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Hallohesh

2 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.

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Nehemiah 10:24Smith · ISBE
Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
Nehemiah 3:12ISBE
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

In the reference works

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references

(enchanter), one of the chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:24) (B.C. 410.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references

ha-lo'-hesh (ha-lochesh, "the whisperer," "the slanderer"): A post-exilic chief whose son Shallum assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem (Ne 3:12, the King James Version "Halohesh"). He was also one of the leaders who signed the national covenant (Ne 10:24 (Hebrew 25)).

Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); 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.

Hallohesh

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