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1301 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Arieh.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Arieh — the lion, the name of one of the body-guard slain with Pekahiah at Samaria ( 2 Kings 15:25 ) by the conspirator Pekah.
1302 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Bigthan.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Bigthan — one of the eunuchs who “kept the door” in the court of Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king’s life. Mordecai detected the conspiracy, and the culprits were hanged ( Esther 2:21-23; Esther 6:1-3 ).
1303 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Dathan.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Dathan — welled; belonging to a fountain, a son of Eliab, a Reubenite, who joined Korah (q.v.) in his conspiracy, and with his accomplices was swallowed up by an earthquake ( Numbers 16:1; Numbers 26:9; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalm 106:17 ).
1304 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. David.24 (Matthew G. Easton)
… palace conspiracy broke out as to who should be his successor. Joab favoured Adonijah. The chiefs of his party met at the “Fuller’s spring,” in the valley of Kidron …
1305 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Ebed.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Ebed — slave, the father of Gaal, in whom the men of Shechem “put confidence” in their conspiracy against Abimelech ( Judges 9:26, Judges 9:26, Judges 9:30, Judges 9:31 ).
1306 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Ephraim in the wilderness.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… were conspiring against him. It lay in the wild, uncultivated hill-country to the north-east of Jerusalem, betwen the central towns and the Jordan valley.
1307 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Gedaliah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… who conspired against Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 38:1 ). (4.) The son of Ahikam, and grandson of Shaphan, secretary of king Josiah ( Jeremiah 26:24 ). After the destruction of …
1308 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hagarene.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
Subsequently the “Hagarenes,” still residing in the land on the east of Jordan, entered into a conspiracy against Israel (comp. Psalm 83:6 ). They are distinguished from the Ishmaelites.
1309 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hoshea.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… . He conspired against and slew his predecessor, Pekah ( Isaiah 7:16 ), but did not ascend the throne till after an interregnum of warfare of eight years ( 2 Kings …
1310 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Jacob.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… mother conspired to deceive the aged patriarch ( Genesis 27 ), with the view of procuring the transfer of the birthright to himself. The birthright secured …
1311 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Jehozabad.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
(2.) The son of Shomer, one of the two conspirators who put king Jehoash to death in Millo in Jerusalem ( 2 Kings 12:21 ).
1312 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Jeroboam.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… form conspiracies with the view of becoming king of the ten tribes; but these having been discovered, he fled to Egypt ( 1 Kings 11:29-40 ), where he remained for …
1313 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Joab.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… hoary conspirator died without one to lift up a voice in his favour. He was buried in his own property in the “wilderness,” probably in the north-east of Jerusalem …
1314 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Korah.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… this conspiracy. The whole company demanded of Moses and Aaron that the old state of things should be restored, alleging that “they took too much upon them …
1315 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Midianite.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… a conspiracy against them ( Numbers 22:4-7 ). Balaam, who had been sent for to curse Israel, having utterly failed to do so, was dismissed by the king of Moab; nevertheless …
1316 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Nadab.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ), a conspiracy broke out in his army, and he was slain by Baasha ( 1 Kings 15:25-28 ), after a reign of two years ( 955-953). The assassination of Nadab was followed by that …
1317 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Nergal-sharezer.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… a conspiracy of the nobles, one of whom, Nabonadius, ascended the vacant throne, and reigned for a period of seventeen years ( B.C. 555-538), at the close of which …
1318 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Peleth.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Peleth — swiftness. (1.) A Reubenite whose son was one of the conspirators against Moses and Aaron ( Numbers 16:1 ).
1319 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pentateuch.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… even conspiracy, to its authors, who sought to find acceptance to their work which was composed partly in the age of Josiah, and partly in that of Ezra and Nehemiah …
1320 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Remaliah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Remaliah — adorned by the Lord, the father of Pekah, who conspired successfully against Pekahiah ( 2 Kings 15:25, 2 Kings 15:27, 2 Kings 15:30, 2 Kings 15:32, 2 Kings 15:37; Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 7:4, Isaiah 7:5, Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 8:6 ).