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Adnah
What Bible dictionaries say about “Adnah”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Adnah - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Delight. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:20). (2.) A general under Jehoshaphat, chief over 300,000 men (2 Chr. 17:14).
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
ad'-na (`adhnach, "pleasure"; Edna):
(1) A warrior of the tribe of Manasseh, who deserted Saul and joined David's forces at Ziklag (1Ch 12:20,21)
(2) An officer of high rank, perhaps the commander-in-chief of Jehoshaphat's army (2Ch 17:14). Here the spelling in Hebrew is `adhnah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
- A Manassite who deserted from Saul and joined the fortunes of David on his road to Ziklag from the camp of the Philistines. He was captain of a thousand of his tribe, and fought at Davids side in the pursuit of the Amalekites. (1 Chronicles 12:20) (B.C. 1054.)
- The captain of over 300,000 men of Judah who were in Jehoshaphats army. (2 Chronicles 17:14) (B.C. 908.)
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith