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Mehetabel

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19153 verse references

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

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