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Shechem
...rom the Samaritans; the depth of the well; the oriental allusion contained in the expression, living water;' the history of the well, and the customs the ...26:31. 4. A Gileadite, son of Shemida, the younger brother of '''Shechem, 3''' .  1 Chronicles 7:19. 

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Sychar
...bl. iv. 4828 f.; Robinson, BRP [Note: RP Biblical Researches in Palestine.] iii. 133; Stanley, SP [Note: P [[Sinai]] and Palestine ...echem broadens into the great plain; it is 2,000 yards E. of Nablus ( '''''Shechem''''' ), which is hidden from it. The tomb of Joseph is a third of a mile no

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Ebal
...of Israel's disobedience and consequent chastisement. The Samaritans' aim in their reading was to justify their erection of the temple on Gerizim. The c ...ts or tribes, went up to the top of the mountains, but the heads only, who in their persons might represent all the tribes. 

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Gerizim
...Wendt, Teaching of Jesus , i. 320; artt. ‘Gerizim’ and ‘Shechem’ in Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible; Commentaries. Andrew N. Bogle. ...ur Lord alludes: "Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem (exclusively) worship the Father" (&nbsp

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Dinah
...s vow to make an altar at [[Bethel]] to God, who had appeared to him there in the day of his distress when fleeing from Esau. So his family gave up their ...aanites]] resulted immediately in the decimation of the tribe, and finally in the absorption of their remnants into the neighbouring tribes. The Dinah cl

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Palestine
...the east, the [[Lebanon]] [[Range]] in the north and the [[Sinai]] Desert in the south. <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgA ...e opaqueness, in sea and shore alike. The dry atmosphere showed everything in sharpest outline, clear-cut and broken-edged. There was no shading or varie

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Samaria
...al Review, iv. [1911] 136 ff.; S. R. Driver, ‘The Discoveries at Samaria,’ in PEFSt[Note: EFSt [[Palestine]] Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement.]xliii. ...m in the 17th century. (See them in Eichhorn's Repertorium, 13) At Nablus (Shechem, or Sychar) the Samaritans have a settlement of 200 persons still, observin

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Shalem
...the position required, three miles E. of Nablas (Shechem), i.e. between [[Shechem]] and the [[Jordan]] valley where at [[Succoth]] Jacob was just before (&nb ...rwise]] we must suppose Shalem to be a small town (in the neighbourhood of Shechem), which has been identified with a village called Salim . <

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Zebul
...h]] defeated the latter, [[Zebul]] thrust out Gaal and his brethren from [[Shechem]] ( Judges 9:28;  Judges 9:30;  Judges 9:36;  Judges 9: ...ho was left by him as governor of Shechem. He cleverly assisted his master in suppressing the revolt of Gaal (  Judges 9:26-41 ).

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Jeroboam
...ll Amos' words," implies a critical state of the country, which eventuated in actual anarchy for some time after Jeroboam's death. ...eshold, he called her by name, told her that her son should die, and then, in appalling terms, denounced the impending ruin of Jeroboam's whole family, w

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Israel
...lley, and invaded the East-Jordanic country as far as Mahanaim. Many towns in Judah were captured also. (Cf. Breasted’s Hist. of Egypt , 530 ..., Israel in the [[Apostolic]] Church ; J. F. Walvoord, Israel in Prophecy ; M. J. Wyngaarden, The Future of the Kingdom . 

