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Hewers of Wood
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Menial servants. The Gibeonites who attempted to deceive Joshua were condemned by the princes of Israel to be hewers of wood and drawers of water to the congregation (Joshua 9:21,23). In Deuteronomy 29:11 the hewers of wood are mentioned among the strangers as servants. The same expression is also found in Jeremiah 46:22, where it is said that the Babylonians will come against Egypt with axes, as hewers of wood, and in 2 Chronicles 2:10, where Solomon asks Hiram, King of Tyre, to send him hewers (
) of wood.
Bibliography:
- Gesenius-Buhl, Handwörterb. p. 244;
- Hastings, Dict. Bible.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Hewers of Wood'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/hewers-of-wood.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Hewers of Wood'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/hewers-of-wood.html. 1901.
