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Huzzab

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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Commonly represented as queen of Nineveh. Rather the Zab country, E. of the Tigris, watered by the upper and lower rivers, Zab Ala and Zab Asfal. A-diab-ene, the best part of Assyria representing the who1e. The "Zab" is named in the inscription of Tiglath Pileser I in the 12th century B.C. (Nahum 2:7). Gesenius connects it with Nahum 2:6, "the palace shall be dissolved, and shall flow away" (Henderson) "... though firmly established" (see margin).

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Huzzab'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​h/huzzab.html. 1949.
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