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Sacrifice
...ord, the human forerunners of Christ in sacrificial obedience, have failed in emphasis (cf. G. A. Smith, Modern [[Criticism]] and the [[Preaching]] of th ...omily]] of Salvation truly says "reason is satisfied by God's great wisdom in this mystery of our redemption, who hath so tempered His justice and mercy

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Rehoboam
...tically represented. Rehoboam reigned for 17 years; his acts were recorded in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of [[Iddo]] the seer concerning genea ...his age, Rehoboam "slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David" ( 1 Kings 14:31 ). He was succeeded by his son Abij

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Gibeah
...now that the Philistines fled, flocked to him from all their hiding places in Mount Ephraim. ...the city flourished once more after the destruction of Jerusalem and again in the Maccabean age. Gibeah is located at tell el-Ful on a high ridg

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Ophrah
...e the name ( 1 Chronicles 5:24), migrating there with [[Abiezer]] and Shechem ( Numbers 26:30;  Joshua 17:2). '''3.'''  1 Chronic ...The [[Palestine]] Memoirs suggest as its site the village of Ferata, near Shechem. 

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Abraham
...s grace declared Abraham righteous, so he declares righteous all who trust in him ( Genesis 15:6;  Romans 4:11). ''' ...the faithful," who left home and all at the call of God, to be a sojourner in tents, he typifies Him who at the Father's call left His own heaven to be a

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Samaritan
...of Samaria. '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine. ...ctures on the Jewish Church, Append. 3, and still more minutely in Sermons in the East, Append. 2. For older monographs on the Samaritans, see Volbeding,

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Marriage
...efore him as the ideal of his own life. How far that ideal can be embodied in legislation and applied to the community as a whole must depend upon social ...rry only believers. Whenever God directly brought a man and woman together in marriage, both were believers. Although pagan customs encouraged marriage w

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Testaments Of The Twelve Patriarchs
...and weeping ( Test. Sim . ii. 13) and two years fasting (iii. 4; in Judah’s case abstinence from flesh and wine and all enjoyment till old ag

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Samaritans Samaria
...s the kingdom of Judah. The northerners established their capital first at Shechem, then at Tirzah, but when [[Omri]] came to the throne he built a new capita ...tc., in Porta Linguarum Orientalium series; Rosenberg, ‘Lehrbuch’ in Hartleben’s Bibliothek der Sprachenkunde (a compilation, but goo

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Salmon
.... John’s Gospel, iii., English translation 1880, where, against his former view, he identifies Salome with ‘his mother’s sister’). H. W. Ful ...] on fire.  Judges 9:48. Its exact position is not known. Referred to in  Psalms 68:14. 3. The father of Boar. 

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Zalmon
...h [[Abimelech]] and his party brought boughs and "put them to the hold" of Shechem, "and set the hold on fire" ( Judges 9:48 ). Probably the southern pea ...ryphon]] in b.c. 143, when he attempted to relieve the [[Syrian]] garrison in [[Jerusalem]] and was prevented by a heavy fall of snow ( 1Ma 13:22 ). <str

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Simeon
..."For I perceive thou art in the gall," etc. ( Hebrews 12:15). Simeon in his prayer, "pray that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon ...ant Jesus in his arms and blessed Him, on the occasion of the presentation in the [[Temple]] (  Luke 2:25 ff.). The notion that this Simeon is to be

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Circumcision
...formed to many of them, when no sacrifice of principle was understood; for in order to gain the Jews, he became "as a Jew." See [[Abraham]] , and See [[B ...ical [[Commentary]] , 1902); also E. v. Dobschütz, Christian Life in the Primitive Church , Eng. translation, 1904; K. Lake, The Earlie

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City
...mers had their fields outside the city and their homes inside. They worked in the fields during the day, but returned to the city before nightfall, when ...test of the [[Divine]] power of the religion of Jesus in our day will lie in its capability of giving to the city rational meaning, of transmuting the b

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Cities Of Refuge
...sylum served to limit the rights of the avenger of blood, perhaps because “in hot anger” he might not be able to distinguish between murder and uninten ...hrist to us,  1 Corinthians 1:9), now El-Khalil. Bezer, perhaps Bozor in the Book of [[Maccabees]] ''("Fortress," So Is Jesus, ''  Isaiah 32:2

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Salt
...ion, however understood, and worse applied, of the offering made with salt in the Scripture? ...its complete dedication to Jâ€³ [Note: Jahweh.] (see the parallels adduced in EBi [Note: EncyclopÃ¦dia Biblica.] iv. col. 4249 f.

