ABIEEZER
father of help; i.e., "helpful." (1.) The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1-Chr 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Josh. 17:2; comp. Judg. 6:34;8:2). He was also called Jeezer (Num. 26:30). (2.) One of David's thirty warriors (2-Sam 23:27; comp. 1-Chr 27:12). (3.) The prince of the tribe of Dan at the Exodus (Num. 1:12).......
AHIEZER
brother of help; i.e., "helpful." (1.) The chief of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (Num. 1:12;2:25;10:25). (2.) The chief of the Benjamite slingers that repaired to David at Ziklag (1-Chr 12:3).......
BEZER
ore of gold or silver. (1.) A city of the Reubenites; one of the three cities of refuge on the east of Jordan (Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8). It has been identified with the modern ruined village of Burazin, some 12 miles north of Heshbon; also with Kasur-el-Besheir, 2 miles south-west of Dibon. (2.) A descendant of Asher (1-Chr 7:37). ......
EBEN-EZER
stone of help, the memorial stone set up by Samuel to commemorate the divine assistance to Israel in their great battle against the Philistines, whom they totally routed (1-Sam 7:7) at Aphek, in the neighbourhood of Mizpeh, in Benjamin, near the western entrance of the pass of Beth-horon. On this very battle-field, twenty years before, the Philistines routed the Israelites, "and slew of the army i......
ELIEZER
God his help. (1.) "Of Damascus," the "steward" (R.V., "possessor") of Abraham's house (Gen. 15:2, Gen. 15: 3). It was probably he who headed the embassy sent by Abraham to the old home of his family in Padan-aram to seek a wife for his son Isaac. The account of this embassy is given at length in Gen. 24. (2.) The son of Becher, and grandson of Benjamin (1-Chr 7:8). (3.) One of the two sons of......
EZER
treasure. (1.) One of the sons of Seir, the native princes, "dukes," of Mount Hor (Gen. 36:21, Gen. 36: 27). (2.) 1-Chr 7:21; (3.)4:4. (4.) One of the Gadite champions who repaired to David at Ziklag (12:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 3:19). (6.) A priest (12:42). ......
GEZER
a precipice, an ancient royal Canaanitish city (Josh. 10:33;12:12). It was allotted with its suburbs to the Kohathite Levites (21:21; 1-Chr 6:67). It stood between the lower Beth-horon and the sea (Josh. 16:3; 1-Kings 9:17). It was the last point to which David pursued the Philistines (2-Sam 5:25; 1-Chr 14:16) after the battle of Baal-perazim. The Canaanites retained possession of it till the time......
HADADEZER
Hadad is help; called also Hadarezer, Adod is his help, the king of Zobah. Hanun, the king of the Ammonites, hired among others the army of Hadadezer to assist him in his war against David. Joab, who was sent against this confederate host, found them in double battle array, the Ammonities toward their capital of Rabbah, and the Syrian mercenaries near Medeba. In the battle which was fought the Syr......
HADAREZER
Adod is his help, the name given to Hadadezer (2-Sam 8:3) in 2 Sam. 10.......
HAZERIM
villages, probably the name of the temporary villages in which the nomad Avites resided (Deut. 2:23).......
HAZEROTH
fenced enclosures consisting of "a low wall of stones in which thick bundles of thorny acacia are inserted, the tangled branches and long needle-like spikes forming a perfectly impenetrable hedge around the encampment" of tents and cattle which they sheltered. Such like enclosures abound in the wilderness of Paran, which the Israelites entered after leaving Sinai (Num. 11:35;12:16;33:17, 33: 18). ......
JAAZER
he (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan, and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad (Num. 32:1, Num. 32: 35; Josh. 13:25). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites (21:39). In David's time it was occupied by the Hebronites, i.e., the descendants of Kohath (1-Chr 26:31). It is mentioned in the "burdens" proclaimed over Moab (Isa. 16:8, Isa. 16: 9; Jer. 48:32). Its ......
JAHZERAH
returner, the son of Meshullam, and father of Adiel (1-Chr 9:12). ......
JOEZER
Jehovah is his help, one of the Korhites who became part of David's body-guard (1-Chr 12:6). ......
NERGAL-SHAREZER
Nergal, protect the king! (1.) One of the "princes of the king of Babylon who accompanied him in his last expedition against Jerusalem" (Jer. 39:3, Jer. 39: 13). (2.) Another of the "princes," who bore the title of "Rabmag." He was one of those who were sent to release Jeremiah from prison (Jer. 39:13) by "the captain of the guard." He was a Babylonian grandee of high rank. From profane history ......
ROMAMTI-EZER
elevation of help, one of the sons of Heman, "the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn." He was head of the "four-and-twentieth" course of singers (1-Chr 25:4, 1-Chr 25: 31). ......
SEA OF JAZER
(Jer. 48:32), a lake, now represented by some ponds in the high valley in which the Ammonite city of Jazer lies, the ruins of which are called Sar. ......
SHAREZER
(god) protect the king!, a son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. He and his brother Adrammelech murdered their father, and then fled into the land of Armenia (2-Kings 19:37).......
SHEREZER
one of the messengers whom the children of the Captivity sent to Jerusalem "to pray for them before the Lord" (Zech. 7:2).......
STARGAZERS
(Isa. 47:13), those who pretend to tell what will occur by looking upon the stars. The Chaldean astrologers "divined by the rising and setting, the motions, aspects, colour, degree of light, etc., of the stars." ......
ZERAH
sunrise. (1.) An "Ethiopian," probably Osorkon II., the successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. With an enormous army, the largest we read of in Scripture, he invaded the kingdom of Judah in the days of Asa (2-Chr 14:9). He reached Zephathah, and there encountered the army of Asa. This is the only instance "in all the annals of Judah of a victorious encounter in the field with a first-class h......
ZERED
=Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity (Num. 21:12; Deut. 2:14). It is called the "brook of the willows" (Isa. 15:7) and the "river of the wilderness" (Amos 6:14). It has been identified with the Wady el-Aksy.......
ZEREDA
the fortress, a city on the north of Mount Ephraim; the birthplace of Jeroboam (1-Kings 11:26). It is probably the same as Zaretan (Josh. 3:16), Zererath (Judg. 7:22), Zartanah (1-Kings 4:12), or the following.......
ZEREDATHAH
a place in the plain of Jordan; the same as Zarthan (2-Chr 4:17; 1-Kings 7:46). Here Solomon erected the foundries in which Hiram made the great castings of bronze for the temple.......
ZERERATH
(Judg. 7:22), perhaps identical with Zereda or Zeredathah. Some identify it with Zahrah, a place about 3 miles west of Beth-shean.......
ZERESH
star of Venus, the wife of Haman, whom she instigated to prepare a gallows for Mordecai (Esther 5:10).......
ZERUAH
stricken, mother of Jeroboam, the first king of the ten tribes (1-Kings 11:26).......
ZERUBBABEL
the seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel (Hag. 1:1; Zorobabel, Matt. 1:12); called also the son of Pedaiah (1-Chr 3:17), i.e., according to a frequent usage of the word "son;" the grandson or the nephew of Salathiel. He is also known by the Persian name of Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8, Ezra 1: 11). In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, he led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360 (......
ZERUIAH
stricken of the Lord, David's sister, and the mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel (1-Chr 2:16), who were the three leading heroes of David's army, and being his nephews, they were admitted to the closest companionship with him.......
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