Bible Names H-M

Menahem in Naves Topical Bible

-King of Israel 2Ki 15:13-22...

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Meni in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("numbered"), Chaldee. The first word of the mysterious handwriting (Daniel 5:25-26), "God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it," i.e. fixed its number of years, and that number is now complete. The doubling of "Mene" marks its awful certainty....

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Memucan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

me-mu'-kan (memukhan; derivation unknown but probably of Persian origin (Est 1:14,16,21)): One of "the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom." Ahasuerus consults these men, as those "that knew law and judgment," as to the proper treatment of the rebellious Vashti. Memucan is the spokesman of t...

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Menahem in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(comforter), son of Gadi, who slew the usurper Shallum, and seized the vacant throne of Israel. B.C. 772. His reign, which lasted ten years, is briefly recorded in 2Ki 15:14-22 He maintained the calf-worship of Jeroboam. The contemporary prophets Hosea and Amos have left a melancholy picture of the ungodliness, demoralization and feebleness of...

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Meraiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(rebellion), a priest in the day of Joiakim. Ne 12:13...

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Memucan in Naves Topical Bible

-One of the seven princes of Ahasuerus who counsels the king to divorce Queen Vashti Es 1:14-21...

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Menahem in Easton's Bible Dictionary

conforting, the son of Gadi, and successor of Shallum, king of Israel, whom he slew. After a reign of about ten years (B.C. 771-760) he died, leaving the throne to his son Pekahiah. His reign was one of cruelty and oppression (2 Kings 15:14-22). During his reign, Pul (q.v.), king of Assyria, came with a powerful force against Israel, but w...

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Mephibosheth in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

me-fib'-o-sheth (mephibhosheth, "idol-breaker," also MERIB- BAAL (which see); Memphibosthe): (1) Son of Saul by his concubine RIZPAH (which see), daughter of Aiah (2 Sam 21:8). See also ARMONI. (2) Grandson of Saul, son of Jonathan, and nephew of Mephibosheth (1) (2 Sam 4:4). He was 5 years old when his father and grandfather were slain. He was ...

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