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...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
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...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 46. He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust. Different sorts of devourers ate up every gre...
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)...
AHIJAH a-hi'-ja ('achiyah or 'achiyahu, brother of Yahweh, my brother is Yahweh, Yah is brother. In the King James Version the name sometimes appears ...
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 GENESIS\\ This book, in the Hebrew copies of the Bible, and by the Jewish writers, is generally called Bereshith, which signifies ...
POMEGRANATE pom'-gran-at, pom-gran'-at, pum'-gran-at (rimmon (tree and fruit); the Hebrew name is similar to the Arabic, Aramaic and Ethiopic; rhoa): ...
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?...
\\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...
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...
WORSHIP wur'-ship (Anglo-Saxon: weorthscipe, wyrthscype, honor, from weorth, wurth, worthy, honorable, and scipe, ship): 1. Terms 2. Old Testament ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO MICAH\\ This book is called, in the Hebrew copies, Sepher Micah, the Book of Micah; in the Vulgate Latin version the Prophecy of Mi...
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF || I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into ...
HEZEKIAH (2) (chizqiyah, Yahweh has strengthened; also written chizqiyahu, Yah has strengthened him; Hezekias): One of the greatest of the kings of J...
\\INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH\\ This book is in the Hebrew copies called the Book of Zechariah; in the Vulgate Latin version, the Prophecy of Zechariah...
JOSIAH jo-si'-a (yo'shiyahu, Yahweh supports him; Ioseias; the King James Version Josias (which see)): I. SOURCES FOR HIS LIFE AND TIMES 1. Annalist...
\\INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES, OR THE PREACHER\\ This book has been universally received into the canon of the Scriptures, by Jews and Christians. T...
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...