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Egypt
...who 14th and 15th dynasties). says Rasetnub's era was 400 years before, i.e. 1700 B.C.; also on a lion at [[Bagdad]] (Dr. Birch). '''About B.C ...ests in the temple were the pastophori (Egyp. ‘openers,’ i.e. of shrines), and of the same rank as these were the choachytes

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Jerusalem
...ugh the Bezetha, but was obliged to retire from the N. wall of the temple, E. of and behind Antonia, back to Scopus, where he was utterly defeated in No ...tique , Paris, 1913ff.-( d ) [[Historical]] works : E. Schürer, History of the Jewish People (Eng. tr. of GJV).] , Edin

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Assyria And Babylonia
...esopotamia Syria, and Egypt, but with Bactria, and possibly China on the [[E.,]] and with EubÅ“a on the West. ( f ) New Baby

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Captivity
...ook captive His foes), "when He ascended on high led captivity captive," i.e. led in triumphal procession as captives for destruction those who once had ...o individuals ( Job 42:10): "The Lord turned the captivity of Job," i.e. he released him from the unusual sufferings and perplexities to which he h

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Apocrypha
...pha, Apocryphal.] Wisdom literature, both Palestinian and Alexandrian, e.g. the Palestinian teaching— ‘From a woman was the beginn ...st ; H. F. D. Sparks, ed., The Apocryphal Old Testament ; M. E. Stone, ed., Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period . 

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Israel
...ites. Our account of this (  1 Samuel 15:1-35 ) comes from the later (E [Note: Elohist.] ) source, and gives us, by way of explaining Saul’s late ...State of Israel ; M. Karlberg, JETS 31/3 (1988): 257-69; G. E. Ladd, The Last Things ; H. K. LaRondelle, The Israel of God i

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Babylon
...19-22 . Now vast mounds extend for miles. If Hillah (about 44 25' E 32 27' N ) be taken as a centre, the mounds extend northward about 3 miles. ...esenting the dragon and the re’Ã§m , to the Istar-gate at the S.E. corner. The whole was enclosed within an irregular triangle, formed by two

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Manetho
...Chabas, repeated mention is made of certain foreigners, called Apuruju, i.e. Hebrews, compelled by Rameses II to drag stones for the building of the ci

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Palestine
...ofF4/EhISEul2tgYKC8vNxqtU6ZMgUAwXK5vKWlZbAnBhq+ScRkMun1eujE3uoz/4gYO3bsu+++e+7cufPnz4tEovvvv7+wsDA1NTUtLY1Go4GUUV5eXlFRkd1uNxgM4E0zbty4M2fODH1kKIbhJfH+/ ...white, with the green suggestion of trees and grass, lying on the water’s e 

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Writing
...rticle referred to was not a book in the sense that we understand today (i.e. a collection of sheets bound together). It was most likely a scroll. The b ...was the colophon , or statement that a book was finished, e.g.   Psalms 72:20 . [[Similar]] editorial matter is found in &nb

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Book Of Isaiah
...m> Introduction to the Book of Isaiah . In these works, and in, e.g. , Driver’s Isaiah, his Life and Times , and his 

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Tyre
...desire her beauty," and Messiah shall become "the desire of all nations," e.g. Tyre ( Haggai 2:7). On the other hand Tyre is type of (See [[Antich ...atter feat they accomplished in three years, the voyagers sailing down the E. coast, and reaching the [[Pillars]] of Hercules after a feat of unheard-of

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Nineveh
...Asshuremid-ilin or Asshur-izzir-pal (Saracus or Sardanapalus), built the S.E. edifice at Nimrud. The palace walls were from five to fifteen feet thick, ...was ( Jonah 3:4 ) an "exceeding great city of three days' journey", i.e., probably in circuit. This would give a circumference of about 60 miles. A

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Antiochus
...al Artaxias, king of Armenia, in the N., and [[Arsaces]] of Parthid in the E., went forth with great fury, on the way took [[Arad]] in Judah, devastated <li> Antiochus IV., surnamed "Epiphanes" i.e., the Illustrious, succeeded his brother Seleucus (B.C. 175). His career an

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Book Of Numbers
...im at the Tent, which was pitched outside the camp ( Exodus 33:7-11 , E [Note: Elohist.] ). But now the presence of Jâ€³ [Note: Jahweh.] is pro ...(in spite of extraordinary circumstances) ( Numbers 27:1 ); E. They are to provide for “bonus” land beyond the initial promise (&nbsp

