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Haruz was the father of Meshullemeth, wife of King Manasseh of Judah.
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Haruz was the father of Meshullemeth, who became the wife of King Manasseh of Judah. Manasseh was known as an evil king who led Judah into idolatry and wickedness. Meshullemeth, Haruz's daughter, was the mother of Manasseh's son Amon, who succeeded him as king. Haruz is mentioned only in this context, and no other information is provided about him in the Bible. (2Ki.21.19).
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Eager, the father of Meshullemeth, the wife of king Manasseh (2 Kings 21:19) and mother of king Amon.
(zealous), a man of Jotbah, father of Meshullemeth queen of Manasseh. (2 Kings 21:9) (B.C. before 644.)
HA'RUZ (zealous), the maternal grandfather of King Amon, 2 Kgs 21:19.
HA'RUZ (zealous), the maternal grandfather of King Amon, 2 Kgs 21:19. HAR'VEST occurred in the months of March and April, and the term is frequently employed to designate this season of the year. Josh 3:15; Prov 6:8. The harvests of the different grains happened in regular succession, and are known as the "wheat-harvest," 1 Sam 12:17, and the "barley-harvest," Ruth 1:22. The grain was reaped with sickles, Jer 50:16, gathered in handfuls, Ruth 2:16, and done up into sheaves. Ps 129:7. It was then conveyed to the barns or threshing-floors, sometimes in carts. Am 2:13, where it was threshed or winnowed. One mode of threshing was by the treading of oxen, which it was forbidden to muzzle, Deut 25:4. Harvest was a season of great joy and merriment, Isa 9:3. In the book of Ruth we pass through it as in a panoramic vision. In the N.T. our Lord refers to the end of the world under the term of harvest. Matt 13:39, whose reapers will be the angels. The angel is represented figuratively as at that time thrusting in his sickle, "for the harvest of the earth is ripe," Rev 14:15. Feast of. See Pentecost.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2743
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His motherʼs name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.
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