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Shobach

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7731

שׁוֹבַךְ

sho.vakh — Shobach

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.10.16; also called Shophach (NIV: Shophak) at 1Ch.19.16,18; Also named: sho.phakh (שׁוֹפָךְ "Shophach" H7780) § Shobach = "expansion" general of king Hadarezer of the Syrians of Zoba in the time of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7780

שׁוֹפָךְ

sho.phakh — Shophach

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.10.16; also called Shophach (NIV: Shophak) at 1Ch.19.16,18; Another name of sho.vakh (שׁוֹבַךְ "Shobach" H7731) § Shophach = "expansion" 1) the general of Hadarezer 1a) also 'Shobach'

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Historical dictionary entry

Poured out, the “captain of the host of Hadarezer” when he mustered his vassals and tributaries from beyond “the river Euphrates” (2 Sam. 10:15-18); called also Shophach (1 Chr. 19:16).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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