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Maher-shalal-hash-baz

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(speeding to the prey). Name of Isaiah’s son, symbolizing the Assyrian conquest of Damascus and Samaria (Isa. 8:1-4¹Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ²And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. ³And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ⁴For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. (Isaiah 8:1‑4)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Symbolical name given to one of Isaiah’s sons (Isa. 8:1-4¹Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ²And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. ³And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ⁴For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. (Isaiah 8:1‑4)). It signifies “swift for spoil, hasty for prey.” The child was to be so called because before he should “have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria” should be taken away before the king of Assyria (see 2 Kings 15:29²⁹In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. (2 Kings 15:29); 2 Kings 16:9⁹And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. (2 Kings 16:9)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

quickly the spoil, hasting the prey