Mehetabel
the name means bettered of God Strong's Lexicon
Mehetabel was an ancestor of Shemaiah, who opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild Jerusalem's walls.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Wife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:39).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Delaiah
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Nehemiah 6:10.
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Verses that name Mehetabel
- Nehemiah 6:10 Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”