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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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The Second Book Of Maccabees
...the signal punishment of the wicked according to the principle in eo gener e quisque punitur. in quo peccavit ( 2 Maccabees 5:9-10;  2 Maccabe

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Samaritan
...f the Modern Samaritans (Lond. 1855). One of the late notices is that of M.E. Rogers, in [[Domestic]] Life in Palestine (1863, 2d ed.), ch. 10. Another

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Lycaonia
...for nearly a century, except that [[Claudius]] apparently presented the S.E. corner of Lycaonia, Including the important city of Laranda, to the king o ...sp;Acts 14:21;  2 Timothy 3:11.) At his second journey he passed from E. to W. through Lycaonia to [[Troas]] ( Acts 16:1-8); on the third, in

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Pharisees
...efined the time before which in the evening a Jew must repeat the Shema, i.e. "Hear [[O]] Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, and thou shalt love the ...reader only to E. Schürer, [[Hjp_ Ii]] ii. [Edinburgh, 1885] 1 f.; W. O. E. Cesterley, The Books of the Apocrypha, their Origin, Teaching, and Content

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Isaac
...esis 20) under a king also bearing the common title (See [[Abimelech]] , i.e. my father a king. Isaac had obeyed God's vision in not going down to Egypt ...nesis 25:11;   Genesis 25:26 and the bulk of   Genesis 25:27; to E [Note: Elohist.] may be attributed   Genesis 22:1-14 with   Genes

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Aretas
...to assume that in A.D. 38 or 39, when Caligula made several changes in the E., he also granted Damascus to Aretas. The incidental way in which Paul allu [[Aretas]] ( ''Ăr'E-T'' ''Âs'' ), ''Virtuous.''  2 Corinthians 11:32. The king of Arabia

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Sheba
...on the southernmost of three great plateaux. The ancient capital, Marib, N.E. of Sana, lies between the rich valleys of the west and the ‘wadys of Had ...district was at or near the modern Mareb, about 15 45' N, 45 35' E . 3. Son of Jokshan, a son of [[Abraham]] and Keturah.   Gene

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Gaza
...Guérin, Description géographique … de la Palestine , pt. i.: ‘Judée,’ Paris, 1869; L. Gautier, Souvenirs de Terre-Sainte , Lausanne, ...be forsaken." In  Zechariah 9:5 "the king shall perish from Gaza," i.e., its [[Persian]] satrap, or petty "king," subordinate to the great king of

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Abimelech
...h, instead of "he," translate "this is to thee a covering of the eyes ''(I.E. An Expiatory Gift)'' with regard to all that are with thee" (because in a ...were a thousand pieces of silver as a "covering of the eyes" for Sarah; i.e., either as an atoning gift and a testimony of her innocence in the sight o

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Synagogue
...hte und Wissenschaft des Judentums.]xxxvii. [1893] 441-451, 489-497; W. O. E. Cesterley and G. H. Box, The [[Religion]] and [[Worship]] of the Synagogue ...e [[Shema]] ’, ( b ) the lifting up of hands, i.e. the prayers, ( c ) the lessons from the Law and the Proph

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Iconium
...It is now called Konieh, a town of some extent, 37 53' N, 32 25' E . ...hrates on the other. We see this indicated by the narrative of Xenophon (i.e.) and the letters of Cicero (ad Famz. 3, 8; 5, 20; 15:4). When the Roman pr

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Law
...nay,’ he cries, ‘we establish law!’ (  Romans 3:31 ). ( e ) Neither Jesus nor Paul makes a formal distinction between the moral ...ns had created. The law "was added because of the transgressions" of it, i.e., not to remove all transgressions, for the law rather stimulates the corru

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Apocalyptic Literature
...ing out of the sea, and like the fourth vision falls into two parts, i.e. the Vision ( 2 Esdras 10:59 to  2 Esdras 12:3) and the inte ...e are two parts, weeks of seven weeks." This we regard as two jubilees - i.e. approximately a century. The point to be fixed is the time from which this

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Smyrna
...agos , then flows round its eastern base and enters the sea to the N.E. of it. But this is a mistaken view. The Meles is undoubtedly to be identif ...ll River Meles, and 320 stades north of Ephesus. It is in N. lat. 38° 26′, E. long. 27° 7′. Smyrna was a very ancient city, but having been destroyed

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Melita
...e late autumn, the ship, having been laid to on the starboard tack ( i.e. with her right side to the wind) to avoid being swiftly driven to the ...myth's chart shows that after passing Koura point the ship coming from the E. passes over twenty fathoms, and pursuing the same direction after a short

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Mystery Mysteries
...e bonds which were binding its new members to the old. More than this- e.g. that the reception of it implied a belief of the presence of the de

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Quirinius
...ων [ἡγ. τῆς σκέψεως ‘taking lead in the inquiry,’ Plat. Prot. 351 E]. Tertullian ( adv. Marc. iv. 19) states that the census at the ti

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Ituraea
...s Dictionary of the Bible). Their original home was the territory to the S.E. of Palestine. In the course of their wanderings they drifted northward, an ...to favour a distinct and definite district, which was probably somewhere N.E. of the Sea of Galilee. [[George]] L. Robinson. 

