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(Heb. Akbor', òִëְáּåֹø , gnawing, 1, q. mouse; Sept. Á᾿÷ïâώñ , v. r. in Jeremiah and Chron. Á᾿÷ùâώñ ), the name of two men.
1. An Idumaean, father of Baal-hanan, one of the Edomitish kings
(Gen_36:38; 1Ch_1:49), B.C. prob. considerably ante 1619.
2. The son of Michaiab, and one of the courtiers whom Josiah sent to Huldah to inquire the course to be pursued respecting the newly- discovered book of the law (2Ki_22:12; 2Ki_22:14), B.C. 623. In the parallel passage (2Ch_34:20) he is called ABDON SEE ABDON , the son of Micah. His son Elnathan was a courtier of Jehoiakim (Jer_26:22; Jer_36:12).