Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

REHUM An officer of the king of Persia, in Samaria, during the rebuilding of the temple; by an insidious letter to the king he procured an edict for the discontinuance of this work for a time, probably two years or more preceding 520 B.C., when it was resumed. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Rehum … Continue reading “Rehum”

Rehoboth-Ir REHOBOTH-IR (lit. broad places of the city).One of the four cities in Assyria built by Nimrod (Gen 10:11). It immediately follows Nineveh, and might mean a suburb of that city, originally separate from it, but later annexed and containing some of its most spacious streets or market-places. A suitable identification has been found in … Continue reading “Rehoboth-Ir”

Rehoboth-Hannahar Rehoboth-Hannahar, or Rehoboth of the river, the birth-place of one of the Edomitish kings, named Saul (Gen 36:37). The river is, doubtless, the Euphrates, and the place is probably represented by the modern er-Rahabeh, upon the west bank of that river, between Rakkah and Anah. Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature

Rehoboth by the River The Edomite king Saul’s or Shaul’s city (Gen 36:37). As Edom never extended to the Euphrates’ “river,” probably an Assyrian invasion put Shaul from Rehoboth on the Edomite throne. There is still a Rahabeh on the right bank of the river, eight miles below the junction of the Khabour, and three … Continue reading “Rehoboth by the River”

REHOBOTH 1. A city of ancient Assyria, site unknown, Gen 10:11 .2. A place in the wilderness south of Gerar and Beersheba, so named by Isaac on the occasion of his digging a well there, Gen 26:22 .3. A city on the Euphrates, thought to be the modern Er-rahabeh, south of Carchemish, Gen 36:37 ; … Continue reading “Rehoboth”

REHOBOAM The son and successor of Solomon, by Naamah, an Ammonitess, 1Ki 12:1-33 14:21-31 2Ch 10:1-12 :16. He was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and was therefore born at the beginning of his father’s reign.He ascended the throne about 975 B.C., and reigned seventeen years at Jerusalem. Under his reign the ten … Continue reading “Rehoboam”

REHOB 1. A Levitical city in Asher, Jos 19:28 ; 21:31, on the northern border of the Holy Land, called also Beth-rehob, and lying in a valley south of Anti-Lebanon, not far north of Dan, Num 13:21 ; Jdg 18:28 . It was long governed by its own kings, Jdg 1:31, but in the time … Continue reading “Rehob”

Rehkopf, Johann Friedrich a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Leipsic, January 20, 1733. He studied at the university of his native place, was in 1761 deacon at Zwickau, in 1764 archdeacon at Reichenbach, in 1769 doctor and professor of theology at Helmstadt, in 1778 superintendent at Dresden, and died March 15, 1789. He … Continue reading “Rehkopf, Johann Friedrich”

Rehhoff, Johann Andreas a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Tondern, August 24, 1809. He studied at Kiel and Berlin, was for some time archdeacon at his native place, and in 1837 provost and first pastor at Apenrade. In 1851 Rehhoff was called to Hamburg as pastor primarius of St. Michael. In 1870 he … Continue reading “Rehhoff, Johann Andreas”

Rehfuss, Carl Dr., a Jewish rabbi, was born Feb. 9, 1792, at Altdorf, in Breisgau. When fifteen years of age he went to Yverdun, in Switzerland, to attend the lectures at the Pestalozzi Institution there. He then entered the lyceum at Rastatt, and after due preparation was enabled to attend the lectures at the Heidelberg … Continue reading “Rehfuss, Carl”