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Eliezer
...t [[Jehoshaphat]] that "the Lord had broken (at Ezion Geber) his works" (i.e. his ships of [[Tarshish]] designed to go to [[Ophir]] for gold) for joinin ...Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/eliezer.html. 1897. </div> </li>

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Hittites
...3:17 ) to have been one of the pre-Israelitish occupants of Palestine. The E [Note: Elohist.] document says they lived in the mountains (  Numbers ...mi, "my," and ti, "thy," are to be found in many living Mongolic dialects (e.g. the Zyrianian me and te); in Akkadian also they occur as 1001 and zi. Th

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Elkanah
...g,’ at the court of [[Ahaz]] (  2 Chronicles 28:6-7 ). W. O. E. Oesterley. ...Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/elkanah.html. 1897. </div> </li>

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Samaritans
...ontgomery, The Samaritans (1907). A good recent description by J. E. H. Thomson, D. D., of the Passover celebrated annually on Mt. Gerizim will

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Book Of Daniel
...emple, but facing disaster in the end ( Daniel 10:1-11:45 ). E. [[Heavenly]] intervention will bring the time of the end and the resurrect ...as none but a contemporary writer can fairly be supposed to possess. Thus, e.g. the description of the Chaldaean magians and their regulations perfectly

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Eliab
...strong> 7. One of Judith’s ancestors ( Jdt 8:1 ). W. O. E. Oesterley. ...Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/eliab.html. 1897. </div> </li>

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Sardis
...g" (Greek), what thou art not now. "Strengthen the things which remain," i.e. the few graces which in thy spiritual slumber are not yet extinct, but "re ...re is nothing but ruins. Its modern name is Sart, 38 28' N, 28 4' E . 

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Arabia
...:3), are most luxuriant. Hawarah (Marab,  Exodus 15:23) is 33 miles S.E. of Ayoun Mousa (the fountain of Moses); 7 miles S. of this is wady Gurunde ...(G. A. Smith, EGHL , London, 1894, p. 627). Literature.-E. Schürer, History of the Jewish People (Eng. tr. of GJV).] i. ii.

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Games
...260ff.; S. Krauss, Talmudische Archäologie , iii. [1912] 102-121; E. Schürer, GJV [Note: JV Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes (Schüre ...rown is "incorruptible" ( 1 Peter 1:4). "I run not as uncertainly," i.e. not without a definite goal, in "becoming all things to all men" I aim at

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Protagoras
...d speaking with readiness in domestic and political affairs (ibid. p. 318, e). He would teach how to make the weaker cause the stronger ( '''''Τὸν''

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Ezer
 '''E'zer.''' ''(Treasure).'' 1. A son of Ephraim, who was slain by the ...Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/ezer.html. 1897. </div> </li>

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Book Of Tobit
....'' (Altona, 1841,8vo); Cittadini and Bottari, ''Libri Di Tobia, Giuditta, E Ester'' (Ven. 1844, 8vo); Fritzsche, ''Die Biicher Tobi Und Judith'' ( ''Vo ...f; I. Abrahams, "Tobit's Dog," Jewish Quarterly Review , I, 3,288 E. Cosquin, "Le livre de [[Tobie]] et l'histoire du sage Achiqar," Rev. B

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Phoenicia
...PLly4cPH9pkqJ0PLpd7+/btFStWFBQUCJ3atm0bi8WKiYnh8XiBgYGhoaGnT5+WkZERWyqKTqc/e/YsNDS0VUf78uXLPn36/Pvvv+BySvKjZGRk6OvrV1dX1ytKihFwdXVFCF24cAGTOJmZmbD+37p1q ...nicia, 1889; G. Maspero, Histoire ancienne des peuples de l’orient4, 1886; E. Meyer, Geschichte des Alterthums, 1884 ff.; W. von Landau, Die Bedeutung d

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New Testament
...modernized readings. D 'aleph B Z C L xi 1 33 P Q T R A X (delta) 69 K M H E F G S U, etc. ....e. of undisputed authenticity and Apostolic power; ‘disputed,’ i.e. defective in either of those qualities; and ‘heretical.’ The [[Em

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Edom
...oined craft with force, marching S. round the Dead Sea instead of from the E. No news reached Jehoshaphat until the vast multitude was in his territory ...Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/edom.html. 1897. </div> </li>

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Bithynia
...raphy.]i. [1856] 404; Carl Ritter, Kleinasien , i. [1858] 650ff.; E. G. Hardy, Plinii Epistulae ad Trajanum , 1889; W. M. Ramsay. ...st. Bithynia is the nearest point to Europe; bounded by Paphlagonia on the E., by the [[Euxine]] on the N., by the Propontis on the W, by Mysia, Phrygia

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Galilee
...> History of the Jewish People (Eng. tr. of GJV).] , 1885-91 (index); E. W. G. Masterman, Studies in Galilee , Chicago, 1909; A. Neubauer, ...als ( Deuteronomy 8:9). "As thy days (so shall) thy strength (be)," i.e., as thy several days come (throughout life) strength will be given thee,"

