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Azariah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with Ezra as well as with Zerahiah and Seraiah. The principal persons who bore this name were-- 1. Son of Ahimaaz. 1Ch 6:9 H...

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Azaziah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 15:21. 2. 1 Chronicles 27:20. 3. 2 Chronicles 31:18....

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Azmaveth in Naves Topical Bible

1. One of David's heroes 2Sa 23:31; 1Ch 11:33 -2. A descendant of Jonathan 1Ch 8:36; 9:42 -3. Son of Adiel 1Ch 27:25 -4. A village of Judah or Benjamin Ezr 2:24; Ne 12:29 Called BETH-AZMAVETH Ne 7:28...

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Azzur in Easton's Bible Dictionary

helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1). (2.) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. 11:1). (3.) One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the return from Babylon (Neh. 10:17)....

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Armoni in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Saul's son by Rizpah (2 Samuel 21:8). Slain to appease the Gibeonites, whose blood Saul had shed....

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Artaxerxes in Naves Topical Bible

1. A Persian king probably identical with AHASUERUS Prohibits the rebuilding of Jerusalem Ezr 4:7-24 -2. King of Persia. Decree of, in behalf of the Jews Ezr 7; Ne 2; 5:14...

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Asahel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

creature of God...

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Asher in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Jacob, by Zilpah Ge 30:13; 35:26; 49:20; Ex 1:4; 1Ch 2:2 Descendants of Ge 46:17; Nu 26:44-47 -2. Tribe of: Census of, by families Nu 1:40,41; 26:44-47; 1Ch 7:40; 12:36 Station of, in camp Nu 2:25,27 Prophecies concerning By Moses De 33:24,25 By John Re 7:6 Allotment to, of land in Canaan Jos 19:24-31; Eze 48:2 Upbraided by...

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Ashkenaz in Easton's Bible Dictionary

one of the three sons of Gomer (Gen. 10:3), and founder of one of the tribes of the Japhetic race. They are mentioned in connection with Minni and Ararat, and hence their original seat must have been in Armenia (Jer. 51:27), probably near the Black Sea, which, from their founder, was first called Axenus, and afterwards the Euxine....

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Asa in Easton's Bible Dictionary

physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities, out of the land (1 Kings 15:8-14). The Lord gave him and his land rest and prosperity. It is recorded of him, however, that in his old age, ...

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