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Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Achzib
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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1. In Judah, in the shephelah or plain country of Judah on the western borderland toward the Philistines and the sea; the Chezib of Genesis 38:5; Joshua 15:44; Micah 1:14, where the meaning of the name ("a lie") is alluded to.
2. In Asher, but, like Accho and Sidon, never wrested from the aboriginal Phoenicians (Judges 1:31). Ten miles N. of Acre, on the Mediterranean; considered on the return from Babylon the northernmost boundary of the Holy Land. Now Es-zib.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Achzib'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/a/achzib.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Achzib'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/a/achzib.html. 1949.
