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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Crashing

krash'-ing (shebher):

This word, meaning "a breach," figuratively "destruction," is translated "crashing" in Zechariah 1:10: "a great crashing from the hills," representing the doom to fall on evil-doers in Jerusalem, as the enemy advanced against the city from the north.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation.