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Judges

Smith's Bible Dictionary

The judges were temporary and special deliverers, sent by God to deliver the Israelites from their oppressors; not supreme magistrates, succeeding to the authority of Moses and Joshua. Their power...

Judges, Book Of

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of which the book or Ruth formed originally a part, contains a history from Joshua to Samson. The book may be divided into two parts:-- + Chs. 1-16. We may observe in general on this portion of the...

Abijah Or Abijam

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(my father is Jehovah). + Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah. (1 Kings 4:21; 2 Chronicles 12:16) He is called [22]Abia, Abiah, Or Abijah in Chronicles, [23]Abijam in Kings. He...

Adonikam, Or Adonikam

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The sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18); 1Esd 5:14 (B.C. 506-410.) The name is given as [63]Adonijah in (Nehemiah...

Ador, Or Adora

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[[66]Adoraim]

Ahiah, Or Ahijah

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(friend of Jehovah). + Son of Ahitub, grandson of Phinehas and great-grandson of Eli, succeeded his father as high priest in the reign of Saul. (1 Samuel 14:3, 18) Ahiah is probably the same person...

Bigthan, Or Bigthana

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(gift of God), a eunuch (chamberlain, Authorized Version) in the court of Ahasuerus, one of those "who kept the door," and conspired with Teresh against the king's life. (Esther 2:21) (B.C. 479.)

Chaldees, Or Chaldees

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[[357]Chaldeans, Or Chaldees]

Elnathan, Or Elnathan

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(God hath given). + The maternal grandfather of Jehoiachin, (2 Kings 24:8) the same with Elnathan the son of Achbor. (Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12, 25) + The name of three persons, apparently Levites, in...

Ephratah, Or Ephrath

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(fruitful). + Second wife of Caleb the son of Hezron, mother of Hur and grandmother of Caleb the spy, according to (1 Chronicles 2:19, 50) and probably 1Chr 2:24 and 1Chr 4:4 (B.C. 1695.) + The...

Geshuri, Or Geshurites

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+ The inhabitants of Geshur. (3:14; Joshua 12:5; 13:11) + An ancient tribe which dwelt in the desert between Arabia and Philistia. (Joshua 13:2; 1 Samuel 27:8)

Habakkuk Or Habakkuk

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(embrace), the eighth in order of the minor prophets. Of the facts of the prophet's life we have no certain information. He probably lived about the twelfth or thirteenth year of Josiah, B.C. 630 ...

Hiram, Or Huram

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(noble). + The king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem, first, (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:1) to build a palace for David (B.C. 1064), whom he ever loved, (1 Kings 5:1) and...

Jerubbaal, Or Jerubbaal

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(contender with Baal), the surname of Gideon, which he acquired in consequence of destroying the altar of Baal, when his father defended him from the vengeance of the Abiezrites. (Judges 6:32)

Kidron, Or Kedron

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(turbid), The brook, a torrent or valley, not a "brook," or, as in the margin of Revised Version, "ravine;" Gr. winter torrent. It was close to Jerusalem, between the city and the Mount of Olives....

Mareshah, Or Mareshah

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(crest of a hill), one of the cities of Judah in the low country. (Joshua 15:44) It was one of the cities fortified and garrisoned by Rehoboam after the rupture with the northern kingdom. (2...

Rahab, Or Rachab

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(wide), a celebrated woman of Jericho who received the spies sent by Joshua to spy out the land, hid them in her house from the pursuit of her countrymen, was saved with all her family when the...

Tahpanhes, Tehaphnehes Or Tahapanes

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a city of Egypt, mentioned in the time of the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The name is evidently Egyptian, and closely resembles that of the Egyptian queen Tahpenes. It was evidently a town of...

Zaretan, Or Zarthan

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(Joshua 3:16)

Zipporah, Or Zipporah

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daughter of Reuel or Jethro, the priest of Midian, wife of Moses and mother of his two sons Gershom and Eliezer. (Exodus 2:21; 4:25; 18:2) comp. Exod 18:6 (B.C. 1530.) The only incident recorded in...

Abia, Abiah, Or Abijah

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+ Son of Becher, the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:8) + Wife of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:24) + Second son of Samuel. (1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 7:28) + The son of Rehoboam. (1 Chronicles 3:10; ...

Adlai Or Adlai

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(justice of Jehovah), Ancestor of Shaphat, the overseer of David's herds that fed in the broad valleys. (1 Chronicles 27:29) (B.C. before 1050.)

Algum Or Almug Trees

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the former occurring in (2 Chronicles 2:8; 9:10, 11) the latter in (1 Kings 10:11, 12) These words are identical. From (1 Kings 10:11, 12 2 Chronicles 9:10, 11) we learn that the almug was brought...

Amon, Or Amen

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(the mysterious), an Egyptian divinity, whose name occurs in that of No-amon. (Nahum 3:8) Amen was one of the eight gods of the first order and chief of the triad of Thebes. He was worshipped at...

Candace, Or Candace

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(prince of servants), a queen of Ethiopia (Meroe), mentioned (Acts 8:27) (A.D. 38.) The name was not a proper name of an individual, but that of a dynasty of Ethiopian queens.

Cuth, Or Cuthah

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one of the countries whence Shalmaneser introduced colonists into Samaria. (2 Kings 17:24, 30) Its position is undecided.

Delilah, Or Delilah

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(languishing) a woman who dwelt in the valley Of Sorek, beloved by Samson. (Judges 16:4-18) There seems to be little doubt that she was a Philistine courtesan. [SAMS0N] (B.C. 1141.)

Deuel, Or Deuel

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(invocation of God), father of Eliasaph, the "captain" of the tribe of Gad at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai. (Numbers 1:14; 7:42, 47; 10:20) (B.C. 1491.) The same man is...

Edom, Idumaea Or Idumea

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(red). The name Edom was given to Esau, the first-born son of Isaac and twin brother of Jacob, when he sold his birthright to the latter for a meal of lentil pottage. The country which the Lord...

Eziongaber, Or Eziongeber

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(giant's backbone), (Numbers 33:35; 2:8; 1 Kings 9:26; 22:48; 2 Chronicles 8:17) the last station named for the encampment of the Israelites before they came to the wilderness of Zin. It probably...

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