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Syracuse
 A great city in the E. of Sicily. Paul arrived there from Melita ("Malta") on his way to Rome (&n

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Obed
 (Heb. Obed', '''''עוֹבֵד''''' , ''Servant, I.'' e. of Jehovah; Sept. '''''᾿Ωβήδ''''' in Ruth, and so in the N.T.; '''''

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Book Of Judith
...t.'' 13, 11, 3), which presupposes the possession of Galilee. '''(e)''' Even after the limits of Galilee were circumscribed by Pompey, it still ...evidence for this seems conclusive. There are many Hebraisms in the book, e.g. ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις , ''''' en ''''' ''''' taı

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Azareel
 '''Aza're-el''' or '''Azar'e-el.''' ''(Whom The Lord Helps).'' 1. A [[Korhite]] who joined Davi

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Ahaziah
...[[Israelite]] defeat at [[Ramoth]] Gilead. Syria was master of the region E. of Jordan; so [[Moab]] ( 2 Kings 1:1;  2 Kings 3:5), heretofore

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Ahaz
...melted (compare  Jeremiah 52:17-20). "The covert for the sabbath," i.e., a covered walk like a portico or standing place, to screen the royal wors

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Asia
...LE8nvjVq1e3tLT8fJ9zc3P19PTGjBkTEBCQl5c35OKRQ6O5ufnWrVvHjx9PTk4ezLEkJCRwC2U+e/ZM8FYRERHu7u7u7u5LliyB48LZbDaJRMLj8Xg8vqqqKioqil/RCIlEamtrL1q0qOgfampqhueY/ ...gdom of [[Troy]] (poetical); (3) the kingdom of the early Seleucids, i.e. Asia Minor and Syria (frequent in 1 and 2 Mac.); (4) the kingdom of [

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Hur
...charge of the people when Moses ascended the mountain (  Exodus 24:14 E [Note: Elohist.] ). 2. A Judahite, the grandfather of [[ ...[[Balak]] was not hereditary king, but probably a Midianite; as Zippor, i.e. a bird, is like the Midianite names [[Oreb]] "crow," [[Zeeb]] "wolf"; impo

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Citizenship
...an Public Law,’ in Journal of Roman Studies , i. [1911] 68-99; J. E. Sandys, A [[Companion]] to Latin Studies 2, Cambridge, 1913, vi. ...(12:22-23,28). John D. Harvey Bibliography . P. E. Hughes, A [[Commentary]] on the [[Epistle]] to the Hebrews . 

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Maacah
...13:13 ). It probably lay in what is now known as the JautÃ¢n , E. of the Sea of [[Galilee]] and the Upper [[Jordan]] (  Deuteronomy 3:1 ...Between Bashan and the kingdom of Damascus, on the skirts of Mount Hermon, E. of the Lejah. The mention of Maacah with the [[Geshurites]] points to a co

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Shechem
...:25 ), the terms of which were recorded "in the book of the law of God", i.e., in the roll of the law of Moses; and in memory of this solemn transaction ... Nablus, is supposed to be a corruption. It lies 32 13' N, 35 16' E . Its vicinity is luxurious in fruit and flowers. It is still partially inh

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Philosophy
...sentence in which [[Aristotle]] characterizes the teachings of Socrates, (B.C.465-399), places his scientific position in the clearest light. There are tw ...picurean hedonism) and the control of "elemental spirits of the universe" (e.g., Stoic idolatry). Even though Paul's philosophy in  Acts 1

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Josephus
...edia and Encyclopaedia of [[Religion]] and Ethics . E. von Dobschütz. 

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Jericho
...abara]] (wh. see), however, cannot be fixed with certainty, and some ( e.g. Conder) maintain that the ford east from Jericho cannot be the plac ...> Eriha, which is sometimes called Jericho: it is a mile and a half S.E. of the ancient site. 

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Covenant
...d to God, for the sake of which God will establish the new covenant, i.e. the state of salvation in the Kingdom of God, not, to be sure, on any ...f a Great King ; D. J. McCarthy, Old Testament Covenant ; T. E. McComiskey, The Covenants of [[Promise]] ; J. Murray, The Cov

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Dead Sea Scrolls
...Paul and the Dead Sea Scrolls ; idem, The Dead Sea Scrolls ; E. M. Cook, Solving the [[Mysteries]] of the Dead Sea Scrolls ; F. M

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Epicureans
...e suaviter quidem vivi posse secundum Epicuri decreta, adv. Colotem ; E. Zeller, Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics , Eng. translation, Londo

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Esar-Haddon
 '''E'sar-had'don.''' ''(Victor).'' One of the greatest of the kings of Assyria, E´sar–Haddon [ASSYRIA] 

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Antipater
...s royal legacy before the [[Emperor]] Augustus ( ''Ant.'' 17, 9, 5). Se '''e Herod''' . '''6.''' A Samaritan, steward of Antipater the son of H

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Book Of Wisdom (The) Of Solomon
...n Greek. As to the Hebrew coloring of the language, the lexical Hebraisms (e.g. '''''Ἁπλότης''''' '''''Καρδίας''''' 1, 1; '''''Μερίς

