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<p> ''''' ak´bor ''''' ( עכבּור , <i> ''''' ‛akhbōr ''''' </i> , "mouse"): </p> <p> (1) The father of Baal-hanan, who was the seventh of the eight kings who reigned in [[Edom]] before there were kings in [[Israel]] (&nbsp;Genesis 36:38 , &nbsp;Genesis 36:39; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:49 ). </p> <p> (2) The son of Micaiah (called in Chronicles Abdon the son of Micah) who went with [[Hilkiah]] the priest and other high officials, at the command of King Josiah, to consult Huldah the prophetess concerning the book that had been found (&nbsp;2 Kings 22:12 , &nbsp;2 Kings 22:14; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:20 ). </p> <p> It may be presumed that this Achbor is also the man mentioned in Jer (&nbsp;Jeremiah 26:22; &nbsp;Jeremiah 36:12 ) as the father of Elnathan, who went to Egypt for King [[Jehoiakim]] in order to procure the extradition of [[Uriah]] the prophet, and who protested against the burning of Baruch's roll. </p>

<p> (Heb. Akbor', '''''עִכְבּוֹר''''' , ''Gnawing,'' 1, q. ''Mouse;'' Sept. '''''Ἀχοβώρ''''' , v. r. in Jeremiah and Chron. '''''Ἀχωβώρ''''' ), the name of two men. </p> <p> '''1.''' An Idumaean, father of Baal-hanan, one of the Edomitish kings </p> <p> (&nbsp;Genesis 36:38; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:49), B.C. prob. considerably ante 1619. </p> <p> '''2.''' The son of Michaiab, and one of the courtiers whom [[Josiah]] sent to Huldah to inquire the course to be pursued respecting the newly- discovered book of the law (&nbsp;2 Kings 22:12; &nbsp;2 Kings 22:14), B.C. 623. In the parallel passage (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:20) he is called ABDON (See Abdon) , the son of Micah. His son Elnathan was a courtier of Jehoiakim (&nbsp;Jeremiah 26:22; &nbsp;Jeremiah 36:12). </p>