Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Gunites, The
the descendants of Guni, son of Naphtali. (Numbers 26:48)
Gur
(abode), The going up to, an ascent or rising ground, at which Ahaziah received his death-blow
while flying from jehu after the slaughter of Joram. (2 Kings 9:27)
Gurbaal
(abode of Baal), a place or district in which dwelt Arabians, as recorded in (2 Chronicles 26:7)
It appears from the context to have been in the country lying between Palestine and the Arabian
peninsula; but this, although probable, cannot be proved.


Haahashtari
(the courier), a man or a family immediately descended from Ashur. “father of Tekoa,” by his
second wife Naarah. (1 Chronicles 4:6) (B.C. after 1450.)
Habaiah, Or Habajah
(whom Jehovah hides). Bene-Habaiah were among the sons of the priests who returned from
Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63) (B.C. before 459).
Habakkuk Or Habakkuk
(embrace), the eighth in order of the minor prophets. Of the facts of the prophet’s life we have
no certain information. He probably lived about the twelfth or thirteenth year of Josiah, B.C. 630
or 629.
Habakkuk, Prophecy Of
consists of three chapters, in the first of which he foreshadows the invasion of Judea by the
Chaldeans, and in the second he foretells the doom of the Chaldeans. The whole concludes with
the magnificent psalm in ch. 3, a composition unrivalled for boldness of conception, sublimity of
thought and majesty of diction.
Habaziniah
(light of Jehovah), apparently the head of one of the families of the Rechabites. (Jeremiah 35:3)
(B.C. before 589.)
Habergeon
a coat of mail covering the neck and breast. [Arms, Armor]
Habor
(beautiful banks), the “river of Gozan,” (2 Kings 17:6) and 2Kin 18:11 Is identified beyond all
reasonable doubt with the famous affluent of the Euphrates, which is called Aborrhas and Chaboras
by ancient writers, and now Khabour.
Hachaliah
(whom Jehovah enlightens), the father of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 1:1; 10:1)
Hachilah, The Hill
a hill apparently situated in a wood in the wilderness or waste land in the neighborhood of Ziph,
in Judah, in the fastnesses or passes of which David and his six hundred followers were lurking
when the Ziphites informed Saul of his whereabouts. (1 Samuel 23:19) comp. 1Sam 23:14,15,18
Hachmoni

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