- In 2 Samuel 23:20 who were the Lion Men of Moab?
The word you translate as lion men (אֲרִאֵל, 'ari'el) also appears with different spellings in Isaiah 29:1,7 (as a reference to Jerusalem, possibly playing on its meaning as Temple altar which was in Jerusalem), spelled אֲרִיאֵל, and a few times in Ezekiel 43:15-16 (as part of the altar in the Temple that Ezekiel saw), spelled אֲרִאֵיל
- hebrew - What is the origin of Ariels? - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack . . .
Ariels are mentioned as lion-like men in Moab yet their origin is not discussed 2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow
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