McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Eshton

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Eshton


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(Heb., Eshton', àֶùְׁúּåֹï , according to Gesenius uxorious, according to Furst careless; Sept. Á᾿óóáèώí , Vulg. Esthon), a son of Mehir, and grandson of Chelub, of the tribe of Judah (1Ch_4:11). B.C. ante 1618. Among his four sons and one grandson enumerated (1Ch_4:12) as "the men of Recah," two (Beth-rapha and Ir-nahash) seem, however, to be rather names of places.