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Monday, December 15th, 2025
the Third Week of Advent

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(behn-dee' keer) Personal name meaning, “son of Deker” or “son of bored through.” Solomon's district supervisor in charge of supplying the royal court one month a year. His district bordered the Philistine territory on the west, reached to Aphek in the north, and to Beth-shemesh in the south (1 Kings 4:9 ).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Ben-Deker'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/b/ben-deker.html. 1991.

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