Topic
Assemblies, Masters of
9 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 14:13ISBE
¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
- 1 Chronicles 26:15ISBE
To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
- 1 Chronicles 26:17ISBE
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
- Nehemiah 6:18ISBE
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
- Nehemiah 12:25ISBE
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
- Proverbs 22:20ISBE
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
- Ecclesiastes 12:11ISBE
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
- Revelation 22:18ISBE
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
- Revelation 22:19ISBE
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 9 references
a-sem'-bliz, (ba`ale 'acuppoth, Ec 12:11): the American Revised Version, margin "collectors of sentences," thus Qimchi, Grotius and others. This has been variously interpreted. Tyler translates "editors of collections." Klienert renders "protectors of the treasure- chambers," 'acuppoth being considered equivalent to the 'acuppim of 1Ch 26:15,17; Ne 12:25 (see ASUPPIM). The proverbs are like nails guarding the sacred storehouse, the book closing with this warning against touching the collection (compare Re 22:18,19). Delitzsch translates "like fastened nails which are put together in collections." "As ba`ale berith (Ge 14:13) signifies `the confederates,' ba`ale shebhu`ah (Ne 6:18) `the sworn,' and the frequently occurring ba`ale ha-`ir `the citizens': so ba`ale 'acuppoth means, the possessors of assemblies and of the assembled themselves, or the possessors of collections and of things collected. Thus ba`ale 'acuppoth will be a designation of the `words of the wise' (as in shalishim, "choice men" = choice proverbs, Pr 22:20, in a certain measure personified), as of those which form or constitute collections and which stand together in order and rank" ("Eccl," English translation, 434).
The Jerusalem Talmud takes 'acuppoth as the Sanhedrin. On the whole it is better to interpret the phrase "persons skilled in collections" of wise sayings, grouped in a compact whole (compare Wright, Eccl, 102).
S. F. Hunter
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.