Bible Names A-G
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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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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Gehazi, Geichazi, or Giezi (Douay-Rheims) (Hebrew: גֵּיחֲזִי;
Tiberian: Gêḥăzî; Standard: Geẖazi; "valley of vision") is a
figure found in the Tanakh Books of Kings. He was Elisha's
servant. He appears in connection with the history of the
Shunammite[1] and of Naaman the Syrian. On this latter
occasion, Gehazi, overcome with avarice, solicited...
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And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he
called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take
up thy son....
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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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Gibeat Gareb or the Leper's Hill is a hill near Jerusalem
(Jer. 31:39), probably the hill of lepers, and consequently a
place outside the boundary of the city....
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(Hebrew: גָמוּל; "rewarded" or "recompense") was head of the
twentieth of twenty-four priestly divisions instituted by King
David. (I Chr. 24:17 )...
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And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon
the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath....
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The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the
towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; to
him [also pertained] the region of Argob, which [is] in
Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:...
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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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