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• Samaria
  ...p. 462f.; A. P. Stanley, Sinai and Palestine, new ed., 1887, pp. 240-246; E. Schürer, HJP[Note: JP History of the Jewish People (Eng. tr. of GJV).], 1 ...3, section 4). Bounded N. by the hills beginning at [[Carmel]] and running E. toward Jordan, forming the southern boundary of the plain [[Esdraelon]] (J
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• Syria
  ...ings of Syria.) Abilene, so-called from its capital Abila, was a tetrarchy E. of Antilibanus, between Baalbek and Damascus. [[Lysanias]] was over it whe .... by the Mediterranean, on the N. by the Tauric range of mountains, on the E. by the middle Euphrates and the Hamâd or desert steppe, and on the S. by
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• Macedonia
  ...&nbsp;Acts 17:2-12 ) was the recipient of the oldest Christian writing, i.e., the First Letter to the Thessalonians which Paul wrote from [[Corinth]] a ...‘a city belonging to the first of those four districts of Macedonia, <i> i.e. </i> the first which Paul touched on his journey.’ But the interpretatio
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• Augustus
  ...t given by J. S. Reid in <i> A [[Companion]] to Latin Studies </i> (ed. J. E. Sandys, Cambr. 1910), 129ff. The theory of the Empire is best expounded in ..., who, after his adoption by Julius Caesar, took the name of Octavianus (i.e. Ex-Octavius), according to the Roman fashion; and was the first peacefully
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• Antioch
  ...rong citadel on another spur of the mountains that surround the city. From E. to W. of Antioch he laid out a splendid corso with double colonnades, whic ...governors subsequently. [[Built]] where Lebanon running N. and [[Taurus]] E., meet at a bend of the river Orontes; partly on an island, partly on the l
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• Haggai
  ...<p> B. God will empower His chosen servant (&nbsp;Haggai 2:23 ). </p> <p> E. [[Earl]] Joiner </p> ...reproof, and lofty in contemplating the glorious future, [[Repetitions]] (e.g., "saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts" &nbsp;Haggai 1:2; &nbsp;Haggai 1:5;
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• Pentateuch
  ...). </p> <p> Many particulars were impolitic in a mere human point of view: e.g. their peculiar food, ritual, and customs, excluding strangers and impedi ...ah and supposedly was written in the Southern [[Kingdom]] about 850 [[B.C. E]] stood for Elohim, a favorite Hebrew name for God in this document. It wa
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• Money
  ...x of a half-shekel by presenting a PhÅ“nician tetra-drachm. This is ( <em> e </em> ) the ‘piece of money’ of v. 27, which RV [Note: Revised Version. ...Coinage of Palestine from the 2Century B.C. to the 3Century A.D. </i> ; S. E. Loewenstamm, <i> JBL </i> 88 (1968): 78-80. </p>
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• Hosea
  ...people will not allow Him to give them up (&nbsp;Hosea 11:1-11 ). </p> <p> E. Covenant-making with alien powers is infidelity to God (&nbsp;Hosea 11:12- .../p> <p> The allusion to Shalmaneser's expedition against Israel as past, i.e. the first inroad against [[Hoshea]] whose reign began only four years befo
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• Books Of Samuel
  ...of prophecy (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 9:7 ff.), and the sons of the prophets ( <em> e.g </em> . &nbsp; 1 Samuel 10:5 ff.); in the use of the teraphim (&nbsp; 1 S ...depends on brave, faithful associates (&nbsp;2 Samuel 23:8-39 ). </p> <p> E. The leader's foolish decisions bring punishment even on a repentant leader
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• Hellenism
  ...te der Theologie </i> , Berlin, 1912. Cf. articles Stephen, Paul. </p> <p> E. Von Dobschütz. </p>
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• Nahum
  ...not far behind that of Isaiah. [[Obscurity]] is sometimes met with ( <em> e.g </em> . &nbsp; Nahum 1:10 , &nbsp; Nahum 2:8 ), but the cause is probably ...is a refuge for His troubled, trusting people (&nbsp;Nahum 1:7 ). </p> <p> E. God protects those who seek Him but will destroy the enemy (&nbsp;Nahum 1:
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• Damascus
  ...ht" is still there, leading from one gate to the pasha's palace, i.e. from E. to W. a mile long; it was originally divided by [[Corinthian]] colonnades ...hief city of N. Syria, situated in lat. 33° 30′ N. and long. 36° 18′ E. It lies in a plain east of the Anti-Lebanon, famous for its beauty and fer
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• Elam
  ...er 1:2; &nbsp;Esther 2:5) time. Daniel mentions the river [[Ulai]] near, i.e. the Greek Euloeus. From [[Darius]] Hystaspes' time to [[Alexander]] the Gr <p> '''E'lam.''' ''(Eternity).'' </p> <p> 1. This seems to have been originally, the
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• David
  ...ountry, except Judah in the S. and part of the transjordanic tribes on the E., were under the Philistine dominion after the fatal battle of Gilboa. Grad ...age in which be lived, and must be discounted accordingly. </p> <p> W. O. E. Oesterley. </p>
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• Hananiah
  ...these are not necessarily <em> all </em> different people). </p> <p> W. O. E. Oesterley. </p> ...be the same person as number 10. </p> <p> (12) A governor of the castle, i.e. the <i> ''''' bı̄rāh ''''' </i> or fortress, and by Nehemiah placed in
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• Alexandria
  ...next to Rome the most splendid city in the Empire. About 4 miles long from E. to W., nearly a mile wide, and about 15 miles in circumference, it was qua ...a magnificent street nearly 5 miles long, and 100 feet wide, running from E. to W., and crossed by another of somewhat lesser dimensions from N. to S.
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• Ethiopia
  ..., "a nation meted out and trodden down whose land the (Assyrian) rivers (i.e. armies, &nbsp;Isaiah 8:7-8) have spoiled"; the Jews, not the Ethiopians. E ...scent; they are represented as being entirely subservient to Ammon, <em> i.e </em> . to his priests, elected by him, acting only upon his oracles, and r
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• Physician
  ...don, 1908; David Allyn Gorton, The History of Medicine, New York, 1910; J. E. Sandys, A [[Companion]] to Latin Studies, Cambridge, 1910, p. 715 ff. </p> ...1:33, 5; Mishna, Berachoth, 1:2), leaves (&nbsp;Ezekiel 47:12), plasters (e.g. ''Of Fig,'' &nbsp;2 Kings 20:7; comp. Pliny, 23:63; Strabo, 15:713), and
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• Elisha
  ...ing Elijah: "my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof," i.e., in losing thee Israel loses its main defense. Elisha, putting his hands o ...omes he graced by his presence. And yet he was filled with a "double"— ''I.E..'' an elder brother's—portion of Elijah's spirit, both to work miracles
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