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Genesis
...ility, yet His grace protects the sinner ( Genesis 4:1-15 ). E. Human nature produces astonishing cultural achievements and deadly pride ( ...resentations which abound in J [Note: Jahwist.] are strikingly absent from E [Note: Elohist.] , where the element of theological reflexion is come-what

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Psalms Of Solomon
...ation Pss.-Sol. 1:1-3:5 and 10:4-18:5). (3) Commentaries, etc.-H. E. Ryle and M. R. James, Psalms of the Pharisees, 1891 (the Greek text here p

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Idolatry
...that   Exodus 34:10-28 (from the document J [Note: Jahwist.] , i.e. c [Note: circa, about.] . b.c. 850) contains a ...viii-xciii; B. F. Westcott, Epp. of St. John , 1883, pp. 250-282; E. Beurlier, Le Culte impérial , 1891; G. Boissier, La [[Religi

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Star In The East
...'s tomb S. 5 '''''°''''' E. + 8 '''''º''''' declension = S. 13 '''''°''''' E. The road then takes a turn to the east, and ascends the hill near to its w

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Elijah
...f the two witnesses ( Revelation 11:4-5, "fire out of their mouth," i.e. at, their word;  1 Kings 17:1;  2 Kings 1:10; "power to shut hea [[Elijah]] ( ''E-Lî'Jah'' ), ''My God Is Jehovah.'' 1. That most renowned prophet of Israel

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Time
...n Smith’s DGRA [Note: GRA Dict. of Greek and Roman Antiquities.]; E. Schürer, HJP [Note: JP History of the Jewish People (Eng. tr. of ...ssyrian. It has been conjectured to mean ‘the month of sinking in,’ i.e . the muddy month. 11. [[Shebat]] ( Zechariah 1:7 , 1Ma

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Philadelphia
...h the most massive buildings and all their memorials perished. In a.d. 17, e.g., ‘twelve populous cities of Asia fell in ruins from an earthquake whic ...> , and a considerable portion of the population is Christian. A. E. Hillard. 

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Tiberius
...pzig, 1909, i. 251-319; chronology of principal events by J. S. Reid in J. E. Sandys’ [[Companion]] to Latin Studies 2, Cambridge, 1913, p. 1

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Sadducees
...s case, ‘the innate illogic of human nature’ (op. cit., p. 155). (e) The Messiah.-The Sadducees held that Aaron and his family were the chosen ...arini, Pharisees, Scribes, and Sadducees in Palestinian Society ; E. Schrer, The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ </

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Caesarea
...Paul being carried thither from Jerusalem, to defend himself. Dr. E. D. Clarke's remarks upon this once celebrated city will be read with inter '''1.''' Named also Sebaste (i.e. of Augustus, in whose honor Herod the Great built it in ten years with a l

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Cyrene
...yAegiDy8/N51zIQRPJ4GQTx8ePHX/R5KPolXyqLlZWVLi4uJ06cAFmsrKwEg5FGo7W1tfVWrym+E+h0emZmJk4tgeN1vLy8EEKmpqbdSEsVHx9/6dKlS5cuWVlZOTg4+Pn5DR06lGUCkTIPKb6EzmRxA ...ants of Cyrene were divided into four classes—citizens, husbandmen ( i.e. native Libyans), sojourners (μέτοικοι), and Jews. The Jews en

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Heber

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Scythian
...1-82, 97-142; Hippocrates, de Aëre, aquis et locis, xvii.-xxii., ed. P. M. E. Littré, 10 vols., Paris, 1839-61, ii. 66-82; J. C. Zeuss, Die Deutschen u

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Cæsarea
...Paul being carried thither from Jerusalem, to defend himself. Dr. E. D. Clarke's remarks upon this once celebrated city will be read with inter '''1.''' Named also Sebaste (i.e. of Augustus, in whose honor Herod the Great built it in ten years with a l

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Ahitub
 [[Ahitub]] ( ''A-Hî'Tub'' ), ''Brother, I.E., Friend, Of Goodness.'' 1. The grandson of Ell, and father of [[Ahiah]] or ...onicles 6:7-8;  2 Samuel 8:17). Called "ruler of the house of God," i.e. high priest,  1 Chronicles 9:11. In  Nehemiah 11:11 Ahitub appea

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Ahab
...making streets for Ahab in Damascus, as his father had made in Samaria (i.e. of assigning an Israelites' quarter in Damascus, where their judges should

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Lachish
...cah 1:13 . Identified by some with Tell el Hesy, 31 33' N, 34 44' E . At this mound 60 feet have been dug through and explored. The ru

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Roads And Travel
...he stayed in each place can be fixed with certainty. The dates given by O. E. Schmidt (Der Briefwechsel des M. Tullius Cicero, Leipzig, 1893, p. 78) are

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Athens
...; A. C. McGiffert, [[Apostolic]] Age , Edinburgh, 1897, p. 257f.; E. Curtius, Gesammelte Abhandlungen , Berlin, 1894, ii. 528f.; A. Mo ...t idols, and declared to them the God whom they ignorantly worshipped, Dr. E. D. Clarke, the traveller, remarks, "It is not possible to conceive a situa

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Enoch
...> 1. The eldest son of Cain,  Genesis 4:17, who called after his nam, e the city which he built.  Genesis 4:18. (B.C. 3870). 2. The s ...Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/enoch.html. 1897. </div> </li>

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Resurrection
...on, 1914; R. H. Charles, Studies in the Apocalypse, Edinburgh, 1913; W. O. E. Cesterley, The Books of the Apocrypha, London, 1914. S. H. Hooke. ...Immortal: Resurrection and [[Immortality]] in the New Testament ; G. E. Ladd, I [[Believe]] in the Resurrection . 

