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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Hodesh (Woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy)

Shaharaim sent away two wives, Hushim and Baara, and had sons in Moab by others. Hodesh was one of them, and she is named so her sons, heads of Benjamite families, could be recorded.

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Shaharaim sent away two wives, Hushim and Baara, and had sons in Moab by others. Hodesh was one of them, and she is named so her sons, heads of Benjamite families, could be recorded.

Who this is

A wife of Shaharaim, a Benjamite clan head listed in 1 Chronicles 8:8-9 among the men who bore children in Moab after he had sent away his first two wives, Hushim and Baara. She and Shaharaim's other wives are named only to record the sons who became heads of Benjamite families.

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  • 1 Chronicles 8:9

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