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Bidkar

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Bidkar', בַּדְקִר, according to Gesenius, for בֶּןאּדְּקָר , son of stabbing, i.e. assassin; according to First, for עֶבֶדאּקָר, servant [i.e. inhabitant] of the city; Sept. Βαδεκάρ; Josephus, Βάδακρος ), Jehu's "captain" (שָׁלַשׁ; Josephus, τῆς τρίτης μοίρας ἡγεμών, Ant. 9:6, 3), originally his fellow-officer (2 Kings 9:25), who completed the sentence on Jehoram, son of Ahab, by casting his body into the field of Naboth after Jehu had transfixed him with an arrow. B.C. 882. (See JEHU).

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