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Eldad in Easton's Bible Dictionary

whom God has loved, one of the seventy elders whom Moses appointed (Num. 11:26, 27) to administer justice among the people. He, with Medad, prophesied in the camp instead of going with the rest to the tabernacle, as Moses had commanded. This incident was announced to Moses by Joshua, who thought their conduct in this respect irregular. Mos...

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Edom in Hitchcock's Bible Names

red...

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Ehud in Naves Topical Bible

1. A descendant of Benjamin 1Ch 8:6 Called EHI Ge 46:21 Probably identical with AHIRAM, mentioned in Nu 26:38 And AHARAH 1Ch 8:1 And AHOAH 1Ch 8:4 And AHIAH 1Ch 8:7 And AHER 1Ch 7:12 -2. Son of Bilhan 1Ch 7:10 -3. A Benjamite, the assassin of Eglon Jud 3:16...

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Elah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

terebinth or oak. (1.) Valley of, where the Israelites were encamped when David killed Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2, 19). It was near Shochoh of Judah and Azekah (17:1). It is the modern Wady es-Sunt, i.e., "valley of the acacia." "The terebinths from which the valley of Elah takes its name still cling to their ancient soil. On the west side of th...

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Elam in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a young man; a virgin; a secret...

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Eldaah in Naves Topical Bible

A descendant of Abraham Ge 25:4; 1Ch 1:33...

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Eldad in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

ELDAD ("loved of God") and Medad. Two of the 70 elders to whom the Spirit was imparted, in order to share. Moses' burden of responsibility. Though "they were of them that were written" in Moses' list (implying that the 70 were permanently appointed) they did not go with the rest to the tabernacle, but prophesied in the camp (Numbers 11:26). F...

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Ehud in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(union). 1. Ehud son of Bilhah, and great-grandson of Benjamin the patriarch. 1Ch 7:10; 8:6 2. Ehud son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin, Jud 3:15 the second judge of the Israelites. (B.C. about 1370.) In the Bible he is not called a judge, but a deliverer (l.c.): so Othniel, Jud 3:9 and all the Judges. Ne 9:27 As a Benjamite he was special...

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Eglon in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

eg'-lon (`eghlon, "circle"): A king of Moab in the period of the Judges who, in alliance with Ammon and Amalek, overcame Israel and made Jericho his capital, presumably driven across the Jordan by the turmoil in his own kingdom which at that time was probably being used as a battle ground by Edom and the desert tribes (compare Gen 36:35)....

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Elah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Baasha's son and successor on the Israelite throne (1 Kings 16:8-10); reigned little more than a year. A beacon to warn drunkards, killed by the captain of half his chariots, Zimri, while "drinking himself drunk" in the house of his steward Arza in Tirzah. Josephus (Ant. 8:12, section 4) says it occurred while his army and officers were abs...

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