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Herod
...hew 16:6 we find "the leaven of Herod" is "the leaven of the Sadducees," i.e. disbelief of angel or spirit or resurrection. Luke ( Luke 9:7) says, ...> Literature.-The great authority for the lives of the Herods is Josephus. E. Schürer, GJV [Note: JV Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes (Schüre

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Cyrenius
...ut again the second clause is out of place. Valesius ([[Ad]] Euseb. [[''H. E'']] 1:5) would at once write Saturninus for Quirinus. All such changes of

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Nehemiah
...with warnings, "from all places (from whence) ye shall return unto us ''(I.E. From [[Whence]] Ye Can Come Out To Us)'' they will set upon you." L. De Di ...s formal expressions of joyous worship ( Nehemiah 8:13-18 ). E. God's way elicits confession ( Nehemiah 9:1-5 ). F. God's pe

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Galatia
...XBvBhaUR/ekMqNzeX5q0eD5arEIjE3JqbOnWqmSS5ubkkYd26dfnAgtENPg1EKg6vJJ6bm6sZB+E+jfv+/fv379/f11TuayebAeGqFUzAjA+RE5% ...ght afterwards have gone to this region. [[Eusebius]] ( HE [Note: E Historia Ecclesiastica (Eusebius, etc.).]iii. 4), [[Epiphanius]] ( Haer

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Darius
...pose on the provinces (Herodotus, 3:89). in four years it was completed, i.e. in the sixth year of Darius ( Ezra 6:15), in 516 B.C. In this same ye ...re [[Pelatiah]] and Jeshaiah; and there the pedigree of Zerubbabel ends, i.e. with the two grandsons. Then, "the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, th

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Canon Of The Old Testament
...hat he did know of a Palestinian limit to the third group. ( e ) [[Josephus]] . Josephus (a.d. 100), defending his earlie ...f Nehemiah), 4 containing hymns and directions for life (c. Apion, 1:8): i.e. the FIVE of [[Moses; Thirteen]] prophetical books, namely, '''(1

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Persia
...utlej]] ''(Before The First Contact Of The [[Assyrians]] With Aryan Tribes E. Of Mount Zagros, 880 B.C.)'' , down the Oxus, then S. of the Caspian Sea t ...] on the N., [[Armenia]] on the W., and Afghanistan and Beluchistan on the E., and is a country three times as large as France; lofty mountain ranges tr

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Jesus Christ
...Ã¦a and PerÃ¦a. Time: Tabernacles, a.d. 28, to Passover, a.d. 29. E. The Messianic crisis the last week, passion, resurrection, ascension. Sour ...t a few. Sometimes these are stated as abstract theological truth or fact (e.g., "All things are possible with God"  Mark 10:27 ) but most often

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Rome
...assed between the Forum proper and the Basilica Iulia, that it then went N.E. and ran along the east side of the Forum, turning southwards eventually an ...of the famous '''''Basilica''''' called after him (Caius, in Eusebius, H. E. ii. 25). All this is mere tradition. [[Real]] sites are the Colos

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Chronology Of The Biblical Period
...hn [[H.]] Hayes. Traditional dates are adapted from a system proposed by [[E.]] [[R.]] Thiele. The Intertestamental Period During the Intertest

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Babylonia
...th Sargon of Accad; Ur-Babbar p., contemporary with Naram-Sin of Accad; Ur-E p.; Lugal-bur p.; Basha-Kama p.; Ur-Mama p.; Ug-me p.; Ur-Bau p.; Gudea p.; ...show that the primitive inhabitants of the country were really Cushite, i.e. identical in race with the early inhabitants of Southern Arabia and of Eth

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Nebuchadnezzar
...rs and lords sought unto him," weary of anarchy after the "seven times," i.e. a complete sacred cycle of time, a week of years, had passed over him, and ...by constructing an artificial mountain; and accordingly the king caused on e to be made, four hundred feet square and over three hundred feet high. The

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Roman Empire
...ting subject of the Roman northern frontier the best account in English is E. G. Hardy, Studies in Roman History, 2nd ser., 1909, pp. 1-129: further det ...bly" at [[Ephesus]] ( Acts 19:35-39); "colonies" also, as Philippi, i.e. communities of Roman citizens, as it were a miniature Rome transplanted in

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Exodus
...JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] with D [Note: Deuteronomist.] , displaced E [Note: Elohist.] ’s Book of Judgments in favour of Deuteronomy, which he ...ping-places by no means indicates the number of days spent on the journey: e.g., it took fully a month to travel from Rameses to the wilderness of Sin (

