Alvah
(evil), a duke of Edom, (Genesis 36:40) written Aliah in (1 Chronicles 1:51)
Alvan
(tall), a Horite, son of Shobal, (Genesis 36:23) written Alian in (1 Chronicles 1:40)
Amad
(enduring), an unknown place in Asher, between Alammelech and Misheal. (Joshua 19:26)
only.
Amadatha
(Esther 16:10,17) and Amad’athus. (Esther 12:6) [Hammedatha]
Amal
(labor), an Asherite, son of Helem. (1 Chronicles 7:35)
Amalek
(dweller in a valley), a son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah grandson of Esau, and chieftain
(“duke,” Authorized Version) of Edom. (Genesis 36:12,16; 1 Chronicles 1:36) (B.C. about 1700.)
Amalekites
a nomadic tribe of uncertain origin, which occupied the peninsula of Sinai and the wilderness
intervening between the southern hill-ranges of Palestine and the border of Egypt. (Numbers 13:29;
1 Samuel 15:7; 27:8) Their wealth consisted in flocks and herds. Mention is made of a “town” ( 1
Samuel 15:5) but their towns could have been little more than stations or nomadic enclosures. The
Amalekites first came in contact with the Israelites at Rephidim, but were signally defeated. (Exodus
17:8-16) In union with the Canaanites they again attacked the Israelites on the borders of Palestine,
and defeated them near Hormah. (Numbers 14:45) Saul undertook an expedition against them. ( 1
Samuel 14:48) Their power was thenceforth broken, and they degenerated into a horde of banditti.
Their destruction was completed by David. (1 Samuel 30:1-17)
Amalekites, Mount Of
a mountain in Ephraim, (Judges 12:15) probably so named because the Amalekites once held
possession of it.
Amam
(gathering place), a city in the south of Judah named with Shema and Moladah in (Joshua 15:26)
only.
Aman
[Haman] (Esther 10:7; 12:6; 13:3,12; 14:17; 16:10,17)
Amana
(a covenant), apparently a mountain in or near Lebanon. (Song of Solomon 4:8) It is commonly
assumed that this is the mountain in which the river Abana, (2 Kings 5:12) has its source.
Amariah
(the Lord says, i.e. promises).
•Father of Ahitub according to (1 Chronicles 6:7,52) and son of Meraioth, in the line of the high
priests.
•The high priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 19:11) He was the son of Azariah.
•The head of a Levitical house of the Kohathites. (1 Chronicles 23:13; 24:23)
•The head of one of the twenty-four courses of priest. (2 Chronicles 31:15; Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2,13)
•One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:42)
•A priest who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2,13)
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