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MIBZAR

mib'-zar (mibhtsar, "a fortress"): An Edomite chief, the King James Version "duke" (Genesis 36:42; 1 Chronicles 1:53). According to Eusebius, Mibzar is connected with Mibsara, a considerable village subject to Petra and still existing in his time. Compare Holzinger and Skinner in respective commentaries on Genesis.

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