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Maher-shalal-hash-baz

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Maher-shalal-hash-baz The symbolic name of a son of Isaiah (Isa. 8: 1–4), meaning ‘the spoil speeds, the prey hastens’, to indicate the prophet's conviction that the alliance between Damascus and Samaria was not a threat to Judah, because Assyria would subdue both of them.

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Maher-shalal-hash-baz

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Maher-shalal-hash-baz [Heb.,=the spoil speeds, the prey hastens], in the Bible, name of Isaiah's son, symbolizing hope for Judah during the Assyrian attack on Damascus and Samaria.

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