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• Jehu
  ...blood shedder:  Hosea 1:4, "I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu," though temporarily he was rewarded for his measure of outward obe .... It appears also that, in executing the divine indignation on the wicked house of Ahab, he was actuated more by the spirit of ambition and animosity than
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• David
  ...shbosheth king. David however "waxed stronger and stronger," while "Saul's house waxed weaker and weaker" (2 Samuel 2-3). After a skirmish, disastrous to Is ...ell him that though he may not build this house, Jahweh will establish the house of David ( <em> i.e. </em> in the sense of lineage) for ever (&nbsp; 2 Samu
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• Jerusalem
  ...i, drove them out, and set on fire the Asmonaean palace, the high priest's house, and the archives repository, "the nerves of the city" (B.J., 2:17, section ...dence that they possessed any special building like a synagogue. A private house, such as that of Mary, the mother of John Mark, would have served their pur
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• Mary
  .../em> and I have sought thee …’ His reply, ‘I must be in <em> my Father’s house </em> ’ (&nbsp; Luke 2:48 ), shows that He had begun to feel, and expecte ...third time six days before the Passover, when Jesus was entertained in the house of Simon the [[Leper]] at Bethany, and she came in during the feast and ano
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• Pentateuch
  ...om at least that date it is an independent witness of the integrity of the five books of Moses. This testimony may be much older for probably the Samaritan ...hemselves are anonymous. Most English Bibles carry the titles of the first five books as “the books of Moses.” These titles are not in the Hebrew manus
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• Samson
  ...a ‘solar myth.’ The name ‘Samson,’ and the existence of a ‘Beth-shemesh’ (‘house of the sun’) near his home, offer an obvious temptation to such a theory, ...men on the roof beheld while Samson made sport. Samson by pulling down the house slew at his death more than in his life. Type of Christ (&nbsp;Colossians 2
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• Abiathar
  ...d David in [[Hebron]] after Saul's death, with 22 captains of his father's house (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:28). Abiathar had the first place, with the ephod, [
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• Altar
  ...rk of the covenant, whence God gave His answers in a clear voice, were the five things of the old temple wanting in the second temple. </p> <p> [[Heated]] ...Old Testament is formed from the verb for slaughter and means literally, “slaughter place.” Altars were used primarily as places of sacrifice, especially ani
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• Solomon
  ...Solomon ''(Its Five [[Divisions]] Probably Are Referred To In The [[Odd]] Five)'' , and Psalm 72 and Psalm 127. (See PROVERBS.) </p> <p> He knew botany, f ...nt; the Temple was seven years in building (&nbsp; 1 Kings 6:38 ); his own house thirteen (&nbsp; 1 Kings 7:1 ); there was also the palace for his wife (&nb
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• Saul
  ...n]] (&nbsp;1 Samuel 31:9-10; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 10:10); the tidings of the slaughter of their national enemy they sent far and near to their idols and to the pe ...ives help from the priests at Nob. So enraged was Saul that he ordered the slaughter of the entire priesthood there (chs. 20 21). Saul had David all but capture
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• The Hebrew Monarchy
  ...assured him that He had heard his prayer, and that He had [[Hallowed]] the house and would watch over it perpetually. He also [[Promised]] the king to perpe
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• Messiah
  ...d in the mouth of the prophet Nathan, of the sentiment of reverence to the House of David, which took its rise in the latter part of the 8th century. Budde ...when under a Divinely supported king (doubtless a member of the Hasmonæan house) war was to cease and God was to bless the righteous and punish the wicked.
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• Herod
  ...ero]] added several cities of Galilee and Persea to his kingdom (A.D. 55). Five years later Paul pleaded before him, who naturally consulted him on a quest ...which held out for six months, when it was carried by assault, and a vast slaughter was made of the inhabitants, till the intercession and bribes of Herod put
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• Leviticus
  ...ode, in its early form, recognized the local sanctuaries, and required the slaughter of animals suitable for sacrifice to take place before the Lord, <em> i.e < ...ple (&nbsp;Leviticus 27:1-13 ). </p> <p> B. Offer proper vows related to a house (&nbsp;Leviticus 27:14-15 ). </p> <p> C. Offer proper vows related to field
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• War
  ...went up "according to their armies," "harnessed," literally, "arranged in five divisions," van, center, two wings, and rearguard (Ewald): &nbsp;Exodus 6:2 ...Chronicles 27:1-34. Under [[Jehoshaphat]] this was altered, and there were five unequal corps, under as many commanders. &nbsp;2 Chronicles 17:14-19. The c
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• Ezekiel
  ...daries are given the same as under Moses) no adequate room is left for the five tribes whose inheritance is beyond the holy portion (&nbsp;Ezekiel 47:19; & ...his speech which pleased the ears of the captives, and brought them to his house for counsel (&nbsp; Ezekiel 8:1 , &nbsp; Ezekiel 14:1 , &nbsp; Ezekiel 20:1
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• Abraham
  ...Josephus' time to mark the spot. It stood within the enclosure, "Abraham's house." Isaac's birth, beyond nature, the type of Him whose name is [[Wonderful]] ...t this point there is a blank in the patriarch's history of perhaps twenty-five years. These years of peace and happiness were spent at Beer-sheba. The nex
