Gnawing = mouse. (1.) An Edomitish king (Gen. 36:38; 1 Chr. 1:49).
(2.) One of Josiah’s officers sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire regarding the newly-discovered book of the law (2 Kings 22:12, 14). He is also called Abdon (2 Chr. 34:20).
Achbor
Achbor appears mostly as a father’s name. In Genesis he is the father of Baalhanan, a king of Edom. In Judah’s last years another Achbor, a court official, was one of those sent with Hilkiah the priest to ask Huldah the prophetess about the newly found book of the law. His son Elnathan then shows up in Jeremiah’s day, sent by King Jehoiakim to bring a fugitive prophet back from Egypt. Elnathan also sat among the princes when the scroll was read, and “had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll.” The king would not listen.
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Genesis
Genesis 36:39
And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
2 Kings
2 Kings 22:14
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe;(now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 26:22
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
Jeremiah 36:12
Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Jeremiah 36:25
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(mouse).
(1.) Father of Baalhanan king of Edom. (Genesis 36:38,39; 1 Chronicles 1:49)
(2.) Son of Michaiah, a contemporary of Josiah, (2 Kings 22:12,14; Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12) called ABDON in (2 Chronicles 34:20) (B.C. 623.)