(named after Hagar), a people dwelling to the east of Palestine, with whom the tribes of Reuben
made war in the time of Saul. (1 Chronicles 5:10,18-20) The same people, as confederate against
Israel, are mentioned in (Psalms 83:6) It is generally believed that they were named after Hagar,
and that the important town and district of Hejer, on the borders of the Persian Gulf, represent them.
Hagerite, The
Jaziz the Hagerite, i.e. the descendant of Hagar, had the charge of David’s sheep. (1 Chronicles
27:31)
Haggai
(festive), the tenth in order of the minor prophets, and first of those who prophesied after the
captivity. With regard to his tribe and parentage history and tradition are alike silent.
Haggai, Prophecy Of
The style of Haggai is generally tame and prosaic, though at times it rises to the dignity of
severe invective when the prophet rebukes his countrymen for their selfish indolence and neglect
of God’s house. But the brevity of the prophecies is so great, and the poverty of expression which
characterizes them so striking, as to give rise to a conjecture, not without reason, that in their present
form they are but the outline or summary of the original discourses. They were delivered in the
second year of Darius Hystaspes (B.C. 620), at intervals from the 1st day of the 6th month to the
24th day of the 9th month in the same year.
Haggeri
(wanderer) was one of the mighty men of David’s guard, according to (1 Chronicles 11:38)
The parallel passage— (2 Samuel 23:36)—has “Bani the Gadite,” which is probably the correct
reading. (B.C. 1046.)
Haggi
(festive), second son of Gad. (Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:15)
Haggiah
(festival of Jehovah), a Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:30)
Haggites, The
a Gadite family sprung from Haggi. (Numbers 26:15)
Haggith
(festive; a dancer), one of David’s wives, the mother of Adonijah. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1:6)
(B.C. 1053.)
Hai
Same as Ai.
Hair
The Hebrews were fully alive to the importance of the hair as an element of personal beauty.
Long hair was admired in the case of young men. (2 Samuel 14:26) In times of affliction the hair
was altogether cut off. (Isaiah 3:17,24; 15:2; Jeremiah 7:29) Tearing the hair (Ezra 9:3) and letting
it go dishevelled were similar tokens of grief. The usual and favorite color of the hair was black,
(Song of Solomon 5:11) as is indicated in the comparisons in (Song of Solomon 1:5; 4:1) a similar
hue is probably intended by the purple of (Song of Solomon 7:6) Pure white hair was deemed
characteristic of the divine Majesty. (Daniel 7:9; Revelation 1:14) The chief beauty of the hair
consisted in curls, whether of a natural or an artificial character. With regard to the mode of dressing
the hair, we have no very precise information; the terms used are of a general character, as of
Jezebel, (2 Kings 9:30) and of Judith, ch. 10:3, and in the New Testament, (1 Timothy 2:9; 1 Peter
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