Bible Names A-G
A gerah Hebrew "גרה" is an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and
currency. One gerah is one-twentieth of a shekel. A shekel
being 180 barleycorns or 60 carob divided by 20 = 3 carob.
This is 0.568 grams.
A gerah is in Aramaic a ma'ah "מעה" (pl. ma'ot "מעות" which
means "money"). It was originally a fifth of a Denarius/Zuz as
seen in Exodus ("20 ge...
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Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem
the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had
builded the wall, and [that] there was no breach left therein;
(though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the
gates;)...
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And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim,
saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them
the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of
Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto
Bethbarah and Jordan....
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According to the Hebrew Bible, Gedaliah was appointed by
Nebuchadnezzar as governor of Yehud province,[1] which was
formed after the defeat the Kingdom of Judah and the
destruction of Jerusalem, in a part of the territory that
previously formed the kingdom. He was supported by a Chaldean
guard stationed at Mizpah.[2] On hearing of the appointm...
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And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,
and Kenaz....
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Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the
people that [were] in Mizpah, [even] the king's daughters, and
all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away
captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonit...
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The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,
and Timna, and Amalek....
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Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah
secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know [it]:
wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are
gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in
Judah perish?...
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Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of
the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, [was] it which
Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: [and]
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with [them that were]
slain....
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Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead, [in] the
country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of
Bashan; and [he was] the only officer which [was] in the land....
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