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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary · 2023

Bidkar

Aide of King Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel. Bidkar fulfilled a prophecy about the fate of Ahab’s family by throwing the body of Joram, Ahab’s son, into Naboth’s field after Jehu had killed Joram (2 Kgs 9:24-26).

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