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Moses
...through Moses and Aaron to send a series of plagues upon Egypt, resulting in the overthrow of Egypt and the release of Israel ( Exodus 7:14-25; Exo ...his whole career appeared to them to afford parallels to spiritual factors in the New Covenant. The following form an interesting study, as illustrating

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Aenon
...ote: designates the particular edition of the work referred] , and ‘Salim’ in Encyc. Biblica . W. W. Moore. .... ( John 4:37-38.) John the Baptist, the forerunner, prepared the way in Samaria; Jesus and His disciples must needs follow up by preaching the gosp

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Idolatry
...-32 ,   Acts 17:22-31 ,   1 Corinthians 8:1-13 etc. But idolatry in [[Christian]] doctrine has a wider significance than the service of materia ...aptivity several times, from which at last they returned, and were settled in the land of Judea, after which we hear no more of their idolatry. They have

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Fable
...; and for certitudo salutis he adds, ‘we have the day-star rising in our hearts.’ The answer is still valid. Against the charge of following s ...but to an earlier and less developed form, such as is necessarily implied in the more elaborate systems. The heresies combated are no indication of the

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Book Of Joshua
...covenant was made with the people that day, a statute, and an ordinance in Shechem. A great stone was set up as a witness of the covenant. Joshua, the faithfu ...19:51). The Levites, who had no tribal area of their own, were given towns in all the other tribes (20:1-21:45). Apart from the story of an earl

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Hosea
...leads to death ( Hosea 13:1-16 ). I. [[Repentance]] results in restoration and life for God's people ( Hosea 14:1-9 ). Billy ...king ... in the latter days." But first must come her spiritual probation in the wilderness of trial ( Hosea 2:14) and her return to the Egypt of a

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Idol
...e "utterly to abolish the idols," and all "idolaters shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone" ( Revelation 21:8; &nb ... ‘tsb (a homonym of the root meaning “sorrow and grief”) is used in several passages (cf. 1 Sam. 31:9). 

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Jordan
...ing in a lake where navigation is impossible useless for irrigation, it is in fact what its Arabic name signifies, nothing but a 'great watering place,' ...acquainted with the Jordan; Naaman the [[Syrian]] was directed to go wash in the Jordan seven times, that his leprosy might depart from him (  2 Ki

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Mount Ebal
...p mount Ebal, and others on mount Gerizim, and prove that the congregation in the valley could hear the voice from both mountains. Mount Ebal is now call ...sibility. The importance of the mountain from a military point of view is illustrated by the ruins of a massive fortress found on the summit. 

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Bethel
...ps annexed the city to his Southern Kingdom. Bethel was destroyed in the sixth century during the Exile; however, some returned there when relea ...;  1 Samuel 30:27). Bethel in  Joshua 19:4 answers to [[Chesil]] in  Joshua 15:30. Bethuel,  1 Chronicles 4:30. [[Hiel]] of Bethel re

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Preaching
...hristian church. May their numbers still be increased, and their exertions in the cause of truth be eminently crowned with the divine blessing! ...M. E. Ross, The Christian Standpoint, 1911, p. 15; A. M. Fairbairn, Christ in the Centuries, 1893, p. 23. M. Scott Fletcher. 

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Altar
...in the region. The altars were not to be so high that they required steps, in order to avoid any immodesty which might occur if a priest lifted up his ro ...or "more given to religion" than is common, "rather given to veneration." In  Ezekiel 43:15 "altar" is lit. '''''Harel''''' , "mount of God," denot

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Tower
...332 f.). A representation is given in that work (p. 279) of a stone tower in the [[Hauran]] constructed of black basalt, with a stone loft at the height ...le's union and oneness with him, and their everlasting safety and security in him. 