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• Athaliah
  ...was hurried out, and slain at the entering of the horse gate by the king's house. Mattan, Baal's priest, was the only other person slain. Her usurpation las ...young prince. Athaliah, probably engaged in her idolatrous worship in the house of Baal, heard the shouts of the people, rushed into the temple, and saw th
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• Music
  ...strument. Such is its form at the present day in the east; but it has only five strings in its modern shape, &nbsp;2 Samuel 6:5; &nbsp;1 Kings 10:12 . Ther ...ious passion for music by his example. Solomon's songs were a thousand and five (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:32). In the procession accompanying the ark to Zion, the L
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• Jehoiada
  ...then the second priest; then the 24 "governors of the sanctuary and of the house of God" (&nbsp;Jeremiah 20:1; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 24:5). </p> <p> '''5.''' & ...the house of Aaron," who came to David to Hebron with other members of the house of Levi. In &nbsp;1 Chronicles 27:34 there is named among David's counselor
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• Atonement
  ...most important underlying principles in common. It falls conveniently into five divisions-Atonement and Law; [[Atonement]] and Righteousness; Atonement and ...om their sins’ (&nbsp; Matthew 1:21 ); He is the promised ‘Saviour’ of the house of David (&nbsp; Luke 1:31-33; &nbsp; Luke 2:11 ); the [[Baptist]] announce
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• Sacrifice
  ...tized, on their way to Jerusalem; suggested the image the Lamb led to the "slaughter," not merely the shearing (&nbsp;Isaiah 53:7). The Passover was near (&nbsp ...the Israelite law were available only for unintentional sins. None of the five categories of sacrifice set out a procedure to deal with deliberate sin, ev
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• Ahijah
  ...down, namely, to keep God's commandments heartily as David did, Jeroboam's house should be taken away "as dung"; but that in reward for the good there was f ...1 Chronicles 11:36 . </p> <p> 5. Levite, who was over the treasures of the house of God in the time of David. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:20 . </p> <p> 6. One who
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• Number
  ...4; &nbsp;Matthew 18:22). </p> <p> As ''3 1/2'' is related to ''7'' , so '''five''' is related to ''10'' ; ''5'' is "the penal number" (&nbsp;Exodus 22:1; & ...d from astral worship of the seven heavenly bodies, the sun, moon, and the five planets known to the ancients. It is also connected with the seven-day week
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• Babylon
  ...ff's testimony it appears that, in the sixteenth century, "there was not a house to be seen." And now "the eye wanders over a barren desert, in which the ru ...he times of the [[Gentiles]] will end when the power returns to Judah, the house of David, in the person of the Lord Jesus. </p> <p> The destruction of Baby
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• Paul
  ...xperience, instructs then how it is necessary to comport themselves in the house of God. From their internal structure and contents it can be easily seen th ...efore, again to the Gentiles, and for two years, he dwelt in his own hired house. These are the last words of the Acts. But St. Paul's career is not abruptl
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• Philistines
  ...to the institutions of the Philistines our information is very scanty, The five chief cities had, as early as the days of Joshua, constituted themselves in ...s time Philistine power was concentrated in the hands of the rulers of the five cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath. The rulers of these citi
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• Palestine
  ...be set upon a candlestick if it was to give light to all that were in the house; and He reached the Gentiles most effectually by concentrating His ministry ...Rock salt abounds. The Khasm Usdum, a mound at the S. of the Dead Sea, is five miles and a half long by two and a half broad, and several hundred feet hig
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• Persecution
  ..., chiefly by means of the infernal courts of inquisition. </p> <p> A worst slaughter, if possible, was made among the natives of Spanish America, where fifteen ...forced; and men must be made willing, not by stripes, but by arguments. [[Slaughter]] and piety are quite opposite to each other; nor can truth consist with vi
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• Sacrifice And Offering
  ...rifices, it will be more convenient to follow, as before, the order of the five distinct kinds as given in the systematic manual, &nbsp;Leviticus 1:1-17; & ...es the most detailed description of Israel's sacrificial system, including five types of sacrifices. The sacrifices and offerings that were brought by the
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• Ish-Bosheth
  ...Gibeonites, determined to take advantage of the helplessness of the royal house to destroy the only '''''‘''''' representative that was left, excepting t ...e was war (&nbsp;2 Samuel 2:12 ). The house of David prevailed against the house of Saul (&nbsp;2 Samuel 3:1 ), but the war did not come to a close until Ab
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• Book Of Esther
  ...at Haman has said is to be done to Mordecai. Haman returns in grief to his house. While taking counsel there with his friends, the king’s chamberlains com ...ue an edict to all his subjects that every man should bear rule in his own house (1:22)? We reply that, as the edicts of Oriental despots are not all models
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• Egypt
  ...; astronomy added Abram was graciously received. Pharaohs: Amenemha I, the five [[Epact]] days to the old 360. The capital Osirtasin I, Amenemha II, shifte ...tly contemporary with the 11th Dyn., which eventually suppressed the rival house. The monuments of the 11th Dyn. are almost confined to the neighbourhood of