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Jeroboam
...ict you: contrast  1 Kings 8:65), and Hamath, and restored the tribes E. of Jordan ( 1 Chronicles 5:17-22;  2 Kings 13:5). Assyria's depr ...g incense, when a prophet (Josephus, [[Ant]] . 8, 8, 5, calls him Jadon, i.e. probably Iddo; compare ''Ant.'' 8, 15, 4; Jerome, Quoest. Hebr. on  2

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Cyprus
...les. Its best ports (Larnaka and Limasol) are open roadsteads. A. E. Hillard. ...ut 40 broad for the most part, facing [[Phoenicia]] and [[Lebanon]] on the E., and [[Cilicia]] with the [[Taurus]] range on the N.; containing the mount

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Ezekiel
...of the people who felt they had perished ( Ezekiel 37:1-28 ) E. By defeating the ungodly forces of the nations under Gog of Magog ( E ...n. Again, the half of the holy portion extends 30 miles S. of Jerusalem, i.e., covering nearly the whole southern territory. Without great physical chan

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Shimei
...rents of Solomon, at the time of Adonjah's usurpation.  1 Kings 1:8. (B.C.1015). 4. Solomon's commissariat officer in Benjamin.  1 Kings [[Shimei]] ( ''Shĭm'E-Î'' ), ''Famous.'' The name of 14 or more Hebrews, of whom the two followi

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Babel
...u/duwfBu3379jiJ//AiN8uyZ8+ejY+Pd3Z2VlNT69Spk4uLy/3799evX6+mplZYWDhr1qylS5c+e/ZMqVQCAUZfw0OHDj18+BBDrImJiUwm2717N2huUlNT4VeAVxBaShBCHBwczMzMGIaBATd972G30 ...h 13:20-22). The "wild beasts of the islands" (rather "of the howlings," i.e. jackals) and "dragons" (serpents) abound; so that "neither the Arabian pit

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Isaiah
...entance]] brings reconciliation with God ( Isaiah 59:1-21 ). E. Light from God brings life ( Isaiah 60:1-62:12 ). F. [[Praye ...saiah occur in the latter portion as in the former, e.g. "to be called," i.e. to be; instead of synonyms the same words repeated in the parallel members

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Moses
...ed ( Numbers 12:3;  Numbers 27:16). To appreciate this meekness, e.g. under Miriam's provocation, and apparent insensibility where his own hon

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Sennacherib
...ng> SENNACHERIB (Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] Sin-akhÃ§-erba, i.e. ‘Sin [the Moon-god] has increased the brothers’), son of Sargon, ...;Isaiah 37:25 should be rendered "dried up all the Nile-arms of Matsor," i.e., of Egypt, so called from the "Matsor" or great fortification across the i

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Tarsus
...caonia]] by the Taurus range of mountains, which is pierced from N.W. to S.E. by a glen along which flows the Tcbakut Su. This glen offers a natural roa ...joined the one from [[Antioch]] by the [[Syrian]] [[Gates]] about 50 miles E. of Tarsus, and the single road, after traversing the city, turned sharply

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Book Of Ezra
...sses His workers and expects to be praised. ( Ezra 7:27-28 ) E. God's work warrants good records. ( Ezra 8:1-14 ) F. God's w ...Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/ezra-book-of.html. 1897. </div> </li>

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Abraham
...w Christ's day and was glad ( John 8:56). The scene was [[Moriah]] (i.e. chosen by Jehovah); others suppose Moreh, three days' journey from Beershe ...ke 16:23)* [Note: The plural form is frequently used by the Greek Fathers, e.g. Chrys. Hom. XL in Gen.: τάντες οἱ δικαιοι … εὐχῆ

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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
... 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.e. the first which Paul touched on his journey.’ But the interpretatio

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Augustus
...t given by J. S. Reid in A [[Companion]] to Latin Studies (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
... B. God will empower His chosen servant ( Haggai 2:23 ). E. [[Earl]] Joiner ...reproof, and lofty in contemplating the glorious future, [[Repetitions]] (e.g., "saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts"  Haggai 1:2;  Haggai 1:5;

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Pentateuch
...). 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 ( e ) 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. ; S. E. Loewenstamm, JBL 88 (1968): 78-80. 

