Tob [H] [S]A district in Syria Judges 11:3 Judges 11:5 Called ISH-TOB 2 Samuel 16:6 2 Samuel 16:8 [H] indicates this entry was also found in Hit...
Tinkling ornaments( Isaiah 3:18 ), anklets of silver or gold, etc., such as are still used by women in Syria and the East. These dictionary topics a...
Overview - Amos 1 1?The time when Amos prophesied. 3?He shews God's judgment upon Syria, 6?upon the Philistines, 9?upon Tyrus, 11?upon Edom, 13?upo...
Abel-beth-maachah (meadow of the house of oppression ), a town of some importance, ( 2?Samuel 20:15 ) in the extreme north of Palestine, which fell a...
FirebrandFirewood; torch.And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking FIREBRANDS, f...
2 Kings 6:23 And he prepared great provision for them Or a great feast, as the Targum; so obedient was he to the prophet's orders: and when they had ...
2 Kings 6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel Proclaimed war against him; on what account, or how long it was after Naaman his general came...
2 Kings 13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him Because he ceased smiting, and smote no oftener; for it was revealed to the prophet, by an impulse...
2 Kings 12:18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedi...
2 Kings 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen This is to be connected with ( 2 Kings 13:4 ) , the verses ( 2 Kings 12...
Overview - Acts 21 1?Paul calls at the house of Philip, whose daughters prophesy. 10?Agabus, foretelling what should befall him at Jerusalem, he will ...
Overview - Acts 18 1?Paul labours with his hands, and preaches at Corinth to the Gentiles. 9?The Lord encourages him in a vision. 12?He is accused be...
Overview - Isaiah 17 1?Syria and Israel are threatened. 6?A remnant shall forsake idolatry. 9?The rest shall be plagued for their impiety. 12?The wo...
\\INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 17\\ This chapter contains a prophecy of the ruin of Syria and Israel, the ten tribes; who were in alliance; and also of the...
Daniel 11:6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together, &c.] The two kings of Egypt and Syria; not the two former kings, but their su...
2 Kings 13:24 So Hazael the king of Syria died, and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.] This was Benhadad the third; the first of this name was of...
SERON se'-ron (Seron): The commander of the host of Syria of Antiochus Epiphanes, who was defeated at Beth-horon by Judas in 166 BC (1 Macc 3:13). No...
Treaty Between nationsIsraelites and Gibeonites Joshua 9:3-15 Judah and Syria 1?Kings 15:19 Ceding of the territory by 1?Kings 9:10-14 ; 20:3...
Cotton. [N]Cotton is now both grown and manufactured in various parts of Syria and Palestine; but there is no proof that, till they came in contact w...
Beth-rehob (house of Rehob ), place mentioned as having near it the valley in which lay the town of Laish or Dan. ( Judges 18:28 ) It was one of the ...