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Caesarea Philippi
...irche’ (Köstlin), ‘Petrus, der Apostel’ (Sieffert) in Herzog’s PR E [Note: RE Real-Encyklopädie fur protest. Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: d ...6:13;  Mark 8:27 . It is now called Banias, 33 15' N, 35 41' E , a small village, with the remains of an ancient castle and other ruins, a

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Canaan
...hfX19SdPnpw6deqUKVNYLNbVq1ePHDlSV1fH5XKjoqI0Gs0vv/zi6Og4ZMiQmTNntid8MJvNN2/e/PzzzydPnrxkyRJwZ3U63dWrV7///nscDjdt2rTly5c7ODiAh+qnn36CIOi99957IvPx/7MVcHXi ...those parts of [[Scripture]] which contain allusions to these topics. Dr. E. D. Clarke, after stating his resolve to make the [[Scriptures]] his only g

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Phrygia
...ich was thereafter called ‘Acquired Phrygia’ (Phrygia Epictetus). In the S.E. was [[Iconium]] (q.v._), which the natives continued to regard as Phrygian ...stead of the high road which followed the valley of the Lycus. A. E. Hillard. 

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Education
...k in the History of Education , 1905; article‘Bible in the Church’ by E. von Dobschütz in Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics ii. 579. < ...compulsory. The elementary school, termed ‘the house of the Book’ ( i.e. Scripture), in opposition to ‘the house of study’ or college of

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Thessalonica
...rches which span it, one at the E. the other at the W. end; on that at the E. end are figures in low relief representing the triumphs of a Roman emperor ...cedonia, situated on the Via Egnatia, the overland route from Italy to the E., and at the north-eastern corner of the Thermaic Gulf. Its buildings rose

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Priests And Levites
...so conspicuously contrasted with the glorification of [[Joseph]] ( i.e. [[Ephraim]] and Manasseh), perhaps shows that the writer, evidently ...t state of textual criticism and Biblical science generally. Some writers, e.g., hold that the Chronicler had before him a source to which the Levites w

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Slavery Slave
...sions to slavery. He refers to it only for purposes of illustration ( e.g.   Mark 12:2;   Mark 12:4 ,   Matthew 24:45 ,   ...8-1909; S. Dill, Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius, do., 1904; W. E. H. Lecky, History of European Morals7, 2 vols., do., 1886; J. B. Lightfoot

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Theology Of Haggai
...Coggins, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi ; [[C.]] [[L.]] Meyers and [[E.]] [[M.]] Haggai,  Zechariah 1-8 ; [[R.]] [[L.]] Smith, M

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Caleb
...f.); they ultimately became absorbed in the tribe of Judah. W. O. E. Oesterley. ...Achsah his daughter in marriage to whoever would take Kiriath-sepher, ''I.E.'' , Debir, and when Othniel, his brother or nephew, had performed the feat

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Evil-Merodach
 '''E'vil-mero'dach.''' ''(The [[Fool]] Of Merodach).''  2 Kings 25:27. The

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Jehoiada
...d practical wisdom, power of influencing others, above all deep reverence (e.g. his jealous care, amidst the irregularities of a revolution, that none s ...it seems to denote a division of those who "enter" into three divisions, i.e. the two in   2 Kings 11:6 and one in   2 Kings 11:5 . If  2

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Mesopotamia
...two rivers,’ but is more correctly Aram Naharim or Naharin, i.e. ‘Aram of the river-lands’ ( Encyclopaedia Biblica i. 287 ..., section 4). The vast plain is intersected by the Sinjar running E. and W. Mounds mark city sites on every side. [[Innumerable]] lines of emba

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Phinehas
...d it under Solomon. The tomb of Phinehas is shown at Awertah, four miles S.E. of Nablus, in the center of the village, within an area overshadowed by an [[Phinehas]] ( ''Fïn'E-Has'' ), ''Brazen Mouth.'' 1. A son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, &nbsp

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Earthquake
...ds from [[Hebron]] and Jerusalem to [[Baalbek]] and Aleppo, from S.W. to N.E., following the central chain of Syria, parallel to the Jordan Valley, and ...ention in Rev. Is characteristic of apocalyptic literature. W. O. E. Oesterley. 

