Bible Names A-G

Chileab in Easton's Bible Dictionary

protected by the father, David's second son by Abigail (2 Sam. 3:3); called also Daniel (1 Chr. 3:1). He seems to have died when young....

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Chilion in Hitchcock's Bible Names

finished; complete; perfect...

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Chushan-rishathaim in Naves Topical Bible

King of Mesopotamia Jud 3:8-10...

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Claudius in Easton's Bible Dictionary

lame. (1.) The fourth Roman emperor. He succeeded Caligula (A.D. 41). Though in general he treated the Jews, especially those in Asia and Egypt, with great indulgence, yet about the middle of his reign (A.D. 49) he banished them all from Rome (Acts 18:2). In this edict the Christians were included, as being, as was supposed, a sect of Jew...

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Chesed in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(increase), fourth son of Nahor. Ge 22:22...

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Chileab in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

David's son by Abigail (2 Samuel 3:3). Elsewhere called Daniel (1 Chronicles 3:1)....

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Chimham in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kim'-ham (kimham (2 Sam 19:37,38) or kimhan (2 Sam 19:40) or kemohem (Jer 41:17 Kt.); this reading, however, may probably be safely ignored): One of the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, who supported David while the latter was in exile in Mahanaim (2 Sam 19:37). After the death of Absalom, Barzillai was invited to spend the remainder of his li...

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Chushan-rishathaim in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(chief of two governments), the king of Mesopotamia who oppressed Israel during eight years in the generation immediately following Joshua. Jud 3:8 (B.C. after 1420.) His yoke was broken from the neck of the people of Israel by Othniel, Caleb's nephew. Jud 3:10...

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Claudius in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Tiberius Nero Drusus Germanicus; fourth Roman emperor; reigned from A.D. 41 to 54; successor of Caligula; son of Nero Drusus; born 9 B.C.; lived in privacy until he became emperor (A.D. 41) mainly through the influence of Herod Agrippa I (Josephus, Ant. 19:2, section 1, 3, 4), whose territory therefore he enlarged by adding Judaea, Samaria, an...

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