12). The children of Lod, Hadid and One, to the number of 725, returned from Bab...
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Jaresiah
[nave] JARESIAH, son of Jeroham, 1 Chr. 8;27.
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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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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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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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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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Elpaal
[isbe] ELPAAL - el-pa'-al ('elpa`al, "God has wrought" (compare el`asah, Jer 29:3)): The name of a descendant of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:11,12,18).
[nave] ELPAAL, a Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:11, 12, 18.
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Eber
[ebd] beyond. (1.). The third post-duluvian patriach after Shem (Gen. 10:24; 11:14). He is regarded as the founder of the Hebrew race (10:21; Num. 24:24). In Luke 3:35 he is called Heber. (2.) One of the seven heads of the familie...
[isbe] EBER - e'-ber (`ebher; Eber, in Gen; Obed, in Ch): (1) Occurs in the genealogies (Gen 10:21,25; 11:14 ff) as the great-grandson of Shem and father of Peleg and Joktan. The word means "the other side," "across," and the form ...
[smith] (the region beyond). Son of Salah, and great-grandson of Shem. (Genesis 10:24; 1Â Chronicles 1:19) (B.C. 2277-1813.) [For confusion between Eber and Heber see HEBER] Son of Elpaal and descendant of Sharahaim of the tribe o...
[nave] EBER, called also Heber. 1. The probable founder of the Hebrew race, Gen. 10:21-25; 11:14; 1 Chr. 1:19, 25; Luke 3:35. Prophecy concerning, Num. 24:24. 2. A Gadite, called Heber, 1 Chr. 5:13. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:12. ...
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Benjamin
[nave] BENJAMIN 1. Son of Jacob by Rachel, Gen. 35:18, 24; 46:19. Taken into Egypt, Gen. 42-45. Prophecy concerning, Gen. 49:27. Descendants of, Gen. 46:21; Num. 26:38-41. Tribe of Census of, at Sinai, Num. 1:37; in the plain ...
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AZARIAH
[smith] (whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with ...
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