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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52311" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52311" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Ladder]] </strong> . In ancient times ladders were used chiefly for scaling the walls of a besieged city, as frequently shown on the [[Egyptian]] and [[Assyrian]] monuments (Wilkinson, <em> Anc. Egyp </em> . i. 243; Layard, <em> [[Nineveh]] </em> , ii. 372). Although this use of them is probably implied in Proverbs 21:22 , scaling-ladders are first expressly mentioned in the time of the [[Maccabees]] ( 1Ma 5:30 ). See Fortification, [[§§]] 3, 6. </p> <p> Jacob’s ‘ladder’ ( Genesis 28:12 ) seems to have been rather a ‘flight of stone steps, rising up to heaven’ (Driver, <em> Com. in loc </em> .). </p> <p> [[A.]] [[R.]] [[S.]] Kennedy. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16497" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16497" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61140" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61140" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Lad'Der,]] n. </p> 1. [[A]] frame of wood, consisting of two side pieces, connected by rounds inserted in them at suitable distances, and thus forming steps, by which persons may ascend a building, &c. 2. That by which a person ascends or rises means of ascending as a ladder made of cords. <p> [[Lowliness]] is young ambition's ladder. </p> 3. [[Gradual]] rise elevation. <p> [[Mounting]] fast towards the top of the ladder ecclesiastical. </p> | ||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197993" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197993" /> == | ||
<p> Genesis 28:12 (c) We are made to realize that there is a way to glory from earth. There is a way for us to approach to | <p> Genesis 28:12 (c) We are made to realize that there is a way to glory from earth. There is a way for us to approach to [[God]] in prayer, and then return to the fields of labor bringing with us Heaven's blessings. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41880" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41880" /> == | ||
