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Hezir

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Chezi-r', חֵזַיר, a swine, or, according to First, strong; Sept. Ι᾿εζείρ and ᾿Ηζείρ 5.r. Χηζίν), the name of two men.

1. The head of the seventeenth course of priests as established by David (1 Chronicles 24:15). B.C. 1014.

2. A chief Israelite who subscribed the sacred covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:20). B.C. cir. 410.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hezir'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/hezir.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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