Dekar

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Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]

De'kar. (A Lancer). The son of Dekar, that is, Ben Dekar, was Solomon's commissariat officer, in the western part of the hill-country of Judah and Benjamin, Shaalbim and Bethshemesh.  1 Kings 4:9. (B.C. before 1014).

Holman Bible Dictionary [2]

 1 Kings 4:9Ben-Deker

Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]

Father of one of Solomon's commissariat officers.  1 Kings 4:9 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [4]

Margin  1 Kings 4:9.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]

(Heb. De'ker, דֶּקֶר , a thrusting through), the father of Solomon's purveyor in the second royal district ( 1 Kings 4:9), from which passage it appears that his son BEN-DEKER ( בֶּןאּדֶּקֶר ; Sept. Υἱὸς Δακάρ ; Vulg. Bendecar ) was the royal commissariat officer in the western part of the hill-country of Judah and Benjamin, Shaalbim and Bethshemesh. B.C. ante 1014.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]

dē´kar ( דּקר , deḳer , "lancer"): Father of one of Solomon's commissaries ( 1 Kings 4:9 the King James Version). See Ben-Deker .

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