Jeroboam [N] [H] [S]increase of the people. The son of Nebat ( 1?Kings 11:26-39 ), an Ephrathite, the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reig...
There was a fourth, and that the greatest, passage betwixt Chammath and Jericho, but at a great distance from either; for the finding out of which, we...
JOKNEAM jok'-ne-am (yoqne`am): A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua and described as in Carmel (Joshua 12:22), in the territory of Zebulun,...
Kings, First and Second, Theology of Since the books of 1 and 2 Kings possess an inner unity and ideology, it is appropriate toview them as a single w...
Megiddo [N] [H] [S]place of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites ( Joshua 12:21 ), belonged to the tribe of Manasseh ( Judges ...
MEGIDDO; MEGIDDON me-gid'-o, me-gid'-on (meghiddo, meghiddon; Magiddo, Mageddon, Magdo): A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain ...
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?...
CHAPTER 5 - AZARIAH, OR UZZIAH, (TENTH) KING OF JUDAH. JEREBOAM II., (FOURTEENTH) KING OF ISRAEL Accession of Azariah or Uzziah - Reign of Jeroboam I...
BETH-SHEAN; BETH-SHAN beth-she'-an, beth'-shan (beth-shan, or [beth-she'an]; in Apocrypha Baithsan or Bethsa): A city in the territory of Issachar as...
SAMARIA, COUNTRY OF (shomeron; he Samareitis chora): The name of the city was transferred to the country of which it was the capital, so that Samaria...
Punishments. [T]The earliest theory of punishment current among mankind is doubtless the one of simple retaliation, blood for blood. Viewed historica...
CHAPTER 3 Amos 3:1-15 . GOD'S EXTRAORDINARY LOVE, BEING REPAID BY ISRAEL WITH INGRATITUDE, OF NECESSITY CALLS FOR JUDGMENTS, WHICH THE PROPHE...
HEBRON (1) he'-brun (chebhron, league or confederacy; Chebron): One of the most ancient and important cities in Southern Palestine, now known to the ...
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF || I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into ...
Agriculture [N] [S]Tilling the ground ( Genesis 2:15 ; Genesis 4:2 Genesis 4:3 Genesis 4:12 ) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in anci...
DIVINATION div-i-na'-shun: 1. Definition 2. Kinds of Divination 3. Fundamental Assumption in Divination 4. Legitimate and Illegitimate Divination ...
Footnotes(1 )Christus Comprobator, p. 99, sq.(1 )O twn Paterwn Pathr; o twn Nussaewn fwsthr, Council. Nic. II. Act. VI. Edition of Labbe, p. 477.-Nice...
God continued... GUIDE Genesis 12:1 ; Exodus 13:21 ; 15:13 ; 33:13-15 ; Numbers 10:33 ; Deuteronomy 32:10 Deuteronomy 32:12 ; 2?Samuel 22:29 ...
Introduction.Introduction.Salaminius Hermias Sozomen.Part I.-The Life.The name is an unusual and difficult one. It seems desirable to give preference ...
PALESTINE, 2 III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testamen...