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Brief Life History of Joash 'the Abiezrite'. Joash 'the Abiezrite' was born as the son of missing link to Abiezer ha-Manasseh. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
The narrative account of the Book of *Judges attests the existence of the clan of the Abiezrites in the 12 th century b.c.e. Joash, the father of Gideon, was surnamed "the Abiezrite" (Judg. 6:11) and his town was "*Ophrah of the Abiezrites" (Judg. 6:24, 8:32). Ophrah, a cultic center, has been located by most scholars at al-Ṭayyiba on the ...
Originally Abiezer's family must have been E. of Jordan. In 1 Chronicles 7:18 Abiezer is made son of Gilead's sister. The family must have afterward passed to the W. of Jordan; for Joash the Abiezrite lived in Ophrah, which seems to have been on a hill, facing from the S. the Esdraelon plain, the scene of so many contests. 2. 2 Samuel 23:27.
Judges 9 is the ninth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the reformer Judean king ...
11 The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”. 13 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied ...
Little Joash was the only member of the royal family who was not killed. Jehoiada knew that Joash must eventually be crowned king because he was the last of the Davidic seed line. He waited patiently and continued instructing Joash about the Lord and being king. When Joash was seven years old, Jehoiada knew the time was right.
Judges 6:11–12 — New Century Version (NCV) 11 The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak tree at Ophrah that belonged to Joash, one of the Abiezrite people. Gideon, Joash’s son, was separating some wheat from the chaff in a winepress to keep the wheat from the Midianites. 12 The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon and said ...
