MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 3-5 III. 3 Maccabees. 1. Name: The name 3 Maccabees, though occurring in the oldest manuscripts and VSS, is quite unsuitable, b...
MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 1-2 mak'-a-bez, I. 1 MACCABEES 1. Name 2. Canonicity 3. Contents 4. Historicity 5. Author's Standpoint and Aim 6. Date 7....
Nehemiah 11:31 The children also of Benjamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash, &c.] Geba was a city on the southern border of Benjamin, ( Joshua 18:24 ) ...
CHAPTER 8 Daniel 8:1-27 . VISION OF THE RAM AND HE-GOAT: THE TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED DAYS OF THE SANCTUARY BEING TRODDEN DOWN. With this chapte...
the temple of God was opened in heaven This is the heavenly temple (Isa. Isa. 6:1-4; Rev. Rev. 7:15+; Rev. 14:15+, Rev. 14:17+; Rev. 15:5-6+, Rev. 15:...
Zechariah 1:7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat Called Sabat in the Septuagint version, and in the Apocr...
John 19:38 And after this That is, after Jesus had given up the ghost, when it was a clear case that he was dead; as it was before the soldiers came t...
CHAPTER 1 Obadiah 1:1-21 . DOOM OF EDOM FOR CRUELTY TO JUDAH, EDOM'S BROTHER; RESTORATION OF THE JEWS. 1. Obadiah--that is, servant of Jehova...
CHAPTER 11 Hebrews 11:1-40 . DEFINITION OF THE FAITH JUST SPOKEN OF ( Hebrews 10:39 ): EXAMPLES FROM THE OLD COVENANT FOR OUR PERSEVERANCE IN...
CHAPTER 49 Jeremiah 49:1-39 . PREDICTIONS AS TO AMMON, IDUMEA, DAMASCUS, KEDAR, HAZOR, AND ELAM. The event of the prophecy as to Ammon prece...
CHAPTER 14 Zechariah 14:1-21 . LAST STRUGGLE WITH THE HOSTILE WORLD POWERS: MESSIAH-JEHOVAH SAVES JERUSALEM AND DESTROYS THE FOE, OF WHOM THE...
DEMETRIUS (1) de-me'-tri-us (Demetrios, of or belonging to Demeter, an ordinary name in Greece): (1) Demetrius I, surnamed Soter (saviour), was the s...
CHAPTER 5 Micah 5:1-15 . THE CALAMITIES WHICH PRECEDE MESSIAH'S ADVENT. HIS KINGDOM, CONQUEST OF JACOB'S FOES, AND BLESSING UPON HIS PEOPLE. ...
INTRODUCTION DANIEL, that is, God is my judge; probably of the blood royal (compare Daniel 1:3 a son of David is named so). Jerusalem may have be...
CHAPTER 12 Daniel 12:1-13 . CONCLUSION OF THE VISION (TENTH THROUGH TWELFTH CHAPTERS) AND EPILOGUE TO THE BOOK. Compare Daniel 12:4 Daniel...
INTRODUCTION THE name Zechariah means one whom Jehovah remembers: a common name, four others of the same name occurring in the Old Testament. Like ...
Palestine [N]originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines ( Exodus 15:14 ; Isaiah 14:29 Isaiah 14:31 ; ...
HEBREWS. CHAPTER XI. Living by Faith. SUMMARY.--Faith Explained. The Faith of the Elders. Remarkable Examples of Ancient Faith. All Seeking for ...
PALESTINE, 1 pal'-es-tin (pelesheth; Phulistieim, Allophuloi; the King James Version Joel 3:4 (the Revised Version (British and American) Philistia), ...
PALESTINE, 3 IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare...