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In the Old Testament, Eleazar (אלעזר " God has helped", Standard Hebrew Elʿazar, Tiberian Hebrew ʾElʿāzār)
- A son of Aaron, and a Levite priest. His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas. After the death of Nadab and Abihu, (Lev. 10:12; Num. 3:4) he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary. On Mount Hor he was clothed with the sacred vestments, which Moses took from off his brother Aaron and put upon him as successor to his father in the high priest's office, which he held for more than twenty years. (Num. 20:25-29) He took part with Moses in numbering the people, (26:3, 4) and assisted at the inauguration of Joshua. He assisted in the distribution of the land after the conquest. (Josh. 14:1) When he died, "they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son." (Josh. 24:33). The high-priesthood remained in his family till the time of Eli, into whose family it passed, till it was restored to the family of Eleazar in the person of Zadok. (1 Sam. 2:35; comp. 1 Kings 2:27)
- An inhabitant of Kirjath-jearim who was "sanctified" to take charge of the ark, while it remained in the house of his father Abinadab. (1 Sam. 7:1, 2; comp. Num. 3:31; 4:15)
- The son of Dodo the Ahohite, of the tribe of Benjamin, one of the three most eminent of David's thirty-seven heroes, (1 Chr. 11:12) who broke through the Philistine host and brought him water from the well of BethlehemThis article is about the city in the West Bank. For other articles subjects named Bethlehem, see Bethlehem (disambiguation). Bethlehem ( Arabic Bayt Lam "house of meat"; "house of bread", Standard Hebrew Bet leem / Bet laem Tiberian Hebrew Be leem / Be l. (2 Sam. 23:9, 16)
- A son of Phinehas associated with the priests in taking charge of the sacred vessels brought back to JerusalemCapitals in Asia For alternate uses see Jerusalem (disambiguation Jerusalem ( Modern Hebrew: Yerushalayim Biblical Hebrew: Arabic: al-Quds see also Names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christ after the Babylonian Exile. (Ezra 8:33)
- A Levite of the family of MerariMerari "sad"; "bitter" in Hebrew. According to the Hebrew Bible he was the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither. He became the head of one of the great divisions of the Levit. (1 Chr. 23:21, 22)
- A son of Mattathias and the younger brother of Judas MaccabeusJudas Maccabeus (also called Judah the Maccabee was the third son of the Jewish priest Mathathias. He led the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167-160 BC). His surname Maccabeus is from the Syriac word "maqqaba" (hammer), and this name was gr. He was killed at the Battle of Beth-zechariahThe Battle of Beth-zechariah was fought between Jewish and Syrian forces during the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire. In 164 BC, Judas Maccabeus crushed the numerically superior Syrians under Lysias at the Battle of Beth-zur and restored the t during the Maccabean revolt. (1 Macc. 6:43-46)
See also LazarusJesus, painting by the Swedish artist Karl Isakson (c. 1920) Lazarus is a proper name referring to a character of the Bible. The name has also appeared in modern day literature, science fiction, and computer programing software. Bible In the New Testament.
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