a wild ass of them
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PIRAM.The king of Jarmuth, defeated by Joshua at Beth-horon and afterwards put to death (Jos_10:3 ff.).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Amorite king of Jarmuth at Joshua's invasion (Jos_10:3). Defeated before Gibeon with the other four kings, hid in the cave of Makkedah; hanged, and buried in the cave.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Pi'ram. (like a wild ass; fleet). The Amorite king of Jarmuth, at the time of Joshua's conquest of Canaan. Jos_10:3. (B.C. 1450).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
pı̄?ram (פּראם, pir'ām, ?indomitable?): King of Jarmuth, one of the five Amorite kings who leagued themselves against Joshua's invasion (Jos_10:3 ff).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Piram
(Heb. Pirame', פַּרְאָם, like a wild ass, i.e. fleet; Sept. (Φιδών, v. r. Alex. Φεραάμ, Vulg. Pharam), the Amoritish king of Jarmuth at the time of Joshua's conquest of Canaan (Jos_10:3). B.C. cir. 1618. With his four confederates he was defeated in the great battle before Gibeon, and fled for refuge to the cave at Makkedah, the entrance to which was closed by Joshua's command. At the close of the long day's slaughter and pursuit, the five kings were brought from their hiding-place, and hanged upon five trees till sunset, when their bodies were taken down and cast into the cave wherein they had been hid (Jos_10:27) Smith. SEE JARMUTH.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.