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Almodad in Wikipedia

was a descendant of Noah and the first named son of Joktan in Genesis 10:26 and 1 Chronicles 1:20 . While the Bible has no further history regarding Almodad, this patriarch is considered to be the founder of an Arabian tribe in "Arabia Felix".[1] This is based on the identification of Joktan's other sons, such as Sheba and Havilah, who are bot...

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Ahiman in Wikipedia

(a-hi'-man) is the name of two persons in the Bible: One of the three giant sons of Anak (the other two being Sheshai and Talmai) whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Book of Numbers 13:22) when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10). A Levite who was one of the guardians...

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Ahoah in Wikipedia

brotherly, one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4). He is also called Ahiah (ver. 7) and Iri (1 Chr. 7:7). His descendants were called Ahohites (2 Sam. 23:9, 28)....

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Alphaeus in Wikipedia

is mentioned in the New Testament as the father of three of the Twelve Apostles, namely: Matthew Levi the Apostle James, son of Alphaeus Jude Thaddaeus the Apostle As the father of an Apostle James, he has been confused with Clopas, who through his wife Mary is thought by some to have been stepfather to James the Less (John 19:25 ). He and Clop...

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Aholiab in Wikipedia

In the Hebrew Bible, Aholiab son of Ahisamakh, of the tribe of Dan, worked under Bezalel as the deputy architect of the Tabernacle and the implements which it housed. He is described in Exodus 38:23 as a master of carpentry, weaving, and embroidery....

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Ahinadab in Wikipedia

is one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon in so many districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed to the district of Mahanaim (1 Kings 4:14), east of Jordan....

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Akkub in Wikipedia

In Ezra 2:45 , Akkub is the head of a family of Nethinim. In 1 Chronicles 3:24 , Akkub is a son of Elionenai, descendant of Solomon living in the Kingdom of Judah around 420 BC. In 1 Chronicles 9:17 , Ezra 2:42 , and Nehemiah 7:45 , Akkub is a Levite gatekeeper at the Temple in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity....

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Ahimelech in Wikipedia

(Hebrew: אחימלך "the [divine] king is brother"),[1] the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar (1 Sam. 22:20-23), described erroneously in 2 Sam. 8:17 as the son of Abiathar and in four places in 1 Chronicles.[1] He descended from Eli in the line of Ithamar. In 1 Chr. 18:16 his name is Abimelech according to the Masoretic Text,[1] and is probab...

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Amalek in Wikipedia

The Amalekites are a people mentioned a number of times in the Hebrew Bible. They are considered to be descended from an ancestor Amalek. According to the Book of Genesis and 1 Chronicles, Amalek (Hebrew: עֲמָלֵק, Modern Amalek Tiberian ʻĂmālēq), Arabic, عماليق, was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chi...

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Amariah in Wikipedia

means "said by God" in Hebrew. It was commonly used as a name of priests in the History of ancient Israel and Judah. It appear several times in the Hebrew Bible: One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:7,52). He was probably the last of the high priests of Eleazar's line prior to the transfer of that office to Eli, of the line of ...

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