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Eleazar in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Aaron Ex 6:23; 28:1 Married a daughter of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas Ex 6:25 After the death of Nadab and Abihu is made chief of the tribe of Levi Nu 3:32 Duties of Nu 4:16 Succeeds Aaron as high priest Nu 20:26,28; De 10:6 Assists Moses in the census Nu 26:63 With Joshua, divides Palestine Nu 34:17 Death and burial of ...

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Elhanan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

whom God has graciously bestowed. (1.) A warrior of the time of David famed for his exploits. In the Authorized Version (2 Sam. 21:19) it is recorded that "Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath." The Revised Version here rightly omits the words "the brother of." They were introduced in the Authorized...

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Eli in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the offering or lifting up...

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Eliada in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of David 2Sa 5:16; 1Ch 3:8 Called BEELIADA 1Ch 14:7 -2. A Benjamite 2Ch 17:17...

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Eliakim in Easton's Bible Dictionary

whom God will raise up. (1.) The son of Melea (Luke 3:30), and probably grandson of Nathan. (2.) The son of Abiud, of the posterity of Zerubbabel (Matt. 1:13). (3.) The son of Hilkiah, who was sent to receive the message of the invading Assyrians and report it to Isaiah (2 Kings 18:18; 19:2; Isa. 36:3; 37:2). In his office as governor of ...

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Eliam in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the people of God...

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Eglon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the bullock; place of heifers. (1.) Chieftain or king of one of the Moabite tribes (Judg. 3:12-14). Having entered into an alliance with Ammon and Amalek, he overran the trans-Jordanic region, and then crossing the Jordan, seized on Jericho, the "city of palm trees," which had been by this time rebuilt, but not as a fortress. He made this...

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Ehud in Hitchcock's Bible Names

he that praises...

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Elam in Naves Topical Bible

1. A district southeast of Babylon, on Persian Gulf Ge 14:1,9; Da 8:2 Prophecies concerning Isa 11:11 Jews from Ac 2:9 See ELAMITES -2. A Korhite Levite 1Ch 26:3 -3. A Benjamite chief 1Ch 8:24 -4. Designated as "the other Elam," Ezr 2:31; Ne 7:34 -5. A Jewish captive, whose descendants, to the number of One-thousand two-hundred and fi...

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Elasah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

God made. (1.) One of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron (1 Chr. 2:39, "Eleasah"). (2.) A descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43). (3.) The son of Shaphan, one of the two who were sent by Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar, and also took charge of Jeremiah's letter to the captives in Babylon (Jer. 29:3)....

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