Overview - Deuteronomy 27 1?The people are commanded to write the law upon stones, 5?and to build an altar of whole stones. 11?The tribes to be divid...
Joel 3:17 So shall ye know that I [am] the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain The church of God, which is his dwelling place; and will a...
Overview - Zechariah 14 1?The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed. 3?The coming of Christ, and the graces of his kingdom. 12?The plague of Jerusalem's ...
Overview - Jeremiah 44 1?Jeremiah expresses the desolation of Judah for their idolatry. 11?He prophesies their destruction, who commit idolatry in Egy...
PSALM 74 Psalms 74:1-23 . If the historical allusions of Psalms 74:6-8 , &c., be referred, as is probable, to the period of the captivity, t...
IDOLATRY i-dol'-a-tri (teraphim, household idols, idolatry; eidololatreia): There is ever in the human mind a craving for visible forms to express re...
SOLOMON'S SERVANTS ('adbhedhe shelomoh; douloi Salomon): The children of Solomon's servants constituted a company or guild of the Jewish exiles who r...
Church [E] [S](Hebrew: qahal, edah; Greek: ekklesia)(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF C...
Religion [N]Due to the wide range of its usage, the English word religion (from Lat. religio) is not easily defined. Most commonly, however, it refers...
CHAPTER 10 Jeremiah 10:1-25 . CONTRAST BETWEEN THE IDOLS AND JEHOVAH. THE PROPHET'S LAMENTATION AND PRAYER. 1. Israel--the Jews, the survivin...
Righteous MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSCompared withThe sun Judges 5:31 ; Matthew 13:43 Stars Daniel 12:3 Lights Matthew 5:14 ; Philipp...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES (kohen, priest; nothing is definitely known as to the origin of the word; Lewi, Levite, on which see LEVI): I. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF...
CHAPTER 52 Isaiah 52:1-15 . FIRST THROUGH THIRTEEN VERSES CONNECTED WITH FIFTY-FIRST CHAPTER. Zion long in bondage ( Isaiah 51:17-20 ) is ca...
CHAPTER 5 Amos 5:1-27 . ELEGY OVER THE PROSTRATE KINGDOM: RENEWED EXHORTATIONS TO REPENTANCE: GOD DECLARES THAT THE COMING DAY OF JUDGMENT SH...
Sanctuary [N] [E]In the Old Testament the word miqdas [v'D.qim] (from qds, holy, implying a distinction between space that is sacred versus profane) ...
War [T] [E] [S]Divine approval of 2?Samuel 22:35 Civil Judges 12:1-6 ; 20 ; 2?Samuel 2:12-31 ; 3:1 ; 20 ; 1?Kings 14:30 ; 16:21 ; Isaiah 19...
CHAPTER 2 Habakkuk 2:1-20 . THE PROPHET, WAITING EARNESTLY FOR AN ANSWER TO HIS COMPLAINTS (FIRST CHAPTER), RECEIVES A REVELATION, WHICH IS TO ...
CIRCUMCISION sur-kum-sizh'-un (mul, muloth; peritome): The removal of the foreskin is a custom that has prevailed, and prevails, among many races in ...
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old T...
HABAKKUK ha-bak'-uk, hab'-a-kuk: I. THE AUTHOR 1. Name 2. Life II. THE BOOK 1. Interpretation of Habakkuk 1 and 2 2. Contents 3. Style 4. Inte...