Partridge [N] [E](Heb. kore ) occurs only ( 1?Samuel 26:20 ) and Jere 17:11 The hunting this bird upon the mountains, ( 1?Samuel 26:20 ) entirely agr...
Abigail [N] [H] [S]father (i.e., leader) of the dance, or of joy. The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite ( 1 Chronicles 2:16 1 Chroni...
Rose [N] [S]Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria. The famed rose of Damascus is white, but there are also red and yellow roses. I...
Wine-pressConsisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath, Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were thrown and where they were trodden upon...
Chapter 25 25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his a house at Ramah. And David ar...
2 Kings 3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him? &c.] This the good king should hav...
1 Kings 18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, come near unto me And observe what I do, and what will be done at my request: and all the people c...
1 Kings 18:46 And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah Giving him more than common strength of body, as well as courage and fortitude of mind; so the Ta...
1 Kings 20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year In the spring, or autumn, as some think, (See Gill on 2 Samuel 11:1) that Benhadad number...
ZIPH (1) zif (ziph; Ozeib, or Ziph): (1) A town in the hill country of Judah, mentioned along with Maon, Carmel and Jutah (Joshua 15:55). It is chief...
Issachar [N] [E] [H](reward ). I. The ninth son of Jacob and the fifth of Leah. ( Genesis 30:17 Genesis 30:18 ) (B.C. 1753-45) At the descent into E...
Snow. [N] [E]This historical books of the Bible contain only two notices of snow actually falling -- ( 2?Samuel 23:20 ) 1Macc 13:22; but the allusion...
Overview - 1?Samuel 29 1?David marching with the Philistines, 3?is disallowed by their princes. 6?Achish dismisses him, with commendations of his fi...
Isaiah 33:9 The earth mourneth [and] languisheth All Christendom, being now under the power, dominion, and tyranny of antichrist, and the church's fai...
Isaiah 29:17 [Is] it not yet a very little while In a short space of time, in a few years, what follows would come to pass; when there would be a stra...
Jeremiah 14:5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field Or brought forth her young in the field; of which see ( Job 39:1-4 ) , and which they sometimes d...
Grape [E] [S]Cultivated in vineyardsBy Noah Genesis 9:20 By the Canaanites Numbers 13:24 ; Deuteronomy 6:11 ; Joshua 24:13 By the Edomites ...
HAVEN ha'-v'-n (1) choph (Genesis 49:13, the Revised Version margin beach; Judges 5:17, the Revised Version margin shore, the King James Version sea...
HAROSHETH, OF THE GENTILES, OF THE NATIONS ha-ro'-sheth or (charosheth ha-goyim): There is now no means of discovering what is meant by the phrase of...
Forests Tracts of land covered with trees Isaiah 44:14 Underbrush often in Isaiah 9:18 Infested by wild beasts Psalms 50:10 ; 104:20 ; I...