HEZRONITES hez'-ron-its (ha-chetsrowni and ha-chetsroni; Septuagint ho Asronei): The name of the descendants of Hezron the son of Reuben (Numbers 26:6), and of the descendants of Hezron the son of Perez (Numbers 26:21). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HE

HEZRON (2) (chetsron, "enclosure"): On the South boundary of Judah between "Kadesh-barnea" and "Addar" (Joshua 15:3); in the parallel passage (Numbers 34:4) "Hazar-addar." The two places may have been near together. Conder suggests that the name survives in Jebel Hadhireh, a mountain Northwest of Petra in the Tih. Copyright Statement These files a

HEZRON (1) hez'-ron (chetsron, and chetsron; Septuagint Asron): (1) A son of Reuben (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14), and head of the family of the Hezronites (Numbers 26:6). (2) A son of Perez, and grandson of Judah (Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:21; 1 Chronicles 2:5,9,18,21,24,25; 4:1), a direct ancestor of David (Ruth 4:18). He appears also in the gene

HEZRO; HEZRAI hez'-ro, hez'-ra-i, hez'-ri (chezro, 2 Samuel 23:35; 1 Chronicles 11:37, but the Qere of 2 Samuel 23:35 is chezray. The ancient versions almost unanimously support the form Hezrai): A Carmelite, i.e. an inhabitant of Carmel. See CARMELITE. One of David's thirty "mighty men." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliogr

HEZION he'-zi-on (chezyon; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Azein; Codex Alexandrinus, Azael): An ancestor of Ben-hadad, king of Syria (1 Kings 15:18). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HEZION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HEZIR he'-zer: (1) (chezir; the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus, Chezein; Codex Alexandrinus, Iezeir): A Levite in the time of David (1 Chronicles 24:15). (2) Septuagint Hezeir): A chief of the people in the time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:20). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General

HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS See DIAL OF AHAZ. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HEZEKIAH, THE MEN OF A body of men of letters to whom is ascribed the compilation of a supplementary collection of Solomonic proverbs (Proverbs 25:1). See PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF, II, 5; HEZEKIAH, IV, 2. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HEZEKIAH, THE MEN OF

HEZEKIAH (1) hez-e-ki'-a (chizqiyah): (1) King of Judah. See special article (2) A son of Neariah, of the royal family of Judah (1 Chronicles 3:23, the Revised Version (British and American) "Hizkiah"). (3) An ancestor of Zephaniah (Zec 1:1, the King James Version "Hizkiah"). (4) One of the returned exiles from Babylon (Ezra 2:16; Nehemiah 7:21

HEZEKIAH (2) (chizqiyah, "Yahweh has strengthened"; also written chizqiyahu, "Yah has strengthened him"; Hezekias): One of the greatest of the kings of Judah; reigned (according to the most self-consistent chronology) from circa 715 to circa 690 BC. Old Testament Estimate: On the Old Testament standard of loyalty to Yahweh he is eulogized by Jes

HEZEKI hez'-e-ki (chizqi). See HIZKI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HEZEKI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HEWER hu'-er (choTebh): Applies especially to a wood-worker or wood-gatherer (compare Arabic chattab, "a woodman") (Joshua 9:21,23,17; 2 Chronicles 2:10; Jeremiah 46:22). Gathering wood, like drawing water, was a menial task. Special servants were assigned to the work (Deuteronomy 29:11). Joshua set the Gibeonites to hewing wood and drawing water

HEXATEUCH hek'-sa-tuk: 1. Evidence for: This word, formed on the analogy of Pentateuch, Heptateuch, etc., is used by modern writers to denote the first six books of the Bible (i.e. the Law and Joshua) collectively. Many critics hold that these six books were composed out of the sources JEP, etc. (on which see PENTATEUCH), and only separated very

HETH (2) heth (cheth): In Genesis 23:10 the ancestor of the Hittites. As the various peoples who occupied Canaan were thought to belong to one stock, Genesis 10:15 (1 Chronicles 1:13) makes Heth the (2nd) son of Canaan. In Genesis 23 the "sons of Heth" occupy Hebron, but they were known to have come there from the north. A reference to this seems

HETHLON heth'-lon (chethlon; Peshitta chethron): Name of a place associated with Zedad on the ideal northern boundary of Israel, as given in Ezekiel 47:15 and 48:1, but not named in Numbers 34:8, while the Septuagint evidently translated the text it had. In accordance with the opinion they hold as to the boundary line of Northern Israel, van Kaste

HETH (1) chath cheth: The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "ch". It came also to be used for the number 8. For name, etc., see ALPHABET. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HETH (1)'". "International Standard Bible

HESHMON hesh'-mon (cheshmon): An unidentified place on the border of Judah toward Edom (Joshua 15:27). This may have been the original home of the Hasmoneans. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HESHMON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HESHBON hesh'-bon (cheshbon; Hesebon): The royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, taken and occupied by the Israelites under Moses (Numbers 21:25, etc.). It lay on the southern border of Gad (Joshua 13:26), and was one of the cities fortified by Reuben (Numbers 32:37). It is reckoned among the cities of Gad given to the Merarite Levites (Joshua

HESED, SON OF he'-sed. See BEN-HESED. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HESED, SON OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

HERODION he-ro'-di-on (Herodion; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Hrodion): A Roman Christian to whom Paul sent greetings (Romans 16:11). The name seems to imply that he was a freedman of the Herods, or a member of the household of Aristobulus, the grandson of Herod the Great (Romans 16:10). Paul calls him "my kinsman," i.e. "a Jew" (