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Hosea
...people will not allow Him to give them up ( Hosea 11:1-11 ). E. Covenant-making with alien powers is infidelity to God ( Hosea 11:12- .../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 (  1 Samuel 9:7 ff.), and the sons of the prophets ( e.g .   1 Samuel 10:5 ff.); in the use of the teraphim (  1 S ...depends on brave, faithful associates ( 2 Samuel 23:8-39 ). E. The leader's foolish decisions bring punishment even on a repentant leader

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Hellenism
...te der Theologie , Berlin, 1912. Cf. articles Stephen, Paul. E. Von Dobschütz. 

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Nahum
...not far behind that of Isaiah. [[Obscurity]] is sometimes met with ( e.g .   Nahum 1:10 ,   Nahum 2:8 ), but the cause is probably ...is a refuge for His troubled, trusting people ( Nahum 1:7 ). E. God protects those who seek Him but will destroy the enemy ( 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. 33Â° 30â€² N. and long. 36Â° 18â€² 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;  Esther 2:5) time. Daniel mentions the river [[Ulai]] near, i.e. the Greek Euloeus. From [[Darius]] Hystaspes' time to [[Alexander]] the Gr '''E'lam.''' ''(Eternity).'' 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. W. O. E. Oesterley. 

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Hananiah
...these are not necessarily all different people). W. O. E. Oesterley. ...be the same person as number 10. (12) A governor of the castle, i.e. the ''''' bı̄rāh ''''' 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,  Isaiah 8:7-8) have spoiled"; the Jews, not the Ethiopians. E ...scent; they are represented as being entirely subservient to Ammon, i.e . 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. ...1:33, 5; Mishna, Berachoth, 1:2), leaves ( Ezekiel 47:12), plasters (e.g. ''Of Fig,''  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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God
...e Father and Son are joined together as the source of grace and peace; e.g. ‘Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Ch ...as Father, Son, and Spirit are joined in the Apostolic benediction), e.g. in   1 Corinthians 1:3;   1 Corinthians 8:6 . So in &nbs

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Aaron
...own. But the effect of it was that the great majority of ‘Levites,’ i.e. trained official priests, at local sanctuaries throughout the countr .... [[Davidson]] and B. F. Westcott, A. S. Peake ( Century Bible ), E. C. Wickham ( [[Westminster]] Com. ); also Phillips Brooks, Se

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Carchemish
...sociated with the classical Circesium, and placed on maps some 200 miles S.E. of the above, which is judged to be an error. ...rew, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah," i.e. B.C. 606. According to  2 Chronicles 35:20, Necho had advanced with h

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Assur
...River commemorating his victories. Jehu, called in the inscription "son (i.e. successor) of Omri," gave him tribute. (G. Smith in Pal. Expl. Qy. Stat.)

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Book Of Micah
...en, its walls are destroyed, its inhabitants pine away in darkness, i.e . in the darkness of captivity (  Micah 7:8;   Micah 7:11 ) ...g peace and victory to His beleagured flock ( Micah 5:1-9 ). E. God plans to destroy weapons and idolatry from His people ( Micah 5:1

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Nethaneel
 '''Nethan'e-el.''' ''(Given Of God).'' 1. The son of Zuar, and prince of the t .../p> '''1.''' Prince of [[Issachar]] at the Exodus, son of Zuar. On the E. of [[Israel]] on march, and next Judah ( Numbers 1:8;  Numbers 2

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Stoics
...Seneca, Epictetus, and M. Aurelius. Of modern authorities we may refer to E. Zeller, Stoics, Epicureans, and Sceptics, Eng. translation, London, 1880; ...and Seneca"; histories of philosophy by Rogers, Windelband, Ueberweg, and E. Caird. 

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Nebaioth
...d under the sixth king of a [[Canaanite]] dynasty mentioned in the book, i.e. 1300 B.C. But the mention of names resembling Adam, Seth, Enoch, ...) as embracing the country from the Euphrates to the Red Sea '''''—''''' i.e., Petraea and all the desert east of it. The Nabat of the Arabs, however, a

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Sargon
...his expeditions against [[Babylonia]] and Susiana on the S., Media on the E., [[Armenia]] and [[Cappadocia]] N., Syria, Palestine, Arabia, and Egypt, W

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Versions Text And Languages Of Ot
...Ot.]] There are certain passages that occur twice over in the [[Ot:]] e.g.   Psalms 18:1-50 is found also in   2 Samuel 22:1-51; &n

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Jonah
...QpQ3JhMJnhLITTn1atX8DErKio+ffpUQ0Pj4cOHIAp3797t6emZlZW1cuXKiooKcDKQKCgogNQ+e/ZsfHw8QujOnTuwiVpoh8Vibdq06f79+8OHD5eTk6uvr6dNNT8/38vLq7S0dObMmS15143j6+tbV ...eaven," Christ gave a sign "out of the belly of hell" ( Jonah 2:2), i.e. the unseen region beneath. Christ's death, entombment three days without c

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Messiah
...to attribute [[Divinity]] to an earthly human personality. ( e ) ‘Son of David’ is the most characteristic, as it is the ...e]] utilizes many of the elements of the Messianism of the Pharisees, e.g . the two ages, the world-judgment, the trumpet to raise the dead,

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Philippi
...mong the civilised nations of antiquity.’ In the time of Trajan-i.e., before a.d. 117-Philippi became a stage in the triumphal progress of St. ...us to Thessalonica, and so forward by Philippi. Philippi was "the first (i.e. farthest from Rome and first which Paul met in entering Macedon) city of t

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Zedekiah
...pe ( Ezekiel 12:12;  Ezekiel 12:6), between the two walls on the E. and W. sides of the Tyropoeon valley, by a street issuing at the gate abov [[Zedekiah]] ( ''Zĕd'E-Kî'Ah'' ), ''Justice Of Jehovah.'' 1. The last king of Judah, the son of J

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Eleazar
...m. But in earlier writings his name appears only twice, both probably from E [Note: Elohist.] :   Deuteronomy 10:6 (his succession to the priestly [[Eleazar]] ( ''Ç'Le-Â'Zar'' or ''E-Lç'A-Zar'' ), ''Whom God Helps.'' 1. The third son of Aaron.  Exodus

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Greece
 [[Greece]] ( ''Greeçe'' ), or [[Hellas]] ( ''Hel'Las'' ). The well-known country in the southeast ...n elected chamber of, at least, 150 paid representatives, called the Boul[=e]; universal suffrage obtains, and the period of election is for four years;

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Ashdod
...;Zephaniah 2:4;  Zechariah 9:5-6, "a bastard shall dwell in Asdod," i.e. an alien; perhaps referring to an [[Arabian]] occupation of it during the ...aza and Joppa. It is now called Esdud, or Esdood, 34 40' E 31 46' N , and is wretched in the extreme, though lying in a fertile plain.

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Chronology Of The New Testament
...ame day. Eusebius puts their death at the very end of Nero’s reign, i.e. not long before a.d. 68. The determining considerations are: ( ...div> <div> <div> <div> [[Choose]] a letter to browse: </div> <div> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N [[[[O]] P Q R S T U V W Y Z]] </div> </div> <div> <div>

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Corinth
...Corinthians 8:1) proves that Paul visited other Macedonian churches also, e.g. [[Thessalonica]] and Berea. But Philippi, as the chief one, would be the ...Ã¦um, on the W. (1 1 / 2 miles away). The other harbour, CenchreÃ¦, on the E., on the Saronic Gulf, was about 8 1 /2 miles away. The view from the citad

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History And Religion Of Canaan
...[[Elijah]]; [[Israel]]; [[Phoenicia]]; [[Ugarit]] . Frank [[E.]] Eakin, Jr. 

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Year
...ly "a cycle of time," is used (a) of a particular time marked by an event, e.g.,  Luke 4:19;  John 11:49,51;  18:13;  Galatians 4:10 ...Sabbath of Paradise, had not sin disturbed all. During 70 Sabbath years, i.e. 490, the period of the monarchy, the Sabbath year was mainly slighted, and

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Jehoram
...as they would naturally do in the allied royal houses of Judah and Israel, e.g. Jehoram and Ahaziah, confirms the truth of the sacred history. ...ginning prophetically with the [[Israelitish]] calendar or regnal point, i.e. the autumn, as those of Judah do in the spring. (See [[Kingdom Of Israel]]

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Uzziah
...se" ( 2 Kings 15:5), [[Beth]] ha-kophshi, "a house of manumission," i.e. release from the duties and privileges of social and religious intercourse

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Manasseh
...udges 5:14 ) seems to take the place of Manasseh. In   Genesis 50:23 (E [Note: Elohist.] ) he is the only son of Manasseh; so also   Numbers 2

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Worship
...zer ; R. deVaux, Ancient Israel: Religious Institutions ; R. E. Webber, Worship Old and New ; idem, Worship is a Verb ; ...rren, Liturgy and Ritual the Ante-Nicene Church, London, 1897. A. E. Burn. 

