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Jabin in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom God observes). 1. King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites. Jos 11:1-3 Joshua surprised the allied forces by the waters of Merom, ver. 7, and utterly routed them. (B.C. 1448.) During the ensuing wars Joshua again attacked Jabin, and burnt his city. Jos 11:1-14 2. A king of Hazor, whose ge...

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Jachin in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-kin (yakhin, "he will establish"): (1) The 4th son of Simeon (Gen 46:10; Ex 6:15; Nu 26:12). In 1 Ch 4:24 his name is given as "Jarib" (compare the King James Version margin, the Revised Version margin). "Jachinites," the patronymic of the family, occurs in Nu 26:12. (2) Head of the 21st course of priests in the time of David (1 Ch 24:17). ...

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Jacob in Easton's Bible Dictionary

one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty- nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, and when he grew up followed ...

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Jabal in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(stream), the son of Lamech and Adah, Ge 4:20 and brother of Jubal. He is described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle....

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Jachin in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Simeon Ge 46:10; Ex 6:15; Nu 26:12 Called JARIB 1Ch 4:24 -2. Name of a pillar 1Ki 7:21; 2Ch 3:17 See BOAZ -3. A priest, who returned from the exile to Jerusalem 1Ch 9:10; Ne 11:10 -4. A priest, head of one of the shifts of priests 1Ch 24:17...

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Jacob in Hitchcock's Bible Names

that supplants...

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Jabal in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a stream, a descendant of Cain, and brother of Jubal; "the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle" (Gen. 4:20). This description indicates that he led a wandering life....

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Jabez in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A city of the tribe of Judah 1Ch 2:55 -2. The head of a family 1Ch 4:9,10...

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Jabez in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-bez (ya`bets, "sorrow" ("height)): (1) Place: An unidentified town probably in the territory of Judah, occupied by scribes (1 Ch 2:55). For an ingenious reconstruction of the passage see EB, under the word (2) Person: The head of a family of Judah, noted for his "honorable" character, though "his mother bare him with sorrow" (1 Ch 4:9,10), ...

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Jabin in Easton's Bible Dictionary

discerner; the wise. (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Josh. 11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a confederacy against Joshua was the crowning act in the conquest of the land (11:21-23; comp. 14:6-15). This great battle, fought at Lake Merom, was the...

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