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• Levites
  ...Chronicles 23:24-32), "to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah," etc., "and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, ...e Levites should not begin in the service of the tabernacle till they were five-and-twenty years of age, &nbsp;Numbers 8:24-26; or, as he says elsewhere, f
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• Sennacherib
  ...rone of judging at the gate of the city Lachisa; I give permission for its slaughter." The captives are stripped of their armor, ornaments, and much of their cl ...lential climates may be, especially when commissioned by the Lord. And the slaughter of such an army in one night carried with it the fullest and most decided t
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• Gibeon
  ...ccordingly David gave up to them the two sons of [[Rizpah]] (q.v.) and the five sons of Michal, and these the Gibeonites took and hanged or crucified "in t ...sraelites. Honoring this covenant, Joshua led Israel against the armies of five kings who had attacked Gibeon. During these victories the Lord caused the s
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• Joppa
  ...l purification before his midday meal as when he brought into the tanner’s house the defilement of contact with so many lawless and profane people. To his J ...ited for a meal to be prepared, he prayed on the flat roof of the tanner's house. In a trance Peter saw what seemed to be “a great sheet knit at the four
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• Jezreel
  ...ifteen hundred French under General Kleber sustained the assault of twenty-five thousand Turks for half a day, and were succored by Napoleon. </p> ...his mother [[Jezebel]] slain (ch. 9), as well as all that remained of the house of Ahab (ch. 10). This is the last we hear of Jezreel, which thereafter see
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• Shimei
  ...nd understood in the second. Solomon bound him on pain of death to build a house, and stay at Jerusalem, and not cross the [[Kedron]] which separated him fr .... after 1706). </p> <p> 2. Shimei, the son of Gera, a [[Benjamite]] of the house of Saul, who lived at Bahurim. (B.C. 1023). When David and his suite were s
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• Magi
  ...f the six is expressly named as ‘Aryan,’ it seems to follow that the other five did not belong to the conquering race; and the Magi would accordingly be an ...dreams), had returned a different way, before Herod's cruel decree for the slaughter of the infants took effect at Bethlehem. Matthew, dwelling on Christ's king
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• Jehoram
  ...he Lord against Jehoram. </p> <p> They carried away his substance from his house, his sons, and wives, so that there was never a son left him save [[Jehoaha ...romise which was immediately fulfilled. The allies pursued them with great slaughter into their own land, which they utterly ravaged and destroyed most of its c
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• Universalism
  ...ry that redemption should prove universal, and God all in all, not through slaughter of His enemies (‘Order reigns in Warsaw’), still less through chaining ...es); Hanson, [[Manna]] (a book of daily worship); Quimby, [[Heaven]] ''Our House'' (a comfort to all who mourn); Thayer, Over the River (a book of consolati
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• Jews
  ...mob fell upon them, and murdered a great many of them. About one thousand five hundred of them were burned in the palace in the city of York, which they t ...mob fell upon them, and murdered a great many of them. About one thousand five hundred of them were burnt in the palace in the city of York, which they se
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• Esther
  ...ed by the Jews among the Kethubim (hagiographa), in the portion called the five volumes, Megilloth. [[Maimonides]] says that in Messiah's days the prophets ...Haman. The day that had been chosen by the casting of lots (purim) for the slaughter of the Jews now became the day when the Jews took revenge on their enemies.
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• Feasts And Festivals Of Israel
  ...nacles or Ingathering) </i> . The Feast of Booths took place on Tishri 15, five days after the Day of Atonement, in what is now mid-October. The festival i
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• Simeon
  ...all a place as Joppa; so that the tradition is confirmed that here was the house of Simon with whom Peter lodged when he received the call of Cornelius. </p ...34 ). From &nbsp; Genesis 30:20 (E [Note: Elohist.] ) we learn that he had five full brothers, but we are not told how many other sisters or half-sisters h
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• Book Of Zephaniah
  ...re of the Old Testament </i> ; Hastings, <i> Dictionary of the Bible </i> (five volumes), article "Zephaniah, Book of"; <i> Encyclopedia Biblica </i> , art ...b, Ammon, are threatened with perpetual destruction, Ethiopia with a great slaughter, and Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, with desolation (&nbsp;Isaiah 38:8-15
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• Matthew
  ...owing: the visit of the eastern magi; our Saviour's flight into Egypt; the slaughter of the infants at Bethlehem; the parable of the ten virgins; the dream of P ...in &nbsp;Acts 1:13. Probably he became a preacher to the lost sheep of the house of Israel and for the most part confined his labours to the land of Palesti
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• Astrology
  ...er they saw the ‘star’ in front of them all the way, till they came to the house where the infant Jesus was found. (This appears to be the only sense in whi ...eavenly bodies. Yet there is one feature that they have in common with the five planets: all move among the stars within the band of the zodiac; each of th
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• Leo X
  ...ew peace to themselves, and the respect of the people, than by a wholesale slaughter of the Reformer and his friends. The solicitations of the Dominicans at the
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