( Exodus 12:23 ), the agent employed in the killing of the first-born; the destroying angel or messenger of God. (Compare 2 Kings 19:35 ; 2 Sam 2 Kings 24:15 2 Kings 24:16 ; Psalms 78:49 ; Acts 12:23 .)

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.