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Rechab
...s in what esteem the sacred writer held them. [[Hegesippus]] (Eusebius, H. E. ii. 23) mentions that a [[Rechabite]] priest protested against the martyrd ...15;  2 Kings 10:33;  1 Chronicles 2:65;  Jeremiah 35:6-19. (B.C.before 882). It was from this Rechab, that the tribe of the Rechabites deriv

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Uriah
...from [[Damascus]] furnished to him; this altar he put in the temple court E. of the place where God's altar had stood, and let Ahaz offer thereon his b

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Book Of Enoch
...Ophanim; that he speaks of the Elect by way of eminence, the Son of Man, i.e., the Messiah. The charm of the writer's descriptions is irresistible, tran

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Abihail
...riptions, where it occurs in the form Ili-hail . W. O. E. Oesterley. ...splendor".) '''1.''' Wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, daughter, i.e. descendant of Eliab, David's oldest brother. But Keil argues that  2

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Alcimus
...engaged in pulling down "the walls of the inner court of the sanctuary" (i.e. which separated the court of the [[Gentiles]] from it; yet see Grimm, Comm

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1 And 2 Kings
...] against God brings divine rejection ( 2 Kings 21:1-26 ). [[E.]] [[A]] righteous ruler can delay divine judgment ( 2 Kings 22:1-20 )

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Deuteronomy
...ith it respect for human personality (  Deuteronomy 24:10 f.). ( e ) As personal and loving, Jahweh can and does reveal Himself </e ...herefore included adjustments to fit in with the people’s new way of life (e.g. 11:10-11; 12:20-22; 14:24-27; 18:6-8). The updated covenant doc

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Book Of Proverbs
...ning is brief and frustrating at times ( Proverbs 27:1-22 ). E. People should learn to live as responsible stewards ( Proverbs 27:23- ...ins and the earlier school of commentators, with whom some modern writers (e.g. Keil) agree, who attribute the whole book to Solomon (even  Proverb

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Melchizedek
...chizedek officially not naturally. Melchizedek was without father, etc., i.e. sacerdotally he was independent of his descent, unlike the Aaronic priests ...a phrase of frequent occurrence in the [[Apocrypha]] (for the passages see E. [[Hatch]] and H. A. Redpath, [[Concordance]] to the [[Septuagint]] </i

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Salamis
...t existed as early as the 6th cent. b.c. as an important Greek town on the E. coast of Cyprus. In Roman times it remained a flourishing commercial city, A city on a commodious harbour in the E. of Cyprus, the first place Paul and Barnabas visited after leaving the mai

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Dispersion
...he), Dict. of Christ and the [[Gospels]] i. 465 (M ‘Neile), J E iv. 559 (Reinach), Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols) 

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Abgar
...a of the Seleucidae (corresponding, according to K. Schmidt in PR E [Note: RE Real-Encyklopädie fur protest. Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: d

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Dibon
...b's successes in the N.W. forced the allies to take the circuitous route S.E. '''2.''' Dibon, reinhabited by men of Judah, returned from [[Baby ... Numbers 33:45,46 . Identified with Dhiban, 31 30' N, 35 45 'E. 2. City inhabited on the return from exile,  Nehemiah 11:25

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Lycia
...ImkP/jo0SOxxchgMIgjSjjn6enpkGgDKleuLD078SDig4qi1K1bVyRBLtiDUpJk8ODB5cqV45w/e/YMApdZNQmzw4NUGcMY07T1OOfvv/8+NrRo0cLcHqJCaTKDJkSFBQnu7u7qduN58+ZZkNt6s4COv ...Lycia during 2nd Excursion in Asia Minor , 1841; T. A. B. Spratt and E. Forbes, Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis , 1847; Bennd

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Chaldaea
...abic. Of its two dialects, Chaldee and Syriac, the former prevailed in the E., the latter in the W. of Aram. To express the article it employs an affix ...lat, unbroken except by the works of man, extends, in a direction nearly N.E. and S.W., a distance of 400 miles along the course of the rivers, and is o

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Esau
...ing its own punishment. "Rebekah loved Jacob" as "a plain man," i.e. upright, steady, and domestic; but her love too was wanting in regard to h ...argument, St. Paul had only to remind them that many of the rejected- e.g. Esau and all his descendants-were children of Abraham. If God could

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Locust
...29–331; Berggrèn, Guide français-arabe , 1844, p. 702 f.; Général E. Daumas, Le Grand Desert , 1856, pp. 257–265; Robinson, BRP ...eaten (cf.   Matthew 3:4 ). See Food, 8 . E. W. G. Masterman. 

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Constantinople
...cannon are made, the works rival those of any European power. '''(e)''' [[Scutari]] , on the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus, is the landing-pla

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Polemo Of Athens
...ὰ''''' '''''Πόλεις''''' '''''Ἐπιγραμμάτων''''' (Athen. 10:436 ''D,'' 442 ''E);'' besides which, other works of his are mentioned upon the votive offerin

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Abiezer
...rs 26:30, but (See [[Jeezer]] . Originally Abiezer's family must have been E. of Jordan. In  1 Chronicles 7:18 [[Abiezer]] is made son of Gilead's ...month (  2 Samuel 23:27 ,   1 Chronicles 27:12 ). W. O. E. Oestenley. 

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Shushan
...ilt that at Persepolis. Both consisted of a central hall 200 ft. square, i.e. 40,000 square ft. in area, only inferior to the Karnak hall, 58,300 square ...ive ruins, embracing those of a magnificent palace, about 32 10' N, 48 26' E . Alexander the Great conquered the Persians, after which Shushan declined.

