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Ataroth

(Encyclopedia)Ataroth ătˈərŏth [key], in the Bible. 1 Town of Gilead. 2 Place or family of Judah. ...

En-shemesh

(Encyclopedia)En-shemesh ĕn-shēˈmĕsh [key], in the Bible, place, E of Jerusalem, on the border of Judah. ...

Adithaim

(Encyclopedia)Adithaim ădˌĭthāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, town of Judah, probably c.10 mi (16 km) from the coast. ...

Reaiah

(Encyclopedia)Reaiah rēˌəīˈə, rēāˈyə [key], in the Bible. 1 Grandson of Judah. 2 Family that returned from the Exile. ...

Onan

(Encyclopedia)Onan ōˈnən [key], in the Bible, Judah's son, whose evasion of his obligation to his brother's widow caused his death. ...

Jerusha

(Encyclopedia)Jerusha or Jerushah both: jēro͞oˈshə [key], in the Bible, mother of King Jotham of Judah. ...

Jeshimon

(Encyclopedia)Jeshimon jĕshˈĭmŏn [key], in the Bible, desert, the Wilderness of Judah, between the hill country and the Dead Sea. ...

Elzabad

(Encyclopedia)Elzabad ĕlˈzəbăd, ĕlzāˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Gadite who came to David in Judah. 2 Levitical doorkeeper. ...

Brown, Joseph Emerson

(Encyclopedia)Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821–94, U.S. public official, b. Pickens District, S.C. As governor of Georgia during the Civil War, Brown quarreled with Jefferson Davis over conscription and the suspension...

Jehu

(Encyclopedia)Jehu jēˈhyo͞o [key]. 1 King of Israel. He was anointed king by Elisha, who led the revolt against the house of Ahab. Jehu murdered King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah and the rest of t...