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1 A Mesopotamian city eight miles east of Babylon. 2 The father of Saul (1Sam 9:1; 1Sam 9:3; 1Sam 10:11; 1Sam 10:21; 1Sam 14:51; 2Sam 21:14; 1Chr 8:30; 1Chr 8:33; 1Chr 12:1; 1Chr 26:28). 3 Levites (1Chr 23:21; 1Chr 23:22; 1Chr 24:29; 2Chr 29:12). 4 An ancestor of Mordecai (Esth 2:5).
Powell, Mark Allan, ed. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Abridged Edition. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2009.