Bidkar

== Fausset's Bible Dictionary ==

Jehu's captain, and formerly his fellow officer (2 Kings 9:25). He executed the concluding doom pronounced by Jehovah on Ahab's son's son (1 Kings 21:29), Jehoram, by casting his body into Naboth's plat, after Jehu had pierced him with an arrow.

== Holman Bible Dictionary == 2 Kings 9:25 == Hitchcock's Bible Names == == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BIDKAR . An officer of Ahab and afterwards of Jehu ( 2 Kings 9:25 ).

== Morrish Bible Dictionary ==

Fellow officer and afterwards Jehu's captain; he executed the sentence on Joram, or Jehoram, son of Ahab, by casting him into the field of Naboth. 2 Kings 9:25 .

== Smith's Bible Dictionary ==

Bid'kar. (son of stabbing, i.e, one who stabs). Jehu's "captain," originally his fellow officer, 2 Kings 9:25, who completed the sentence on Jehoram, son of Ahab.

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

bid´kar ( בּדקר , bidhḳar  ; "son of Deker" (?); compare HPN , 69): A captain in the service of Jehu, formerly his fellow-officer (2 Kings 9:25 ).

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(Heb. Bidkar', בַּדְקִר, according to Gesenius, for בֶּןאּדְּקָר , son of stabbing, i.e. assassin; according to First, for עֶבֶדאּקָר, servant [i.e. inhabitant] of the city; Sept. Βαδεκάρ; Josephus, Βάδακρος ), Jehu's "captain" (שָׁלַשׁ; Josephus, ὅ τῆς τρίτης μοίρας ἡγεμών, Ant. 9:6, 3), originally his fellow-officer (2 Kings 9:25), who completed the sentence on Jehoram, son of Ahab, by casting his body into the field of Naboth after Jehu had transfixed him with an arrow. B.C. 882. (See Jehu).