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(Heb. id. âֶּáֶø , a valiant man, as often Sept. ÃÜâçñ , Josephus ÃáâÜñçò , Ant. 8:2, 3), the son of Uri, and one of Solomon's purveyors, having sole (i.e. supreme) jurisdiction ( ðְöַéá ) over Gilead (1Ki_4:19); from which fact he appears to be the same as BEN-GEBAR ("son of Geber") mentioned is 1Ki_4:13 as having charge of the same region, unless, indeed, the latter were a deputy or assistant to his father. B.C. 1013. SEE EZION- GEBER.