Topic
Nahath
7 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 36:13Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Reuel
And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
- 1 Chronicles 6:26Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Also called TOAH and TOHU .A Levite
As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
- 2 Chronicles 31:13Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A Levite and overseer of the secured offerings
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler…
- Genesis 36:17Easton · Smith · Nave 1. Son of Reuel
¶ And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
- 1 Chronicles 1:37Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Reuel
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
- 1 Samuel 1:1ISBE · Nave 2. Also called TOAH and TOHU .A Levite
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
- 1 Chronicles 6:34ISBE · Nave 2. Also called TOAH and TOHU .A Levite
The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Rest. (1.) One of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau (Gen. 36:13, 17). (2.) A Kohathite Levite (1 Chr. 6:26). (3.) A Levite, one of the overseers of the sacred offerings of the temple (2 Chr. 31:13).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
- One of the "dukes" of Edom, eldest son of Reuel the son of Esau. (Genesis 36:13,17; 1 Chronicles 1:37) (B.C. 1700.)
- A Kohathite Levite, son of Zophai. (1 Chronicles 6:26)
- A Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:13) (B.C. 725.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
na'-hath (nachath):
(1) A grandson of Esau (Ge 36:13; 1Ch 1:37).
(2) A descendant of Levi and ancestor of Samuel (1Ch 6:26); also called "Toah" (1Ch 6:34) and "Tohu" (1Sa 1:1).
(3) A Levite who, in the time of Hezekiah, assisted in the oversight of "the oblations and the tithes and the dedicated things" (2Ch 31:13).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.