- HEZION vision, the father of Tabrimon, and grandfather of Ben-hadad,
king of Syria (1 Kings 15:18). - HEZIR swine or strong. (1.) The head of the seventeenth course of the
priests (1 Chronicles 24:15). (2.) Nehemiah 10:20, one who sealed
Nehemiah’s covenant. - HEZRO a Carmelite, one of David’s warriors (1 Chronicles 11:37).
- HEZRON enclosed. (1.) One of the sons of Reuben (Genesis 46:9;
Exodus 6:14). (2.) The older of the two sons of Pharez (Genesis 46:12).
(3.) A plain in the south of Judah, west of Kadesh-barnea (Joshua 15:3). - HIDDAI rejoicing of Jehovah, one of David’s thirty-seven guards (2
Samuel 23:30). - HIDDEKEL called by the Accadians id Idikla; i.e., “the river of Idikla”, the
third of the four rivers of Paradise (Genesis 2:14). Gesenius interprets the
word as meaning “the rapid Tigris.” The Tigris rises in the mountains of
Armenia, 15 miles south of the source of the Euphrates, which, after
pursuing a south-east course, it joins at Kurnah, about 50 miles above
Bassorah. Its whole length is about 1,150 miles. - HIEL life of (i.e., from) God, a native of Bethel, who built (i.e., fortified)
Jericho some seven hundred years after its destruction by the Israelites.
There fell on him for such an act the imprecation of Joshua (6:26). He laid
the foundation in his first-born, and set up the gates in his youngest son (1
Kings 16:34), i.e., during the progress of the work all his children died. - HIERAPOLIS sacred city, a city of Phrygia, where was a Christian
church under the care of Epaphras (Colossians 4:12, 13). This church was
founded at the same time as that of Colosse. It now bears the name of
Pambuk-Kalek, i.e., “Cotton Castle”, from the white appearance of the
cliffs at the base of which the ruins are found. - HIGGAION in Psalm 92:3 means the murmuring tone of the harp. In
Psalm 9:16 it is a musical sign, denoting probably a pause in the
instrumental interlude. In Psalm 19:14 the word is rendered “meditation;”
and in Lamentations 3:62, “device” (R.V., “imagination”). - HIGH PLACE an eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by
sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29). The first
altar after the Flood was built on a mountain (Genesis 8:20). Abraham also
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