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Maher-shalal-hash-baz
Maher-shalal-hash-baz in the Topics
Plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isa 8:1–3; comp. Zeph 1:14), a name Isaiah was commanded first to write in large characters on a tablet, and afterwards to give as a symbolical name to a son that was to be born to him (Isa 8:1, Isa 8:3), as denoting the sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Isaiah 8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
- Isaiah 8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
