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Esdris

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ISBE 1915

ISBE 1915

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.

ez'-dris, es'-dris (Esdris):

A leader mentioned in /APC 2Macc 12:36 in best texts and adopted in the Revised Version (British and American) for Gorgias of the King James Version. Grotius conjectured "men of Ephron" from 12:27.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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