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Pisidia
...hylia, on the W. by Lycia, and on the E. by Isauria. Its length from W. to E. was about 120 miles, and its breadth 50 miles. It was a land of beautiful ...ia]] Galatica, Lycaonia, and the part of Phrygia round Apamea. A. E. Hillard. 

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Ministry
...Biblical World (Chicago) for Dec. 1905, by Professor Votaw. E. C. Dargan. ...ognized that they were Divinely called to be ministers of the word, i.e . preachers of the gospel; and St. Paul repeatedly affirms the same t

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Book Of Zephaniah
... Zephaniah 1:3;  Zephaniah 2:4-15;  Zephaniah 3:8 ), ( e ) it is accompanied by great convulsions in Nature ( Zephaniah 1: ...true signification, one sanctioned by Gesenits '''''—''''' "abscondidit, i.e. custodivit Jehovah," [[Jehovah]] hath guarded, the verb '''''צפן''''' b

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Gibeon
...he "wilderness ( '''''Midbar''''' ), pasture ground) of Gibeon" lay to the E. ( 2 Samuel 2:24.) Here immediately at "the great stone in Gibeon," so ... 1 Kings 2:29-34 . Identified with el Jib , 31 51' N, 35 11' E , a village of scattered houses on a hill. On one side of the hill is a cop

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Books Of Chronicles
...he godly reign of [[Jehoshaphat]] ( 2 Chronicles 17:1-21:1 ) E. The wicked reign of [[Jehoram]] ( 2 Chronicles 21:2-20 ) F. ...order. In concentrating on the history of the southern kingdom (i.e. the dynasty of David), the Chronicler wants to show what an important part

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Miletus
...etus was a bishopric, and from the 5th cent. an archbishopric. A. E. Hillard. 

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Jehiel
...Hezekiah.  2 Chronicles 29:14. (B.C. 726). 7. Another Levit, e at the same period.  2 Chronicles 31:13. 8. Father of Obadiah

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Decapolis
...re situated; that is (excluding Damascus), roughly speaking, the country S.E. of the Sea of Galilee. R. A. S. Macalister. ...Gadara, Philadelphia, Pella, Gerasa, Dion, Canatha, Damascus, Raphana (all E. of Jordan). The region once so populous is now almost without inhabitants,

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Jabin
...of the mountains of [[Naphtali]] and in the [[Arabah]] S. of Chinneroth, i.e. the Ghor, S. of the sea of Galilee, etc.) against Israel:  Joshua 11: ...Jabin in each passage is therefore one and the same person. W. O. E. Oesterley. 

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Altar
...adab]] and (See [[Abihu]] (see) were smitten for burning "strange fire" (i.e. fire not taken from the altar of burnt offering), thereby breaking the He ...were usually built in certain spots hallowed by religious associations, ''E.G.,'' where God appeared.  Genesis 12:7;  Genesis 13:18;  Ge

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Tribute
...iechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien , Leipzig, 1899, i. 194ff.; E. Schürer, GJV [Note: JV Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes (Schüre

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Azriel
...iel]] . 1 . Head of a ‘father’s house’ in the E. half tribe of Manasseh (  1 Chronicles 5:24 ). 2 .

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Jether
...in-law of Moses (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] of   Exodus 4:18 E [Note: Elohist.] ), prob. a mistake for [[Jethro]] . <st

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Jedaiah
...e same name (  Nehemiah 12:7 ,  Nehemiah 12:21 ). ( e ) One of the exiles whom Zechariah was commanded to send with silver a

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Peraea
...ry, Guy le Strange, Palestine under the [[Moslems]] . A. E. Ross. ...pedlar. Colonies of Circassians are turning the soil to good account, e.g . at Jerash. At es-Salt the natives pursue a profitable trade in ra

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Zerubbabel
...taxerxes, they caused the work to cease until the second year of Darius, i.e. for 16 years ( Ezra 4:24), namely, the seven remaining years of Cyrus ...an important bearing on the subsequent history of Judaism. W. O. E. Oesterley. 

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Book Of Nehemiah
...of [[Darius]] the [[Persian]] (  Nehemiah 12:22 ), i.e . Darius iii. Codomannus (reigned b.c. 335 331). The high priest [[Ja ...ook embraces the hereditary crafts practiced by certain priestly families, e.g. the apothecaries, or makers of the sacred ointments and incense ( N

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Noah
...ime they returned no more. The vessel being stranded on a mountain, Nizir, E. of the Tigris, he quitted it, built an altar, and sacrificed to the gods a ...are told that Noah was a righteous man and perfect in his generations— ''I.E.'' , among his contemporaries—and that he, like Enoch, walked with God. &

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Ahinoam
 ("brother of grace", i.e. "graceful".) Of Jezreel. David's wife; along with Abigail, accompanied him

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Alexander
...outside the church) ( 1 Corinthians 5:5;  2 Corinthians 12:7), i.e. excommunicated, because he withstood the apostle, and made shipwreck of fa

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Ammihud
 (Hebrew Ammihud', '''''עִמַּיהוּד''''' '', People Of Glory,'' i e. ''Renowned;'' Sept. '''''Ε᾿Μιούδ''''' '','' but in 1 Chro

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Feast Of Dedication
...the [[Messiah]] , ii. 226, The Temple , 333 ff. C. E. Garrad. 

