Chushan-rishathaim

Chushan-Rishathaim in Wikipedia

(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....

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Chushan-rishathaim in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("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...

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Chushan-rishathaim in Naves Topical Bible

King of Mesopotamia Jud 3:8-10...

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Chushan-rishathaim in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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...

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Chushan-rishathaim in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 ...

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