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Sheth

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: S

By: James P. Boyd

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(tumult). (1) (1 Chron. 1:1¹Adam, Sheth, Enosh, (1 Chronicles 1:1)). [SETH.] (2) For Sheth (Num. 24:17¹⁷I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. (Numbers 24:17)), read “tumult,” as in Jeremiah 48:45⁴⁵They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. (Jeremiah 48:45).

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