International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Mehetabel; Mehetabeel

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Mehetabel; Mehetabeel


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mḗ-het´a-bel, mḗ-het´a-bēl (מהיטבאל, mehēṭabh'ēl, “whom God makes happy”):

(1) Daughter of Matred, wife of Hadad or Hadar, the 8th and apparently last of the kings of Edom (; ).

(2) Grandfather of that Shemaiah who played a treacherous part against Nehemiah at the suggestion of Tobiah and Sanballat, by trying to persuade Nehemiah to commit sacrilege (-13).