- AHIRA brother of evil = unlucky, or my brother is friend, chief of the
tribe of Naphtali at the Exodus (Numbers 1:15; 2:29). - AHISHAR brother of song = singer, the officer who was “over the
household” of Solomon (1 Kings 4:6). - AHITHOPHEL brother of insipidity or impiety, a man greatly renowned
for his sagacity among the Jews. At the time of Absalom’s revolt he
deserted David (Psalm 41:9; 55:12-14) and espoused the cause of Absalom
(2 Samuel 15:12). David sent his old friend Hushai back to Absalom, in
order that he might counteract the counsel of Ahithophel (2 Samuel
15:31-37). This end was so far gained that Ahithophel saw he had no
longer any influence, and accordingly he at once left the camp of Absalom
and returned to Giloh, his native place, where, after arranging his wordly
affairs, he hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his fathers (2
Samuel 17:1-23). He was the type of Judas (Psalm 41:9). - AHITUB brother of goodness = good. (1.) The son of Phinehas. On the
death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and
was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah (1 Samuel 14:3; 22:9, 11, 12, 20).
(2.) The father of Zadok, who was made high priest by Saul after the
extermination of the family of Ahimelech (1 Chronicles 6:7, 8; 2 Samuel
8:17).
- AHLAB fatness, a town of Asher lying within the unconquered
Phoenician border (Judges 1:31), north-west of the Sea of Galilee;
commonly identified with Giscala, now el-Jish. - AHOAH brotherly, one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1
Chronicles 8:4). He is also called Ahiah (ver. 7) and Iri (1 Chronicles 7:7).
His descendants were called Ahohites (2 Samuel 23:9, 28). - AHOHITE an epithet applied to Dodo, one of Solomon’s captains (1
Chronicles 27:4); to his son Eleazar, one of David’s three mightiest heroes
(2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12); and to Zalmon, one of the thirty (2
Samuel 23:28; 1 Chronicles 11:29), from their descent from Ahoah. - AHOLAH she has her own tent, a name used by Ezekiel (23:4, 5, 36, 44)
as a symbol of the idolatry of the kingdom of Israel. This kingdom is
described as a lewdwoman, an adulteress, given up to the abominations and
idolatries of the Egyptians and Assyrians. Because of her crimes, she was