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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Achar (Man living before Israel's Monarchy)
Chronicles uses this spelling for Achan, the Judahite whose hidden plunder cost Israel the fight at Ai.
First, in plain English
Chronicles uses this spelling for Achan, the Judahite whose hidden plunder cost Israel the fight at Ai.
Who this is
Achar is the name Chronicles gives to Achan, the Judahite who kept plunder devoted to destruction after the fall of Jericho and brought defeat on Israel at Ai as a result (Josh. 7). The Chronicler calls him "Achar, the troubler of Israel" (1 Chr. 2:7), a wordplay on the Valley of Achor, meaning "trouble," where he was executed.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H5917
Where it appears
- 1 Chronicles 2:7
