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Eshbaal
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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[some Esh-ba'al] (Hebrew Esba'al, אֶשְׁבִּעִל , in pause אֶשְׁבָּעִל, man of Baal; Sept. Ἀσαβάλ v.r. Ι᾿εβάλ and Βαάλ, Vulg. Esbaal), the appropriate name of the fourth son of king Saul, according to the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39. He is doubtless the same person (see 1 Samuel 31:2, compared with 2 Samuel 2:8) as ISH-BOSHETH (See ISH-BOSHETH) (q..v.), since it was the practice to change the obnoxious name of Baal into Bosheth or Besheth, as in the case of Jerub-besheth for Jerub-baal, and (in this very genealogy) of Merib-baal for Mephi-bosheth: compare also Hosea 9:10, where Bosheth (A.V. "shame") appears to be used as a synonym for Baal. (See BAAL).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Eshbaal'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/eshbaal.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Eshbaal'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/eshbaal.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
