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•HEIR Under the patriarchs the property of a father was divided among the sons of his legitimate wives (Genesis 21:10; 24:36; 25:5), the eldest son getting a larger portion than the rest. The Mosaic law made specific regulations regarding the transmission of real property, which are given in detail in Deuteronomy 21:17; Numbers 27:8; 36:6; 27:9-11. Succession to property was a matter of right and not of favour. Christ is the “heir of all things” (Hebrews 1:2; Colossians 1:15). Believers are heirs of the “promise,” “of righteousness,” “of the kingdom,” “of the world,” “of God,” “joint heirs” with Christ (Gal 3:29; Hebrews 6:17; 11:7; James 2:5; Romans 4:13; 8:17).
•HELAH rust, (1 Chronicles 4:5, 7), one of the wives of Ashur.
•HELAM place of abundance, a place on the east of Jordan and west of the Euphrates where David gained a great victory over the Syrian army (2 Samuel 10:16), which was under the command of Shobach. Some would identify it with Alamatta, near Nicephorium.
•HELBAH fatness, a town of the tribe of Asher (Judges 1:31), in the plain of Phoenicia.
•HELBON fat; i.e., “fertile”, (Ezekiel 27: 18 only), a place whence wine was brought to the great market of Tyre. It has been usually identified with the modern Aleppo, called Haleb by the native Arabs, but is more probably to be found in one of the villages in the Wady Helbon, which is celebrated for its grapes, on the east slope of Anti-Lebanon, north of the river Barada (Abana).
•HELDAI wordly. (1.) 1 Chronicles 27:15; called also Heleb (2 Samuel 23:29); one of David’s captains.
(2.) Zechariah 6:10, one who returned from Babylon.