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The Book Of Judges
.... The connection of Judges with Joshua, of which it is the sequel, appears in the reference to Joshua's death,  Judges 2:6-9 (compare the same words

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Conquest Of Canaan
...st approach to understanding the conquest of Canaan is one which is rooted in the biblical materials. See [[Achan]]; [[Ai]]; [[Exodus]]; [[Gilgal]]; [[Je ...</li> <li> [[Eleazar]] s Successor'. Eleazar died and was buried in Mount Ephraim, and was succeeded by his son Phinehas ( Numbers 25:10-1

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Burial
...ites, and Customs of the Jews connected with Death, Burial, and Mourning,’ in JQ R [Note: QR Jewish Quarterly Review.] , 1894 and 1895. ...sing the plaintive dirge, or express their hope of a blessed resurrection, in the strains of inspiration. All shall be silent despair. See [[Sepulchres]]

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Neapolis
...th, Dict. of Greek and Roman Geographyii. [1868] 411; W. M. Leake, Travels in Northern Greece, 1836, iii. 180; W. M. Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller, 1895 ...lla. '''2.''' Equates to [[Shechem]] in Old Testament, [[Sychar]] in New [[Testament]] Now ''Nablus'' , corrupted from Neapolis. 

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Book Of Judith
...59), p. 698; Diestel in the Jahrb. f. d. Theol. 1862, p. 781 sq.; Lipsius, in Hilgenfeld's Zeitschr. 1867, p. 337 sq. [[Express]] commentaries o ...relevant articles in the Bible dicts., especially that by F. C. [[Porter]] in Hdb . 

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Offerings And Sacrifices
...oliness]] School ; [[J.]] Gordon McConville, Law and [[Theology]] in Deuteronomy ; [[J.]] Milgrom,  Leviticus 1-16 ; idem, <i

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Biblical. Slavery
...But this argues no approval of the relation; for '''(1)''' Jesus, in an analogous case, appeals to the paramount law of nature as superseding su

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Human Sexuality
...J.]] [[B.]] Hurley, Man and Woman in Biblical Perspective: [[A]] Study in Role Relationships and [[Authority]] ; [[D.]] Jacobson, Word and W

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Joshua
...followed him, which is hardly inferior to that of Moses himself. In a real sense also his work was left unfinished at his death. The settlement

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Tree
...ipal trees and shrubs mentioned in Holy Writ, the reader will find noticed in distinct articles under their several denominations. ...rist]] to those who walk with GOD, dwell in His presence, and are planted in His courts. 

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Book Of: Judges
...Kommentar zum Altes Testament , Tubingen, 1897; W. Nowack, "Richter," in Hand-kommentar zum Altes Testament , 1900. 

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City Of Samaria
..., ''''' hē ''''' ''''' Samáreia ''''' : A town mentioned in   1 [[Maccabees]] 5:66 as on the route followed by [[Judas]] from the

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Leprosy
...Leprosy’ in Jewish Encyclopedia . On the moral aspects of leprosy in NT, see Edersheim, Life and Times , i. 491 ff.; Expositor ..., its presence and workings become visible, in some of the signs described in the thirteenth chapter of Leviticus." - Editor). 

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History Of The People Israel
.... In this way David, through his wisdom and his popular bravery, succeeded in uniting the tribes more firmly under his supremacy, and especially did he b

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Damascus
...11:33 (Paul's conversion on his way to Damascus, and his subsequent escape in a basket let down from the wall) are more than doubtful. Now ''Es-Sham'' , ...events, but these are not more trustworthy at Damascus than anywhere else in Syria and Palestine. R. A. S. Macalister. 

