Jerubbesheth
contender with the shame; i.e., idol, a surname also of Gideon (2 Sam. 11:21).
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founded by God, a “desert” on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem. It lay beyond the wilderness of Tekoa, in the direction of Engedi (2 Chr. 20:16, 20). It corresponds with the tract of country now called el-Hasasah.
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[ji-roo-suh-luh m, -zuh-] /dʒɪˈru sə ləm, -zə-/ noun 1. a city in and the capital of Israel: an ancient holy city and a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; divided between Israel and Jordan 1948–67; Jordanian sector annexed by Israel 1967; capital of Israel since 1950. [iz-ree-uh l, -rey-] /ˈɪz ri əl, -reɪ-/ […]
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noun 1. a large, nocturnal, wingless, long-horned grasshopper, Stenopelmatus fuscus, occuring chiefly in loose soil and sand along the Pacific coast of the U.S.