smith's bible dictionary 1884 - Salt Lake Bible College

Abdiel
(the servant of God), son of Guni and father of Ahi, one of the Gadites who were
settled in the land of Bashan, (1 Chronicles 5:15), in the days of Jotham king of Judah.
(B.C. 758.)
Abdon
(servile).
• A judge of Israel, (Judges 12:13,(15) perhaps the same person as Bedan, in (1 Samuel
12:11) (B.C. 1233-1225).
• Son of Shashak. (1 Chronicles 8:23)
• First-born son of Jehiel, son of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:35,36).
• Son of Micah, a contemporary of Josiah, (2 Chronicles 34:20) called Achbor in (2
Kings 22:12) (B.C. 628.)
• A city in the tribe if Asher, given to the Gershonites, (Joshua 21:30; 1 Chronicles
6:74) the modern Abdeh, 10 miles northeast of Accho.
Abednego
(i.e. servant of Nego, perhaps the same as Nebo), the Chaldean name given to
Azariah, one of the three friends of Daniel, miraculously save from the fiery furnace.
Dan. 3. (B.C. about 600.)
Abel
the name of several places in Palestine, probably signifies a meadow .
(i.e., breath, vapor, transitoriness, probably so called from the shortness of his
life), the second son of Adam, murdered by his brother Cain, (Genesis 4:1-16) he was
a keeper or feeder of sheep. Our Lord spoke of Abel as the first martyr, (Matthew
23:35) so did the early Church subsequently. The traditional site of his murder and
his grave are pointed out near Damascus.
Abel, Stone Of
(the great abel), the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh.
(1 Samuel 6:18)
Abelbethmaachah
(meadow of the house of oppression), a town of some importance, (2 Samuel
20:15) in the extreme north of Palestine, which fell an early prey to the invading kings
of Syria, (1 Kings 15:20) and Assyria. (2 Kings 15:29)
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