TITHE tith (ma`aser; dekate): The custom of giving a 10th part of the products of the land and of the spoils of war to priests and kings (1 Macc 10:3...
Genesis 10:6 And the sons of Ham Next to the sons of Japheth, the sons of Ham are reckoned; these, Josephus F26 says, possessed the land from Syria, a...
JEHOIADA je-hoi'-a-da (yehoyadha`, Yahweh knows; Iodae): (1) Father of Benaiah, the captain of David's body-guard (2?Samuel 8:18; 20:23; 23:20,22; 1?...
JEHOAHAZ je-ho'-a-haz, je-ho-a'-haz (yeho'achaz, Yah has grasped; Ioachas; 2?Kings 13:1-9): (1) Son of Jehu, and 11th king of Israel. He is stated to...
\\INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS\\ This, and the following book, properly are but one book, divided into two parts, and went with the Jews under the co...
SHECHEM she'-kem (shekhem, shoulder; Suchem, he Sikima, ta Sikima, etc.; the King James Version gives Sichem in Genesis 12:6; and Sychem in Acts 7:16)...
\\INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES, OR THE PREACHER\\ This book has been universally received into the canon of the Scriptures, by Jews and Christians. T...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
GENEALOGY, 1-7 je-na-al'-o-ji, jen-a-al'-o-ji: 1. Definition 2. Biblical References 3. Importance of Genealogies 4. Their Historical Value 5. Pri...
TEMPLE, A1 tem'-p'l (hekhal, palace; sometimes, as in 1?Kings 6:3,5, etc.; Ezekiel 41:1,15, used for the holy place only; bayith, house, thus always i...
BIBLE, THE, IV CANONICITY $ IV. Literary Growth and Origin--Canonicity.$ Thus far the books of the Old Testament and New Testament have been taken si...
WORSHIP wur'-ship (Anglo-Saxon: weorthscipe, wyrthscype, honor, from weorth, wurth, worthy, honorable, and scipe, ship): 1. Terms 2. Old Testament ...
SOLOMON sol'-o-mun (shelomoh; New Testament Solomon): I. EARLY LIFE 1. Name and Meaning 2. Sources 3. Birth and Upbringing 4. His Accession 5. C...