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| <p> <strong> PILLAR, [[Plain]] OF THE </strong> . In Judges 9:6 we read that the men of [[Shechem]] made [[Abimelech]] king ‘by the plain (AV [Note: Authorized Version.]; RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘oak,’ RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘terebinth’) of the pillar.’ The correct translation is undoubtedly ‘ <strong> the terebinth of the pillar </strong> ,’ the meaning being the sanctuary of Shechem. The ‘pillar’ refers to the sacred stone, originally a fetish, which was often found in holy places along with the sacred tree (see preced. article). </p> <p> W. F. Boyd. </p> | | Plain Of The Pillar <ref name="term_7073" /> |
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| | <p> ( מצּב אלון , <i> ''''' 'ēlōn ''''' </i> <i> ''''' muccābh ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus reads πρὸς τῇ βαλάνῳ τῇ εὑρετῇ τῆς στάσεως τῆς ἐν Σικίμοις , <i> ''''' prós ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tḗ ''''' </i> <i> ''''' balánō ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tḗ ''''' </i> <i> ''''' heuretḗ ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tḗs ''''' </i> <i> ''''' stáseos ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tḗs ''''' </i> <i> ''''' en ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Sikı́mois ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus omits τῆ εὑρετῇ , <i> ''''' te ''''' </i> <i> ''''' heureté ''''' </i> , and the second τῆς , <i> ''''' tḗs ''''' </i> ): With the Revised Version margin we must read "terebinth of the pillar," the place where the men of [[Shechem]] and Beth-millo made [[Abimelech]] king ( Judges 9:6 ). This was one of the sacred trees of which there seem to have been several near Shechem. See [[Meonenim]] , [[Oak]] Of . "The pillar" may possibly have been the great stone which Joshua set up "under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh" ( Joshua 24:26 ). </p> |
| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55736" /> ==
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| <p> (אֵלוֹן מֻצָּב; Sept. τῇ βαλανῳ τῇ εὑρετῇ τῆς στάσεως; Alex. omits τῇ εὑρετῇ; Vulg. ''Quercum Quae Stabat),'' or rather "''Oak Of The Pillar" —'' that being the real signification of the [[Hebrew]] word ''Eldn;'' a tree which stood near Shechem, and at which the men of Shechem and the house of [[Millo]] assembled, to crown Abimelech, son of [[Gideon]] ( Judges 9:6). There is nothing said by which its position can be ascertained. It possibly derived its name of ''Mutstsab'' from a stone or pillar set up under it; and reasons have already been adduced for believing that this tree may have been the same with that under which Jacob buried the idols and idolatrous trinkets of his household, and under which Joshua erected a stone as a testimony of the covenant there re-executed between the people and Jehovah. (See [[Meonenim]]). There was both time and opportunity during the period of commotion which followed the death of Joshua for this sanctuary to return into the hands of the Canaanites, and the stone left standing there by Joshua to become appropriated to idolatrous purposes as one of the matstsebâ hs in which the religion of the aborigines of the [[Holy]] Land delighted. (See [[Idolatry]]). The terms in which Joshua speaks of this very stone ( Joshua 24:27) almost seem to overstep the bounds of mere imagery, and would suggest and warrant its being afterwards regarded as endowed with miraculous qualities, and therefore a fit object for veneration. Especially would this be the case if the singular expression, "It hath heard all the words of [[Jehovah]] our God ''Which He [[Spake]] To Us,"'' were intended to indicate that this stone had been brought from Sinai, Jordan, or some other scene of the communications of Jehovah with the people. The [[Samaritans]] still show s range of stones on the summit of [[Gerizim]] as those brought from the bed of [[Jordan]] by the twelve tribes. (See [[Oak]]). </p> | | == References == |
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| | | <ref name="term_7073"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/plain+of+the+pillar Plain Of The Pillar from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_53378"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/pillar,+plain+of+the Plain Of The Pillar from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |
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| <ref name="term_55736"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/pillar,+plain+of+the Plain Of The Pillar from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Plain Of The Pillar [1]
( מצּב אלון , 'ēlōn muccābh ; Codex Vaticanus reads πρὸς τῇ βαλάνῳ τῇ εὑρετῇ τῆς στάσεως τῆς ἐν Σικίμοις , prós tḗ balánō tḗ heuretḗ tḗs stáseos tḗs en Sikı́mois ; Codex Alexandrinus omits τῆ εὑρετῇ , te heureté , and the second τῆς , tḗs ): With the Revised Version margin we must read "terebinth of the pillar," the place where the men of Shechem and Beth-millo made Abimelech king ( Judges 9:6 ). This was one of the sacred trees of which there seem to have been several near Shechem. See Meonenim , Oak Of . "The pillar" may possibly have been the great stone which Joshua set up "under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh" ( Joshua 24:26 ).
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