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Biblical Theology
...d without glossing over tensions that may exist as various themes overlap (e.g., God's mercy and God's judgment; law and grace). Preliminar ...1897; G. Matheson, The [[Spiritual]] Development of Paul , 1890; E. Riehm, Der Lehrbegriff des Hebraerbriefs , 1867; B. Weiss, De

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Pontus
...province Galatia (b.c. 3 2) was Pontus Galaticus, and the regions that lay E. of Pontus Polemoniacus, between the Black Sea and Armenia, were known as P

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Baruch
...lanting," are being plucked up; "seekest thou great things for thyself?" i.e., dost thou expect to be exempt from trial? A promise is added to ...the Words of Baruch; ( d ) The [[Gnostic]] Book of Baruch; ( e ) The Latin Book of Baruch, composed originally in Latin; ( f 

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Hazael
...he [[Israelites]] were once more able to assert themselves. W. O. E. Oesterley. [[Hazael]] ( ''Hăz'A-El'' or ''Hâ'Za-El'' ), whom ''God Beholds, I.E.,'' cares for. A king of Syria.  1 Kings 19:15;  1 Kings 19:17. J

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Rhodes
...successful cities in ancient Greece. It was founded in b.c. 408, at the N.E. corner of the island of the same name, which   Isaiah 43 miles long a ...reverse the rose from which Rhodes takes its name. The capital is at the N.E. of the island. It was the last spot where the Christians of the East held

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Solomon
...Mental Capacity" Comprising Varied Fields Of Knowledge)'' as the sand," i.e. abundant beyond measure ( 1 Kings 4:29). He excelled the famous wise ...the security which Solomon was able to offer to PhÅ“nician trade with the E [Note: Elohist.] ., and, above all, access to the port of Ezion-geber on th

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Ecclesiasticus
...to allude to that of the reigning Ptolemy by many critics since Eichhorn, e.g. by Bruch, Palfrey, Davidson, Ewald, Fritzsche, etc. The "thirty-eighth y ''''' e ''''' ''''' klē ''''' ''''' zi ''''' ''''' as´ti ''''' ''''' kus ''''' [[

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Habakkuk
...k]] . The eighth of the Minor Prophets. Except for legends, e.g. in Bel and the Dragon (33 42), nothing is known of him outside the ...God's moral government. The oppressed nations "shall take up a parable," i.e. a derisive song (compare  Isaiah 14:4;  Micah 2:4), whom Habakku

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Marriage
...ian level, a strange uncertainty obscures their exact interpretation, e.g . with regard to the prohibited degrees, divorce, or ‘the husband ...l Manhood and Womanhood: A [[Response]] to [[Evangelical]] Feminism ; E. Wheat and G. Perkins, Love Life for Every [[Married]] [[Couple]] 

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Ephesus
...klopädie.], v. [1905]; J. T. Wood, Discoveries at Ephesus , 1876; E. L. Hicks, [[Ancient]] Greek [[Inscriptions]] in the Brit. Museum ...elders traveled when summoned by Paul to the latter city. On a N.E. hill stands the church Ayasaluk, corrupted from '''''Hagios Theologos'''''

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Medes
...ndo Germanic family, which Japheth's sons starting from Armenia spread N., E., and W. In [[Persia]] the purer Aryan creed, dualism ''(Ormuzd However Bei ...bsp;Daniel 11:1 )): [[Mentioned]] as Japhethites in  Genesis 10:2 , i.e. Aryans, and accordingly they first called themselves Ἄριοι , '''

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Hellenistic And Biblical Greek
...usage does not appear in those words as used in Biblical Greek; thus, e.g. , λειτουργία in the Rabbinical literature means ‘servic

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Cilicia
 (Κιλικία) [[Cilicia]] was a country in the S.E. of Asia Minor, bounded on the west by Pamphylia, on the north by [[Lycaoni ...rugged, and chiefly fit for pasture. Tarsus, on the Cydnus, capital of the E., became a favorite residence of the [[Greeks]] and seat of learning under

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Amaziah
...udah, Kings of; Joash; Uzziah; [[Jehoaddin]] (his mother). Ronald E. [[Bishop]] Amaziah, 1 Amazi´ah (whom Jehovah, strengthens, i.e. God-strengthened), son of Joash, and eighth king of Judah. He was 25 years

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Book Of Obadiah
...c. 586. As to the amount of matter cited by Obadiah, scholars differ: e.g . Driver considers that   Obadiah 1:1-9 is derived from the ol

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