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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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HEBER. 1. A man of Asher ( Genesis 46:17 , Numbers 26:45 , 1 Chronicles 7:31-32 ). The gentilic name Heberites occurs in Numbers 26:45 . Numbers 26:2 . The Kenite, according to Judges 4:17; Judges 5:24 , husband of Jael. He separated himself ( Judges 4:11 ) from his Bedouin caste of Kenites or nomad smiths, whose wanderings were confined chiefly to the south of Judah, and settled for a time near Kedesh on the plain to the west of the Sea of Galilee. 3. A man of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:18 ). 4. A Benjamite ( 1 Chronicles 8:17 ).

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Heber'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​h/heber.html. 1909.
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