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ABIEZER (‘father is help’).—1. The name occurs also in the abbreviated form Jezer. He is called the son of Hammolecheth, sister of Machir, the son of Manasseh (1Ch_7:18). His descendants formed one of the smallest clans belonging to the Gileadite branch of the tribe of Manasseh, the best known member of which was Gideon. According to Jdg_6:24; Jdg_8:32, the Abiezrites were settled at Ophrah; they were the first to obey the summons of Joshua to fight against the Midianites.—2. An Anathothite, one of David’s thirty-seven chief heroes, who had command of the army during the ninth month (2Sa_23:27, 1Ch_27:12).
W. O. E. Oestenley.