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Balak in Easton's Bible Dictionary

empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num. 22:2, 4). From fear of the Israelites, who were encamped near the confines of his territory, he applied to Balaam (q.v.) to curse them; but in vain (Josh. 24:9)....

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Bani in Easton's Bible Dictionary

built. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:46. (2.) One of David's thirty-seven warriors, a Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36). (3.) Ezra 2:10; 10:29,34,38. (4.) A Levite who was prominent in the reforms on the return from Babylon (Neh. 8:7; 9:4,5). His son Rehum took part in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:17)....

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Bar-Jona in Easton's Bible Dictionary

son of Jonah, the patronymic of Peter (Matt. 16:17; John 1:42), because his father's name was Jonas. (See PETER -T0002911.)...

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Baal in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(lord). 1. A Reubenite 1Ch 5:5 2. The son of Jehiel, and grandfather of Saul. 1Ch 8:30; 9:36...

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Baalis in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

King of the children of Ammon, at the time of Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of Jerusalem. He hired Ishmael to slay Gedaliah, who was appointed by the king of Babylon governor over the cities of Judah (Jeremiah 40:14...

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Baanah in Naves Topical Bible

1. A captain of Ish-bosheth's army 2Sa 4:2,5,6,9 -2. Father of Heleb 2Sa 23:29; 1Ch 11:30 -3. A chief Jew of the exfle Ezr 2:2; Ne 7:7; 10:27 -4. The name is spelled BAANA (R. V.). Son of Hushai 1Ki 4:16...

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Balaam in Naves Topical Bible

(Son of Beor) -From Mesopotamia De 23:4 -A soothsayer Jos 13:22 -A prophet Nu 24:2-9; 2Pe 2:15,16 -Balak sends for, to curse Israel Nu 22:5-7; Jos 24:9; Ne 13:2; Mic 6:5 -Anger of, rebuked by his ass Nu 22:22-35; 2Pe 2:16 -Counsel of, an occasion of Israel's corruption with the Midianites Nu 31:16; Re 2:14,15 -Covetousness of 2Pe 2:1...

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Baladan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bal'-a-dan bal'adhan, "He (i.e. Merodach) has given a son": Baladan is said in 2 Ki 20:12 and Isa 39:1 to have been the father of Berodach (Merodach)-Baladan, king of Babylon. Some have thought that the Biblical. writer was wrong here, inasmuch as it is said in the inscriptions of Sargon (Annals, 228, 315; Pt., 122), that Merodach-Baladan was ...

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Bar-Jesus in Naves Topical Bible

A false prophet Ac 13:6...

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Balak in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("vain, empty, son of Zipper".) Not hereditary king, but imposed on Moab by Sihon. (See BALAAM; HUR (2).) His employment of Balaam to curse Israel was near the close of Israel's journeying. His knowing as to the seer in Mesopotamia would imply a circulation of intelligence, great considering the times. Moab's descent from Lot, originally of Me...

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