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Agriculture
...er Heb. Archaologie , i. 228 ff.; Vogelstein, Die Landwirthschaft in Palastina zur Zeit der [[Mischna]] ; Stade, Geschichte d. Volkes I ...ruit of newly planted trees was not to be eaten for the first three years, in the fourth it was holy as firstfruits, and on the fifth eaten commonly. </p

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Gideon
...doomed to be by ambition as great a curse to his country as his father was in the main a blessing. ...n’s death. This, together with other indications, leads to the belief that in its original form the earliest source gave an account of Gideon as kin

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Moriah
...y originated in [[Jerusalem]] under Melchizedek. Jehovah's vision to David in the same spot, before the preparation for building the temple there, revive ...ain (cf.   John 4:20 ). Geographically, it would suit the description in   Genesis 22:4; but there is no real evidence for the identification.

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Beriah
...Their father's sorrow for them was alleviated by the birth of Beriah. This view is possible. '''3.''' A [[Benjamite]] who, with Shema, his brother ...th whilst cattle-raiding; hence the false etymology, bera‘ah = ‘in affliction’ (  1 Chronicles 7:23 ). 3 . A Benjami

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Mount Or Mountain
...rious eminences or mountain districts to which the word ''Har'' is applied in the O.T., (See [[Abarim]]); (See [[Amana]]); (See Of The Amalekites); (See

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Peniel
...s in thee, and through thee, to flow in upon the souls of thy whole church in eternal happiness for ever. Amen. ...face."  Genesis 32:30. In  Genesis 32:31, and the other passages in which the name occurs, its form is changed to [[Penuel]] . From the narrati

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City Of Refuge
...dan there was one city in the northern section, one in the central and one in the southern ( Numbers 35:14-15;  Joshua 20:7-9). All six cities ...e  Matthew 23:35. A similar instance is found in [[Grecian]] history, in the case of Pausanias, who fled from the populace, incensed on account of h

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Perizzite
..."unwalled country villages" or "towns," were inhabited by peasants engaged in agriculture like the [[Arab]] '''''Fellahs''''' ( Deuteronomy 3:5; &nb ...distinct branch of the Canaanites (see Reland, ''Palaest.'' p. 139; Kurtz, in Rudelloch's ''Zeitschr.'' 1845, 3:53; ''Jour. Sac. Lit.'' Oct. 1853, p. 166

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Castle
...or a fortified camp and designated the Roman army barracks or headquarters in Jerusalem (  Acts 21:34;  Acts 22:24;  Acts 23:10 ). Hebrews ...cles ‘Castle’ and ‘Jerusalem’ in Encyclopaedia Biblica , ‘Castle’ in Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols) . James Straha

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Ophrai
...e probably means Arrabeh, west of Tell Do'than. The former is sufficiently in the required position. For other vague conjectures, see Hamaker, Miscell. P

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Sechem
...Egypt. Upon the hills around flocks and herds were feeding, as of old; nor in the simple garb of the shepherds of [[Samaria]] was there any thing repugna

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Melchizedek
...''''Salem''''' ) was "made like unto the Son of God," Messiah, who is both in the highest sense ( Isaiah 9:6); the peace He brings is "the fruit of ...the body of Adam to Jerusalem. The story survives with many embellishments in the Ethiopic Book of Adam ; and only for its beginnings, with mixe

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Abram
...e he stood before the gates of Babylon, and saw the whole people prostrate in adoration. ‘Wondrous orb,' he exclaimed, ‘thou surely art the [[Creator ...is whole conduct in calling Sarah his sister, and she calling him brother, in the close of his apology to Abimelech! "It came to pass, when God caused me

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Amorites
...slaves on government projects ( Judges 1:35;  1 Kings 9:20-21). In time the Amorites were absorbed into [[Israel]] and so disappeared as a dis ...tones from heaven” ( Joshua 10:1-27 ). Amorites also were among those in the north who unsuccessfully united to repel the Israelites ( Joshua 1

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Evil
...emiah ; W. Wink, [[Naming]] the Powers: The [[Language]] of Power in the New Testament ; idem, Unmasking the Powers ; A. D. Verhey ...t to the distinctions made in the beginning of this article, the apostolic view recognizes no metaphysical evil, for to be the creature, subject,

