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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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Asa in Naves Topical Bible

1. King of Judah 1Ki 15:8-24; 1Ch 3:10; 2Ch 14; 15; 16; Mt 1:7 -2. A Levite 1Ch 9:16...

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Asahel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

made by God, the youngest son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was celebrated for his swiftness of foot. When fighting against Ish-bosheth at Gibeon, in the army of his brother Joab, he was put to death by Abner, whom he pursued from the field of battle (2 Sam. 2:18, 19). He is mentioned among David's thirty mighty men (2 Sam. 23:24; 1 Chr....

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Asaph in Hitchcock's Bible Names

who gathers together...

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Ashkenaz in Naves Topical Bible

Also called ASHCHENAZ -Son of Gomer Ge 10:3; 1Ch 1:6 -Descendants of Jer 51:27...

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Ashpenaz in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 1:3), the "Rabsaris" of the court. His position was similar to that of the Kislar-aga of the modern Turkish sultans....

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Asa in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(physician, or cure). 1. Son of Abijah and third king of Judah. (B.C. 956- 916.) (His long reign of 41 years was peaceful in its earlier portion, and he undertook the reformation of all abuses, especially of idolatry. He burnt the symbol of his grandmother Maachah's religion and deposed her from the dignity of "king's mother,") and renewed the...

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Asahel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("made by God".) 1. David's nephew, youngest son of Zeruiah, David's sister; brother of Joab and Abishai. Swift on foot, he pursued Abner after Ishbosheth's army was defeated at Gibeon, in spite of Abner's warning, and was pierced with the hinder end of his spear (2 Samuel 2). (See ABNER.) 2. Three others (2 Chronicles 17:8; 2 Chronicles 3...

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Artaxerxes in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ar-taks-urk'-sez (Artaxerxes): Is the Greek and Latin form of one, and perhaps of two or three kings of Persia mentioned in the Old Testament. (1) All are agreed that the Artaxerxes at whose court Ezra and Nehemiah were officials is Artaxerxes I, the son of Xerxes, commonly called Longimanus, who reigned from 465 to 424 BC. This Artaxerxes was...

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