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Eder
Flock. (1.) A city in the south of Judah, on the border of Idumea (Josh 15:21).
(2.) The second of the three sons of Mushi, of the family of Merari, appointed to the Levitical office (1 Chr 23:23; 1 Chr 24:30).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Joshua 15:21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
- 1 Chronicles 23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
- 1 Chronicles 24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