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Kingdom Of Judah
...emselves, as if their perversity frustrated God's purpose; but to be, even in their temporary rejection, a standing monument to the world of the unity, s ...ce after the termination of the kingdom of Israel till its final overthrow in the destruction of the temple (B.C. 588) by Nebuzar-adan, who was captain o

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Canaanites
...d their public institutions; and that the Israelites were mere instruments in the hands of a righteous [[Providence]] for effecting the extirpation of a ...d not at first conquer. After the time of Solomon, however, those resident in the high lands who had not been absorbed into the [[Israelitish]] tribes (c

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King; Kingdom
...s revolt against the Roman Empire, to establish the old monarchy, resulted in its downfall as a nation, because it would not learn the lesson that the fu

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Canon Of The Old Testament
...itable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for Instruction which is in righteousness’ (  2 Timothy 3:16 ). D. M. Kay. ...Daniel in the hagiographa. The Alexandrine Jews, though more lax in their views, had at the beginning of the Christian era the same canon as th

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Rain
...e thirsty desires, as travellers in a desert when they find a sweet spring in the way. See [[Dew]] ...knife, etc. '''(21):''' ''' (''' n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core. '''(22):''' ''' (''' n.) A single small h

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The Book Of Deuteronomy
...hey had been spectators, and not otherwise. Finally, one miracle not noted in the direct narrative he here adds: "thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, ne ...Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20 ). V. Conclusion: God Seeks [[Continuity]] in [[Leadership]] for His People ( Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12 ). Bil

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Concubine
..., "At that day ye shall know, that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you!" ( John 14:20) ...vided a social safety net for poor families who could sell their daughters in dire times ( Exodus 21:7-10;  Judges 19:1 ). It seems plausible t

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History And Religion Of Canaan
...s a means to bring biblical religion to its mature development as revealed in the full canon of Scripture. See [[Amorites]] ; [[Anath]]; [[Asherah]];

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Beth-El
...d '''''Βαιθσούρ''''' '','' i.e. Bethzur). Perhaps the same city is denoted in  Joshua 12:16; but comp. ch. 8:17. By comparison of the lists of the t

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Kingdom Of. Judah
...ich they exercised on the national mind was too important to be overlooked in a sketch, however brief, of the history of the kingdom of Judah. (See [[Pro

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Tribes Of Israel
...y is reached. Reuben’s position (in view of the inferior role of the tribe in historical times) remains as a problem to be solved, and the groupings, <em

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Kesitah
...n margin.] as the Heb. word rendered ‘ piece of money ’ in the three passages   [[Genesis]] 33:19 ,   Joshua 24:32 , and &nb ...According to Rabbi Akiba, quoted by Bochart, a certain coin bore this name in comparatively modern times, so that he would render the word by '''''דנק

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Evil Spirits
...An evil spirit, therefore, wherever the phrase occurs in a personal sense in the earlier historical books of the OT, must be thought of simply as an ang

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Food
...their farms and gardens. Even the outer court of the [[Temple]] itself had in our Lord’s day become a ‘house of merchandise’ (  John 2:16 ). < ...saiah 7:22). They also ate the honey of wild bees, which was readily found in rocks and trees ( Deuteronomy 32:13;  Judges 14:8;  1 Samuel

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Water
...17:1;  Revelation 17:15)-but her day of judgment and dethronement is in sight ( Revelation 17:1). James Strahan. ...Moses and against God. When they came to Kadesh, and there happened to be in want of water, they made a sedition against him and his brother Aaron, &nbs

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Witness
...n  Matthew 19:18;  Mark 10:19;  14:56,57;  Luke 18:20; in some texts,  Romans 13:9 . <div> '''C — 1: '''''Ἀμάρτυρ ...y the final overthrow of Satan and the completed destruction of the wicked in the drama of 12-20. H. Bulcock. 

