heber (2) Summary and Overview
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heber (2) in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
1. Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45. 2. 1 Chronicles 4:18. 3. 1 Chronicles 8:17. 4. Heber the Kenite (Judges 4:11; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:24), husband of Jael, descendant of Hobab "priest, of Midian," who was himself a Kenite resident in Midian. The Kenites migrated with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah at the time of the conquest of Canaan (Judges 1:16). They had accompanied Israel to Canaan at Moses' request (Numbers 10:29, etc.). (See HAZEZON TAMAR.) Besides this general migration Heber's family migrated to Kedesh in Naphtali, the debatable ground between northern Israel and Jabin.