Eder

      Eder

      meaning: a flock

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    Dictionary Summary: Tower of the flock, a tower between Bethlehem and Hebron, near which Jacob first halted after leaving Bethlehem ([Gen. 35:21](/gen#Gen.35.21)). In [Micah 4:8](/mic#Mic.4.8) the word is rendered “tower of the flock” (marg., “Edar”), and is used as a designation of Bethlehem, which figuratively represents the royal line of David as sprung from Bethlehem. 2

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      35.21 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.