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Ashpenaz in Naves Topical Bible

A prince in Nebuchadnezzars court Da 1:3...

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Asnapper in Easton's Bible Dictionary

probably the same as Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalos of the Greeks), styled the "great and noble" (Ezra 4:10), was the son and successor (B.C. 668) of Esar-haddon (q.v.). He was "luxurious, ambitious, and cruel, but a magnificent patron of literature." He formed at Nineveh a library of clay tablets, numbering about 10,000. These are now mostl...

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Arphaxad in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(Genesis 10:21-24. Professor Rawlinson translates: "unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japhet, were children born, Arphaxad": Genesis 11:10) ("the stronghold of the Chaldees".) Shem's descendants are mentioned last, because the subsequent sacred history concerns them chiefly. His being forefather to Eb...

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Asa in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a'-sa ('aca', "healer"; Asa): (1) A king of Judah, the third one after the separation of Judah and Israel. He was the son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam. Maacah, his mother, or rather grandmother, was daughter of Abishalom (Absalom) (1 Ki 15:1 ff). The first ten years of his reign were prosperous and peaceful (2 Ch 14:1). He introduced man...

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Ashkenaz in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ash'-ke-naz ('ashkenaz): The name occurs in Gen 10:3; 1 Ch 16, in the list of the sons of Japheth as a son of Gomer. See TABLE OF NATIONS. It occurs also in Jer 51:27 (the King James Version "Ashchenaz") in connection with the kingdoms of Ararat and Minni, which suggests a location about Armenia....

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Ashpenaz in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(horse-nose), the master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar. Da 1:3...

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Asnapper in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

"The great and noble" (Ezra 4:10). He planted the Cuthaeans, etc., in Samaria, after the deportation of the Israelites. He is either Esarhaddon, as Ezra 4:2 implies, or some able general under him who effected the plantation = Asardanaper = Esarhaddon....

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Arphaxad in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a healer; a releaser...

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Asahel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(made by God). 1. Nephew of David, being the youngest son of his sister Zeruiah. He was celebrated for his swiftness of foot. When fighting under his brother Joab at Gibeon, he pursued Abner, who was obliged to kill him in self-defence. 2Sa 2:18 ff. [ABNER] (B.C. 1050.) 2. One of the Levites in the reign of Jehoshaphat, who went throughout t...

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Asaph in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("assembler".) 1. A Levite, son of Berachiah; one of David's choir leaders (1 Chronicles 6:39). An inspired seer, as well as a composer of music (2 Chronicles 29:30; Nehemiah 12:46). "The sons of Asaph" were poets and musical composers of the school founded by him; as Heman and Jeduthun also were heads of schools of sacred inspired music. 1 ...

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