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(ach' bawr) Personal name meaning, “mouse.” 1. Father of king in Edom (Genesis 36:38 ). 2 . Man King Josiah commissioned to ask God the meaning of the Book of the Law found in the Temple. He and others commissioned obtained God's word from Huldah, the prophetess (2 Kings 22:12-14 ). 3 . Father of Elnathan, whom Jehoiakim sent to bring back prophet Uriah from Egypt to execute him (Jeremiah 26:22 ). Compare Jeremiah 36:12 .

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Achbor'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/a/achbor.html. 1991.

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