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Achzib

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Ach'zib. (lying, false).

1. A city in the Shefelah, or lowlands of Judah, named with Keilah and Mareshah. Joshua 15:44; Micah 1:14. It is probably the same with Chezib and Chozeba, see Chezib; Chozeba.

2. A town belonging to Asher, Joshua 19:29, from which the Canaanites were not expelled, Judges 1:31, afterwards Ecdippa. It is now es-Zib, on the seashore, 2h. 20m. north of Acre.

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Achzib'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​a/achzib.html. 1901.
 
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