•A Levite of the family of Bani, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:17)
(B.C. 445.)
•One of the chief of the people, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:25) (B.C.
410.)
•A priestly family, or the head of a priestly house, who went up with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:3)
(B.C. 536.)
Rei
(friendly), a person mentioned (in (1 Kings 1:8) only) as having remained firm to David’s cause
when Adonijah rebelled. (B.C. 1015.)
Reins
(i.e. kidneys). In the ancient system of physiology the kidneys were believed to be the seat of
desire and longing, which accounts for their often being coupled with the heart. (Psalms 7:9; 26:2;
Jeremiah 11:20; 17:10), etc.
Rekem
one of the towns of the allotment of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:27) Its existing site is unknown.
(variegation).
•One of the five kings or chieftains of Midian slain by the Israelites. (Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21)
•One of the four sons of Hebron, and father of Shammai. (1 Chronicles 2:43,44)
Remaliah
(protected by Jehovah). The father of Pekah, captain of Pekahiah; king of Israel, who slew his
master and usurped his throne. (2 Kings 15:25-37; 16:1,5; 2 Chronicles 28:6; Isaiah 7:1-9; 8:6)
(B.C. 756.)
Remeth
(height), one of the towns of Issachar. (Joshua 19:21) It is probably though not certainly, a
distinct place from the RAMOTH of (1 Chronicles 6:73)
Remmon
(pomegranate), a town in the allotment of Simeon, (Joshua 10:7) elsewhere accurately given
in the Authorized Version as Rimmon.
Remmonmethoar
a place which formed one of the landmarks of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:13) only. Methoar does not
really form a part of the name, but should be translated (as in the margin of the Authorized Version)
“Remmon which reaches to Neah.” Dr. Robinson and Mr. Van Deuteronomy Velde place Rummaneh
on the south border of the plain of Buttauf, three miles north-northeast of Seffurieh.
Remphan
(Acts 7:43) and Chi’un, (Amos 5:26) have been supposed to be names of an idol worshipped
secretly by the Israelites in the wilderness, difficulty has been occasioned by this corresponding
occurrence of two names so wholly different in sound. The most reasonable opinion seems to be
that Chiun was a Hebrew or Semitic name, and Remphan an Egyptian equivalent substituted by
the LXX. This idol corresponded probably to Saturn or Molech. The mention of Chiun or Remphan
as worshipped in the desert shows that this idolatry was, in part at least that of foreigners, and no
doubt of those settled in lower Egypt.
Rephael
(healed of God), son of Shemaiah, the first-born of Obed-edom. (1 Chronicles 26:7) (B.C. about
1015.)
frankie
(Frankie)
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