SUCCOTH (1) suk'-oth, suk'-oth (cukkoth, booths; Skenai, Sokchoth, etc.): After parting with Esau, Jacob journeyed to Succoth, a name which he gave t...
Overview - 1?Kings 7 1?The building of Solomon's house. 2?Of the house of Lebanon. 6?Of the porch of pillars. 7?Of the porch of judgment. 8?Of the...
Among the various ways of writing Bethabara in Hebrew, these two especially deserve our consideration at present: 'Beth-barah,' which we meet with in ...
Matthew 19:1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings Concerning humility, avoiding offences, the methods to be taken in reprov...
Joshua 4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan According to t...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 4\\ This chapter relates an order, that is men, should take twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, and carry them to the...
All the region round about Jordan (pasan pericwron tou Iordanou). The wilderness was John's abode ( Matthew 1:80 ) so that he began preaching where h...
Bethabara [N] [H] [S]house of the ford, a place on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptizing ( John 1:28 ). It may be identical with Bethb...
Zarthan. [E]A place in the circle of Jordan, mentioned in connection with Succoth. ( 1?Kings 7:46 ) It is also named in the account of the passage of...
Overview - Judges 7 1?Gideon's army of two and thirty thousand is brought to three hundred. 9?He is encouraged by the dream and interpretation of the...
2 Kings 2:6 And Elijah said unto him, tarry, I pray thee, here At Jericho, seemingly very desirous to get rid of him, that he might not see his assump...
Numbers 33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab Sixteen miles from Abarim, where all those things were...
Overview - John 10 1?Christ is the door, and the good shepherd. 19?Divers opinions of him. 23?He proves by his works that he is Christ the Son of God;...
Swellingof Jordan ( Jeremiah 12:5 ), literally the pride of Jordan (as in RSV), i.e., the luxuriant thickets of tamarisks, poplars, reeds, etc., which...
Atad [N] [E] [H](thorn ), The threshing-floor of, called also Abel-mizraim, ( Genesis 50:10 Genesis 50:11 ) afterwards called Beth-hogla, and known ...
Overview - Deuteronomy 4 1?An exhortation to obedience. 41?Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan. 44?Recapitulation. Treasu...
Overview - Numbers 32 1?The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on the east side of Jordan. 6?Moses reproves them. 16?They offer him con...
Overview - Numbers 32 1?The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on the east side of Jordan. 6?Moses reproves them. 16?They offer him con...
Overview - Joshua 4 1?Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of Jordan. 9?Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of J...
ABEL-MEHOLAH a'-bel-me-ho'-lah ('abhel meholah, meadow of dancing): The residence of Elisha the prophet (1?Kings 19:16). When Gideon and his 300 brok...