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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904) · Public Domain

Asphalt (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

See Bitumen. ASPHAR Pool (XdKitoi 'A<r(pdp), 1 Mao 9".— A pool in the desert of Tekoa, or Jeshimon, where Jonathan and Simon the Maccabees encamped. The site is doubtful. C. R. Conder. A8PHARASUS {'A<r<t>ipa<rot), I Es 5".— One of the leaders of the return under Zerubbabel. Called Mispar (ippo), Ezr 2', and Mispereth (n-jjpij), Nell 7'. A8RIEL (Sxn^t., in AV of 1 Ch 7" Ashriel).- A Mana-ssite (Jos 17', Nu 26" j in the latter the patron. Aerlelite occurs). Ace. to the LX.\ of 1 Ch 7" A.'

s mother was an Aramitess, a concubine of Manasseh. J. A. Selbie.

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