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Obadiah
...world," and as king priests shall be mediators of blessing to the nations in the flesh. ( Daniel 2:44;  Daniel 7:14;  Daniel 7:27;   ...] Levite, in the reign of Josiah, and one of the overseers of the workmen, in the restoration of the Temple.  2 Chronicles 34:12. (B.C.623). 

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Pharisee
...s his everlasting welfare upon the merit of his good works before God; or, in a less degree, takes to himself the consolation of being part his own Savio ...not. They take the place of being devoted, Bible- loving believers, while in their hearts they are seeking to bribe GOD with their good works. 

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Tribe
...and in Arabic with the same meaning. One occurrence of nâṭâh is in Exod. 9:22: “Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven.…” ...ovinces of his empire, A.M. 3416. The return from this captivity is stated in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. See [[Jews]] . 

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Joseph
...of Jesus prepared for its burial ( Matthew 27:60,  John 19:41). In the court at the entrance to the tomb, the preparation would be made. All w ...[Manners]] and Customs of the [[Ancient]] Egyptians ; Erman, Life in Ancient Egypt . 

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Demon
..., ed: Demon Possession ; H. Schier, Principalities and Powers in the New Testament (1961); M. Unger, Biblical Demonology ; ide ...; for those of other nations see the various articles under the same title in Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics . A. J. Maclean. </p

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Exile
...ng captives to rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple was completed in 515 B.C., the date which traditionally marks the end of the Babylonian Exil ...dants very probably have spread far into Eastern lands and become absorbed in the general population. (See [[Judah, Kingdom Of; Captivity]] .) <div

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The Canon Of The New Testament
...of the Canon of Holy Scriptures ; E. C. Moore, The New Testament in the Christian Church ; Gregory, Canon and Text of the New Testamen

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Issachar
...igious revival ( 2 Chronicles 30:18), though unavoidably not cleansed in legal order; for these [[Hezekiah]] prayed "the good Lord pardon every one ...of a divinity, has led to the suggestion that he may have been worshipped in early times by the tribe. According to the Talmud, the [[Sanhedrin]] drew f

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Field
...either case being within easy reach. It was customary then, as it is now, in Palestine, for the lands of different owners to be separated, not by fences ...'' , Strong'S #7704), “open field.” Śâdeh occurs 12 times, only in poetical passages. Deut. 32:13 is the first biblical appearance: “He made

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Ramathaim-Zophim
...s authority ( 1 Samuel 2:11;  7:17 ). It is frequently mentioned in the history of that prophet and of David (15:34; 16:13; 19:18-23). Here Sam ...ich Saul had come, must have been the region of Bethlehem. That Samuel was in the habit of visiting Bethlehem for the purpose of sacrificing is certain f

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Valley
...;2 Chronicles 1:15;  Jeremiah 33:13 and "the valley" or "the valleys" in  Joshua 9:1;  Joshua 11:2;  Joshua 11:16;  Joshua 12:8; ...uting one unit. (See under "BONES"), for a description of this truth found in this passage). 

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Mourning
...ey were the established customs of the times. [[Sorrow]] finds some relief in reversing all the usages of ordinary life. Christianity, however, moderates ...like manner, 'Alas for him!' These make no alteration in dress, but women, in some cases, dye their shirts, head-veils and handkerchiefs of a dark-blue c

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Idolatry Idol
...-49; J. A. Gileadi, ed., Israel's [[Apostasy]] and Restoration: Essays in Honor of [[Roland]] K. Harrison ; R. L. Harris, TWOT, 1:353-5 ...this demonstrated the Christian’s freedom from rules and regulations, but in practice it led to immorality ( Revelation 2:14;  Revelation 2:20

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Kingdom Of Israel
<li> The authorized priests left the kingdom in a body, and the priesthood established by [[Jeroboam]] had no divine sancti ...walls of Jerusalem. The result was disastrous to both allies. Ahaz called in the aid of the Assyrians. Tiglath-pileser put an end to the kingdom of Dama

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