\\INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 3\\ This chapter relates how that the people of Israel returned from captivity, gathered to Jerusalem, and set up the altar,...
\\INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 2\\ This chapter contains a list of those that went up from Babylon to Jerusalem, of their leaders, their chief men, princes ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 7\\ In this chapter we have the lineage and character of Ezra described, \\#Ezr 7:1-6\\, his expedition to Jerusalem, and of ...
NOTES ON The Book of EZRA NOTES ON The Book of EZRA The history of this book is ...
HOUSE OF GOD In Genesis 28:17,22 = BETHEL (which see). In Jgs, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezr, Neh, Ps, etc. (beth ha-'elohim), a designation of the sanctuar...
JUDAH (1) joo'-da (yehudhah, praised): (1) 4th son of Jacob by Leah (see separate article). (2) An ancestor of Kadmiel, one of those who had the ove...
SENAAH se-na'-a, sen'-a-a (cena'ah; Codex Vaticanus Sanana; Sananat; Codex Alexandrinus Sanana, Sennaa, Hasan): The children of Senaah are mentioned ...
Overview - Ezekiel 7 1?The final desolation of Israel. 16?The mournful repentance of them that escape. 20?The enemies defile the sanctuary because of ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF EZRA\\ This book, in the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions, is called the First Book of Ezra, Nehemiah being reckoned...
Overview - 1?Kings 6 1?The building of Solomon's temple. 5?The chambers thereof. 11?God's promise unto it. 15?The ceiling and adorning of it. 23?The ...
Guide to Book AbbreviationThe following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Bible and it's corresponding shortes...
Song of Solomon 3:7 Behold his bed which [is] Solomon's Not Solomon the son of David, and penman of this song, but a greater than he, the antitype of ...
Counselor Old Testament Significance. The Old Testament counselor served to advise the king on such matters as national defense and plans for war ( 1 ...
Spirit [N] [E]The Old Testament. The Hebrew word for spirit is ruah [;jWr]. It appears 389 times in the Old Testament. Its varied use almost defies an...
THIGH thi (yarekh; Aramaic yarekhah (Daniel 2:32); meros (Judith 9:2; Sirach 19:12; Revelation 19:16); as part of a sacrificial animal (Exodus 29:22, ...
ESDRAS, THE SECOND (FOURTH) BOOK OF; APOCALYPTIC ESDRAS Or The Apocalyptic Esdras: \Contents 1. Name 2. Contents 3. Language 4. Versions 5. Origin of...
Elder [N] [E] [S]In both the Old and New Testaments, the term elder indicates one of advanced age (Heb. zaqen [eqz]; Gk. presbyteros [presbuvtero]) wh...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Decrees [N]Decrees issued by rulers, written commands having the effect of law, and the metaphor of God as King of the world provide the imagery behin...
Fast, Fasting Abstinence from food and/or drink as an element of private or public religious devotion. Fasting is nowhere commanded in the Torah and, ...