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Achbor

Achbor - gnawing = mouse. (1.) An Edomitish king (Gen. 36:38; 1 Chr. 1:49).

(2.) One of Josiah's officers sent to the prophetess Huldah[?] to inquire regarding the newly-discovered book of the law (2 Kings 22:12, 14). He is also called Abdon (2 Chr. 34:20).

From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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