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Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany
the Second Week after Epiphany
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Teresh
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Heb. id. תֶּרֶשׁ, prob. Pers. strictness; Sept. [in some copies only] Θάρας or Θάῤῥας; Vulg. Thares), the second-named of the two eunuchs who kept the door of the palace of Ahasuerus, and who were hanged, their plot to assassinate the king being discovered by Mordecai (Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2 ). B.C. 479. Josephus: calls him Theodestes (Θεοδέστης, Ant. 11:6, 4 and 10), and says that, the conspiracy having been detected by Barnabazus, a servant of one of the eunuchs, who was a Jew by birth, and who revealed it to Mordecai, the conspirators were crucified.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Teresh'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/teresh.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Teresh'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/teresh.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
