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Bered in Easton's Bible Dictionary

hail. (1.) A town in the south of Israel (Gen. 16:14), in the desert of Shur, near Lahai-roi. (2.) A son of Shuthelah, and grandson of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20)....

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Ben-hadad in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("son" i.e. "worshipper" of Hadad"), the Syrian sun-god. A name common to three kings of Damascus. Hadad-ezer ("Hadad helps") is a similar Syrian name. David, having conquered him, put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; Rezon retook Damascus, and reigned there "an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon" (1 Kings 11:23). Ben-Hadad I grandson ...

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Benjamin in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ben'-ja-min (binyamin, or binyamin; Beniaein, Beniamin): 1. The Patriarch: The youngest of Jacob's sons. His mother Rachel died in giving him birth. As she felt death approaching she called him Benoni, "son of my sorrow." Fearing, probably, that this might bode evil for the child--for names have always preserved a peculiar significance in the E...

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Beor in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(burning or torch). 1. The father of Bela, one of the early Edomite kings. Ge 36:32; 1Ch 1:43 2. Father of Balaam. Nu 22:5; 24:3,15; 31:8; De. 23:4; Jos 13:22; 24:9; Mic 6:5 He is called BOSOR in the New Testament. (B.C. before 1450.)...

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Berechiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(blessed of Jehovah). 1. A descendant of the royal family of Judah. 1Ch 3:20 2. A man mentioned as the father of Meshullam, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Ne 3:4,30; 6:18 3. A Levite. 1Ch 9:16 4. A doorkeeper for the ark. 1Ch 15:23 5. One of the tribe of Ephraim in the time of Ahaz. 2Ch 28:12 6. Father of Asaph the singe...

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Beor in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a torch. (1.) The father of Bela, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:32). (2.) The father of Balaam (Num. 22:5; 24:3, 15; 31:8). In 2 Pet. 2:15 he is called Bosor....

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Beracah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be-ra'-ka (berakhah, "blessing," the King James Version Berachah): A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Ch 12:3)....

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Benjamin in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Jacob by Rachel Ge 35:18,24; 46:19 Taken into Egypt Ge 42; 43; 44; 45 Prophecy concerning Ge 49:27 Descendants of Ge 46:21; Nu 26:38-41 -2. TRIBE OF Census of At Sinai Nu 1:37 On the plain of Moab Nu 26:41 Clans of Nu 26:38-40; 1Ch 7:6-12; 8 Position of, in camp and march Nu 2:18,22 Moses' benediction upon De 32:12 All...

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