Hewer
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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.
hu'-er (choTebh): Applies especially to a wood-worker or wood-gatherer (compare Arabic chattab, "a woodman") (Jos 9:21,23,17; 2Ch 2:10; Jer 46:22). Gathering wood, like drawing water, was a menial task. Special servants were assigned to the work (De 29:11). Joshua set the Gibeonites to hewing wood and drawing water as a punishment for their trickery, whereas were it not for the oath which the Israelites had sworn, the Gibeonites would probably have been killed.
See DRAWER OF WATER.
chatsbh, from the root "to cut" or "to carve," applies to hewers of stone in 1Ki 5:15; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15; 2Ch 2:18.
James A. Patch
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
Joshua 9:21Joshua 9:23Joshua 9:172 Chronicles 2:10Jeremiah 46:22Deuteronomy 29:111 Kings 5:152 Kings 12:121 Chronicles 22:152 Chronicles 2:18
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