Gehenna [N] [B] [S](originally Ge bene Hinnom; i.e., the valley of the sons of Hinnom), a deep, narrow glen to the south of Jerusalem, where the idol...
Overview - 1?Kings 11 1?Solomon's wives and concubines. 4?In his old age they draw him to idolatry. 9?God threatens him. 14?Solomon's adversaries we...
Judges 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord After the death of the above judges they fell into idolatry again, as t...
2 Kings 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. &c.] Worshipping the calves as they did; which, as it was contrary to the religious sent...
Leviticus 20:5 Then I will set my face against that man That man that sees him do the fact, and winks at it, or the judge that connives at him, and wi...
Leviticus 20:3 And I will set my face against that man Express resentment, anger, wrath, and indignation at him, see ( Psalms 34:16 ) : and will cut h...
Zephaniah 1:5 And upon them that worship the host of heaven upon the house tops The sun, moon, and stars, which some worshipped upon their house tops;...
Ezekiel 16:20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters Their own flesh and blood; which were more than to take their clothes, and cover the...
Chapter 1818:3 After the a doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring...
Leviticus 5:8 And he shall bring them unto the priest Either two turtledoves, or two young pigeons: who shall offer [that] which [is] for the sin [of...
Ezekiel 20:26 And one polluted them in their own gifts Suffered them to defile themselves; or declared them to be, and treated them as polluted person...
Baal [N] [B] [H] [S]lord. The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM ( Ju...
Isaiah 30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old The place long ago appointed for the ruin of the Assyrian army, which pitched here: this was a valley near ...
Chapter 11 11:1 But king Solomon loved many a strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidoni...
Overview - Jeremiah 44 1?Jeremiah expresses the desolation of Judah for their idolatry. 11?He prophesies their destruction, who commit idolatry in Egy...
GEHENNA ga-hen'-a (geenna (see Grimm-Thayer, under the word)): Gehenna is a transliteration from the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ge-hinnom, valley of ...
CHAPTER 20 1?Chronicles 20:1-3 . RABBAH BESIEGED BY JOAB, SPOILED BY DAVID, AND THE PEOPLE TORTURED. 1. at the time when kings go out to batt...
Ammonitethe usual name of the descendants of Ammon, the son of Lot ( Genesis 19:38 ). From the very beginning ( Deuteronomy 2:16-20 ) of their history...
SACRIFICE, HUMAN hu'-man: As an expression of religious devotion, human sacrifice has been widespread at certain stages of the race's development. Th...
Defilement [N] Forbidden to the Jews Leviticus 11:44 Leviticus 11:45 THINGS LIABLE TO CEREMONIAL The person Leviticus 5:3 Garments Levit...