\\INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 4\\ The contents of this chapter are the offer the Samaritans made to the Jews, to assist them in building the temple, which ...
\\INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 3\\ This chapter relates how that the people of Israel returned from captivity, gathered to Jerusalem, and set up the altar,...
ESDRAS 5 AND 6 (or 4 Ezr): These names have been applied respectively to the first two and the last two chapters of 2 (4) Esdras in the Latin Bible o...
ANAIAH an-a-i'-a, a-ni'-a (`anayah, Yah has answered): (1) a Levite who assisted Ezr in reading the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4), perhaps the per...
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...
\\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...
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...
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 ...
Psalms 94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? Against Christ, his person and offices, his ministers, his people, his truths and ordinan...
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 ...
The Book of EzraChapter 1Chapter Overview: The proclamation of Cyrus, for the release of the Jews, and building of the temple, ver. 1 - 4. The retu...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
Counselor Old Testament Significance. The Old Testament counselor served to advise the king on such matters as national defense and plans for war ( 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...
Urim and Thummim [N] [T] [S]The terms Urim and Thummim have traditionally been understood as light(s) and perfection(s) or as perfect light. The Urim ...
ESDRAS, THE SECOND (FOURTH) BOOK OF; APOCALYPTIC ESDRAS Or The Apocalyptic Esdras: \Contents 1. Name 2. Contents 3. Language 4. Versions 5. Origin of...