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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49418" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49418" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> ARIEL </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . One of Ezra’s chief men ( Ezra 8:16 ). <strong> 2 </strong> . The name of a Moabite (according to RV [Note: Revised Version.] of 2 Samuel 23:20 , 1 Chronicles 11:22 ) whose two sons were slain by Benaiah. <strong> 3 </strong> . A name of uncertain meaning, perhaps = ‘God’s altar-hearth,’ given to Jerusalem by Isaiah ( Isaiah 29:1 ff.). It has recently been proposed to read <em> Uri-el </em> (‘city of God’) as a paronomasia or play of words on <em> Uru-salim </em> , the earliest recorded form of the name ‘Jerusalem.’ </p> <p> | <p> <strong> ARIEL </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . One of Ezra’s chief men ( Ezra 8:16 ). <strong> 2 </strong> . The name of a Moabite (according to RV [Note: Revised Version.] of 2 Samuel 23:20 , 1 Chronicles 11:22 ) whose two sons were slain by Benaiah. <strong> 3 </strong> . A name of uncertain meaning, perhaps = ‘God’s altar-hearth,’ given to Jerusalem by Isaiah ( Isaiah 29:1 ff.). It has recently been proposed to read <em> Uri-el </em> (‘city of God’) as a paronomasia or play of words on <em> Uru-salim </em> , the earliest recorded form of the name ‘Jerusalem.’ </p> <p> A. R. S. Kennedy. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15415" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15415" /> == | ||
