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Mahol

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1884ISBE 19152 verse references

Easton's 1897

Dance, the father of four sons (1 Kings 4:31) who were inferior in wisdom only to Solomon.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1884

(dancing), the father of the four men most famous for wisdom next to Solomon himself. (1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chronicles 2:6)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · public domain

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.

ma'-hol (machol, "dance"; compare bene-machol, "sons of dance"): The father of the 4 sages reputed next in wisdom to Solomon (1Ki 4:31). Their names were Ethan, Heman, Chalcol, Darda.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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