Bible Names N-Z

Rhesa in Easton's Bible Dictionary

affection, son of Zorobabel, mentioned in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:27)....

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Rezin in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

re'-zin (retsin; Rhaasson): The last of the kings of Syria who reigned in Damascus (2 Ki 15:37; 16:5-10; Isa 7:1; 8:4- 7). Alona with Pekah, the son of Remaliah, who reigned 20 years over Israel in Samaria, he joined in the Syro- Ephraimitic war aaainst Ahaz, the king of Judah. Together they laid siege to Jerusalem, but were unsuccessful in the ...

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Rezon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(prince), son of Eliadah, a Syrian, who when David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, put himself at the head of a band of freebooters and set up a petty kingdom at Damascus. 1Ki 11:23 He harassed the kingdom of Solomon during his whole reign. (B.C. 1043-975.)...

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Rhesa in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Zerubbabel in Christ's genealogy (Luke 3:27). Lord A. Hervey conjectures Rhesa to be no person, but the title of Zerubbabel, rosh, i.e. "prince," thereby removing a difficulty in reconciling Matthew's with Luke's genealogy....

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Rei in Hitchcock's Bible Names

my shepherd; my companion; my friend...

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Remaliah in Naves Topical Bible

-Father of Pekah, king of Israel 2Ki 15:25,27,30; 16:1,5; 2Ch 28:6; Isa 7:1,4; 8:6...

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Rephael in Easton's Bible Dictionary

healed of God, one of Shemaiah's sons. He and his brethren, on account of their "strength for service," formed one of the divisions of the temple porters (1 Chr. 26:7, 8)....

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Remaliah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Father of the usurper Pekah (2 Kings 15:25-37). Isaiah (Isaiah 7:4-9) designates the usurper as "the son of Remaliah," to mark that, belonging to a family alien from David's, to whom alone God promised the kingdom, he cannot succeed against the heir of David....

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Rekem in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

re'-kem (rekem, "friendship"): (1) One of the five kings of Midian slain by the Israelites under Moses (Nu 31:8; Josh 13:21 (Codex Vaticanus Rhobok; Codex Alexandrinus Rhokom)). Like his companions, he is called a "king" in Numbers, but a "prince" or "chieftain" in the passage in Josh. The two references are hardly related; both are based on a...

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