Mehetabel
Every entry below is printed as its editors wrote it, with the edition named.
Easton's 1897
Wife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:39).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain
Smith's 1863
(favored of God), the daughter of Matred, and wife of Hadad king of Edom. (Genesis 36:39)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain
ISBE 1915
me-het'-a-bel, me-het'-a-bel (mehetah'el, "whom God makes happy"):
(1) Daughter of Matred, wife of Hadad or Hadar, the 8th and apparently last of the kings of Edom (Ge 36:39; 1Ch 1:50).
(2) Grandfather of that Shemaiah who played a treacherous part against Nehemiah at the suggestion of Tobiah and Sanballat, by trying to persuade Nehemiah to commit sacrilege (Ne 6:10-13).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
3 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible
Sources
- Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Public domain
- Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain