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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Achbor
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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- Father of Baal-hanan (comp. Hannibal), king of Edom (Genesis 36:38,39, and in the corresponding list of 1 Chronicles 1:49). It has been suggested that the name implies a species of totemism (W. R. Smith, "Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia," p. 302), and the discovery of sacrificial mice by the Palestine Exploration Fund ("Quart. Statement," 1893, p. 296; see illustration in next column) gives the theory some interest. The name Baal-hanan ben Achbor finds an exact parallel in the inscription on the accompanying seal, Hananyahu bar Achbor.(From Benzinger.)
- One of the men sent by King Josiah to consult the prophetess Huldah concerning the finding of the "book of the law" (2 Kings, 22:12,14); son of Michaiah. In 2 Chronicles 34:20 his name is given as Abdon, but the existence of the name Achbor on an archaic Hebrew seal found at Jerusalem (see illustration above) proves this to be a misreading. Achbor is referred to again only as the father of Elnathan (Jeremiah 26:22, 36:12).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Achbor'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/achbor.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Achbor'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/achbor.html. 1901.