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Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

(help of Jehovah), son of Chelub, superintendent of King David’s farm-laborers. (1 Chronicles 27:26) (B.C. 1014.).

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Ezri

Ezri ez'-ri (`ezri, "my help"; Ezrai, or Ezdri): "Ezri, the son of Chelub," appointed by David to be superintendent of agriculture (1Ch 27:26). ⇒See a list of verses on EZRI in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Ezri

David's superintendent of agri- culture (1 Ch 21^). EZRIL (B 'EfpefX, A -<-, AV Esril), 1 Es »" ; AzAREL in Ezr 10". * On the value o( these books, see Byle, Ezra and J/A. Introd. 1 11. FADLE FACT 825 F FABLE is nsnally defined (with Dr. Johnson in his lite of Gaj') to be ' a narrative in which beings, ii rational and sometimes inanimate, are, for tlie purposes of moral instruction, feigned to act and speak with human interests and passions ' ; and hence, as such beings do not present analogies to man in the spiritual region, it dillers from other tropes (see ALLEGORY) in that its lessons are con- tin«?d to the sphere of practical worldly prudence. Accepting this prevailing usage, we lind (and the rarity is not surprising) but two instances of fable in sacred literature: (1) Jotham's fable of the trees choosing their king (Jg 9"-") ; and (2) the fable of the thistle and the cedar of Lebanon, in the answer of Jehoash to Amaziah (2 K 14'). In neitlier of these cases, however, is the story de- scribed by any appellation. Indeed the word fable does not occur in the canonical OT, nor is l…

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  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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