Topic
Ebez
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 19:20ISBE
And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
- Judges 12:8–10ISBE
¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
e'-bez ('ebhets, meaning unknown; Rhebes; the King James Version Abez):
One of the 16 cities in Issachar (Jos 19:20). The name seems to be cognate to that of the judge Ibzan (Jud 12:8-10). All else concerning it is conjecture.
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.