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AIAH

a'-ya ('ayyah, "falcon"; once in the King James Version Ajah, Genesis 36:24): (1) A Horite, son of Zibeon, and brother of Anah, who was father of one of Esau's wives (Genesis 36:24; 1 Chronicles 1:40). (2) Father of Rizpah, a concubine of Saul, about whom Ishbosheth falsely accused Abner (2 Samuel 3:7), and whose sons were hanged to appease the Gibeonites, whom Saul had wronged (2 Samuel 21:8-11).

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Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.