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Necho in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(lame). 2Ch 35:20,22; 36:4 [PHARAOH-NECHO]...

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Nedabiah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

prince or vow of the Lord...

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Nehemiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(consolation of the Lord). 1. Son of Hachaliah, and apparently of the tribe of Judah. All that we know certainly concerning him is contained in the book which bears his name. We first find him at Shushan, the winter residence of the kings of Persia, in high office as the cupbearer of King Artaxerxes Longimanus. In the twentieth year of the ki...

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Nebuzaradan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

neb-u-zar-a'-dan, -zar'-a-dan (nebhuzar'adhan = Assyrian Nabu- zara-iddina, "Nebo has given seed"; Nebouzardan): Nebuchadnezzar's general at the siege of Jerusalem (2 Ki 25:8,11,20; Jer 52:12,15,26; 39:9,10,11,13). Under the title of "captain of the guard," he commanded the army, and, after the fall of the city, carried out his master's policy ...

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Nehelamite in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ne-hel'-a-mit, (ha-necheldmi): The designation of Shemaiah, a false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer 29:24,31,32). The word means "dweller of Nehelam," but no such place-name is found in the Old Testament. Its etymology, however, suggests a connection with the Hebrew chalam, "to dream," and this has given rise to the rendering of the King Jam...

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Nebuzaradan in Naves Topical Bible

-Captain of the guard of King Nebuchadnezzar -Commands the Assyrian army which besieged Jerusalem and carried the inhabitants to Babylon 2Ki 25:8-21; Jer 39:9,10; 43:6; 52:12-30 -Protects Jeremiah Jer 39:11-14; 40:1-5...

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Necho in Hitchcock's Bible Names

lame; beaten...

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Nehelamite in Smiths Bible Dictionary

the designation of a man named Shemaiah, a false prophet, who went with the captivity to Babylon. Jer 29:24,31,32 The name is no doubt formed from that either of Shemaiah's native place or the progenitor of his family which of the two is uncertain....

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Necho II in Easton's Bible Dictionary

an Egyptian king, the son and successor of Psammetichus (B.C. 610-594), the contemporary of Josiah, king of Judah. For some reason he proclaimed war against the king of Assyria. He led forth a powerful army and marched northward, but was met by the king of Judah at Megiddo, who refused him a passage through his territory. Here a fierce ba...

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Nehemiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7. (2.) Neh. 3:16. (3.) The son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. His family must have belonged to Jerusalem (Neh. 2:3). He was one of the "Jews of the dispersion," and in his youth was appointed to the important office of royal cup-bearer at the palace of Shushan. The...

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