Difference between revisions of "Achbor"

== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_70991" /> ==

<p> '''Ach'bor.''' ''(Mouse).'' </p> <p> 1. Father of [[Baalhanan]] king of Edom. &nbsp;Genesis 36:38-39; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:49. </p> <p> 2. Son of Michaiah, a contemporary of Josiah, &nbsp;2 Kings 22:12; &nbsp;2 Kings 22:14; &nbsp;Jeremiah 26:22; &nbsp;Jeremiah 36:12, called [[Abdon]] in &nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:20. (B.C. 623). </p>

<p> <strong> [[Achbor]] </strong> (‘mouse’ <em> or </em> ‘jerboa’). <strong> 1 </strong> . An [[Edomite]] (&nbsp; [[Genesis]] 36:38 ). <strong> 2 </strong> . A courtier under Josiah, son of [[Micaiah]] (&nbsp; 2 Kings 22:12; &nbsp; 2 Kings 22:14 ), and father of [[Elnathan]] (&nbsp; Jeremiah 26:22 om. LXX [Note: Septuagint.] , &nbsp; Jeremiah 36:12 ). Called <strong> Abdon </strong> (&nbsp; 2 Chronicles 34:20 ). </p>

<p> 1. An Edomite, the father of Baal-hanan. &nbsp;Genesis 36:38,39; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:49 . </p> <p> 2. Son of [[Michaiah]] and servant of Josiah. &nbsp; 2 Kings 22:12,14; &nbsp;Jeremiah 26:22; &nbsp;Jeremiah 36:12 : called ABDON, the son of Micah, in &nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:20 . </p>

<p> '''1.''' &nbsp;Genesis 36:38; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:49. </p> <p> '''2.''' Father of king Jehoiakim's ready tool in evil, Elnathan (&nbsp;Jeremiah 26:22-23); Achbor was, on the contrary, an instrument of good Josiah, to inquire the Lord's will from the prophetess Huldah. Called Abdon, the son of Micah, in &nbsp;2 Chronicles 34:20-21. [[Goodness]] is not always hereditary. </p>

&nbsp;Genesis 36:38&nbsp;2&nbsp;2 Kings 22:12-14&nbsp;3&nbsp;Jeremiah 26:22&nbsp;Jeremiah 36:12

== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30466" /> ==

<ul> <li> An Edomitish king (&nbsp;Genesis 36:38; 1Chronicles 1:49). </li> <li> One of Josiah's officers sent to the prophetess [[Huldah]] to inquire regarding the newly-discovered book of the law (2Kings 22:12,14). He is also called Abdon (2Chronicles 34:20). </li> </ul>

<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>

<ref name="term_70991"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/achbor Achbor from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_64491"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/achbor Achbor from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_30466"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/achbor Achbor from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>