Chushan-rishathaim
(כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם) was king of Aram Naharaim or Northwest
Mesopotamia. In the book of Judges God delivers the Israelites
into his hand for eight years (Judges 3:8). However, they are
delivered from him by Othniel, son of Kenaz (Judges 3:9).
Rishathaim means double-wickedness....
Read More
(chief of two governments), the king of Mesopotamia who
oppressed Israel during eight years in the generation
immediately following Joshua. Jud 3:8 (B.C. after 1420.) His
yoke was broken from the neck of the people of Israel by
Othniel, Caleb's nephew. Jud 3:10...
Read More
Cush of double wickedness, or governor of two presidencies,
the
king of Mesopotamia who oppressed Israel in the
generation
immediately following Joshua (Judg. 3:8). We learn
from the
Tell-el-Amarna tablets that Israel had been invaded
by the
forces of Aram-naharaim (A.V., "Mesopotamia") more
than once,
long before the Exodus, and that at ...
Read More
("the Ethiopian of double wickedness".) (A Cushite or Hamitic
element was prominent in the oldest Babylonian race as their
vocabulary proves.) The Mesopotamian king who oppressed Israel
eight years in the generation succeeding Joshua (Judges 3:8).
About 1402 B.C. he was king of the Syrian country about Haran,
the region between the Euphrates a...
Read More