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Hexateuch
...e demands or fears of a more timorous orthodoxy. It is a curious fact that E [Note: Elohist.] ignores Israel’s mission to the world; indeed, the autho ...orthography of the two works differs in certain important particulars (see E. König, Einleitung , 151 f, 250). Hence, a different literary his

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Issachar
...the site doubtless for its beauty. D. Kerr thinks that Issachar lay to the E. of [[Manasseh]] and Ephraim, along the entire line of the Jordan from the ...> The original seat of the tribe appears to have been S. of Naphtali and S.E. of Zebulun, ‘probably in the hills between the two valleys which descend

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Lebanon
...2fnqKgoTITVozmwDoWokKauri4/P1908PPPPy8oKDh9+vS5c+ekl3JwcIA2bQcHBxRE+o387W9/e+GFF/B1m5qapGlyc3NzTk4O/AtHWlpaWltbW1pacDIq0NraigVMQE5OTnR0dHR0dHBw8Pvvv0+/R ...em> to Damascus. The N. part of this range is very bare and wild. E. W. G. Masterman. 

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Pagan Gods And Goddesses
...t ; [[M.]] [[S.]] Smith, The Early History of God ; [[G.]] [[E.]] Wright, Biblical Archaeology . 

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Theology Of Zechariah
...Books of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi ; [[C.]] [[L.]] Meyers and [[E.]] [[M.]] Meyers, Haggai, Zechariah 1-8; [[D.]] [[L.]] Petersen, <

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Seleucia
...ing to the deep silt’ (G. L. Bell, op. cit., p. 334). Literature.-E. R. Bevan, The House of Seleucus, 2 vols., 1902, i. 208 ff.; Murray’s Han ...bas. The modern village is called es Suweidiyeh, 36 15' N, 35 50' E . 

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Emperor-Worship
...g, The Church’s [[Task]] under the Roman Empire , Oxford, 1905; [[E.]] [[G.]] Hardy, Studies in Roman History , London, 1905; [[H.]] [

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Eliakim
...y as to Eliakim, (See [[Nail]] ; [[Shebna]] when degraded, was "scribe" (i.e. secretary, remembrancer, keeping the king informed on important facts, his ...3:30 ). The last two occur in the genealogies of our Lord. W. O. E. Oesterley. 

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Hagar
...ught "the angel of God" (here only in Gen., usually "angel of JEHOVAH"), i.e. GOD, the second Person ( Genesis 21:17;  Genesis 21:19-20), to h ...s. J [Note: Jahwist.] yields the greater part of  Genesis 16:1-14 and E [Note: Elohist.] of   Genesis 21:9-21 , while traces of P [Note: Pries

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Samos
...far as [[Miletus]] the same day, but when Trogyllium, a promontory 5 miles E. of the city of Samos, was reached, the aegean N. wind apparently died away

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Weights And Measures
...[[Value]] of the gold shekel in silver 3,366.6 218.1 1,684.3 109.1 i.e. , ten pieces of silver of 336.6 21.81 168.4 10.91 Or fifteen pieces ...5;  Ezekiel 46:7;  Ezekiel 46:11;  Ezekiel 46:14. (e) The ''Lethec'' , or "half homer" literally meaning ''What Is [[Poured]] Ou

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Jewish. Scribes
...self into a band of defenders of the faith, headed by sages '''''—''''' i, e. scribes, or doctors of the law '''''—''''' and that every Israelite shou

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Joppa
...V. Guérin, Description géographique … de la [[Palestine]] : ‘Judée,’ 1869, i. 1f. James Strahan. ...19:46; and is now called Jaffa or Yafa , 32 3' N, 34 45' E . It has been destroyed many times, but now it is part of Tel Aviv

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Hazor
...]] ( Joshua 11:1;  Joshua 11:10, "head of all those kingdoms," i.e. the chief city of northern Palestine;  Joshua 12:19;  Joshua 19: ...s 15:29 . Identified by some with Jebel Hadireh, 31 50' N, 35 12' E . 5. Place in 'the east' that was to be smitten by Nebuchadnezzar,

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First And Second Books Of. Samuel
...el (Keil, Einleit. '''''§''''' 53). (See [[Books Of Kings]]). '''(e.)''' The concluding chapters of the second book of Samuel are in the form o

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Gath
...a hill at the foot of Judah's mountains, ten miles E. of Ashdod, and ten S.E. of Ekron. ...uined. Its site is identified with Tell es Safl, 31 43' N, 34 51' E , where there are extensive ruins and cisterns hewn out of the rock. It com

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The Book Of Joshua
...aithfulness and choose to serve only Him ( Joshua 24:1-28 ). E. [[Faithful]] leaders keep a people faithful ( Joshua 24:29-33 ). ...for Jordan, where they halted again; three days afterward they crossed, i.e. eight days intervened between their being sent and Israel's crossing. The

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