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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
harp
). (1) Wife of
Esau
(
Gen. 28:9
9
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. (Genesis 28:9)
). (2) Wife of
Rehoboam
(
2 Chron. 11:18
18
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; (2 Chronicles 11:18)
). (3)
The
tune or the
instrument
(Psa. 53; 88, titles).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
Daughter
of
Ishmael
and wife of
Esau
(
Gen. 28:9
9
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. (Genesis 28:9)
). See
BASHEMATH
.
2.
Daughter of
Jerimoth
and wife of
Rehoboam
(
2 Chron. 11:18
18
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; (2 Chronicles 11:18)
).
3.
Name
in
the
title of Psalm 53. Its meaning is not known.
Some
suppose that a mournful tune is referred to, or that it was written
for
a
time
of sorrow. Gesenius takes it as a
harp
or stringed
instrument
.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
making sick: sickness: appeasing
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