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Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ (‘spoil speedeth, prey hasteth’), Isaiah 8:1; Isaiah 8:3 . A symbolical name given to one of Isaiah’s sons to signify the speedy destruction of the power of the allied kings Rezin and Pekah by the king of Assyria.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​m/maher-shalal-hash-baz.html. 1909.
 
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