Rama [N] [S]( Matthew 2:18 ), the Greek form of Ramah. A city first mentioned in Joshua 18:25 , near Gibeah of Benjamin. It was fortified by Baasha,...
Ramah [N] [H](a hill ). This is the name of several places in the holy land. One of the cities of the allotment of Benjamin. ( Joshua 18:25 ) Its sit...
Song of Solomon 6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me Her eyes of faith and love; not through dislike of them, but as ravished with them; his passions were...
CHAPTER 31 1?Samuel 31:1-7 . SAUL HAVING LOST HIS ARMY AT GILBOA, AND HIS SONS BEING SLAIN, HE AND HIS ARMOR-BEARER KILL THEMSELVES. 1. Now t...
Chapter 1717:2 There was also [a lot] for the a rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children ...
Mephibosheth [N] [H] [S]exterminator of shame; i.e., of idols. The name of Saul's son by the concubine Rizpah (q.v.), the daughter of Aiah. He and hi...
CHAPTER 4 Death And Burial Of Moses. DEUTERONOMY 3:23-29; NUMBERS 27:15-23; DEUTERONOMY 34 ALL was now ready, and Israel about to cross the Jordan and...
Chapter 91 Perea. Beyond Jordan. The length of Perea was from Macherus to Pella: the breadth from Philadelphia to Jordan. The mountainous part of i...
Amorites [N]highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan ( Genesis 14:7 ), called Amurra or Amurri in the A...
The Book of JoshuaChapter 13Chapter Overview: God informs Joshua what parts of the land were yet unconquered, and orders him to divide what was conq...
TABOR, MOUNT (tabhor, har tabhor; oros Thabor, to Itaburion): This mountain seems to be named as on the border of Issachar (Joshua 19:22). It is poss...
Chapter 11:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; a We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among t...
Psalms 60:6 God hath spoken in his holiness Or in his holy place {q}; in heaven, the habitation of his holiness and of his glory; or in the house of t...
Reuben [N] [E] [H](behold a son ), Jacobs firstborn Child, ( Genesis 29:32 ) the son of Leah. (B.C. 1753.) The notices of the patriarch Reuben give, ...
CHAPTER 6 Hosea 6:1-11 . THE ISRAELITES' EXHORTATION TO ONE ANOTHER TO SEEK THE LORD. At Hosea 6:4 a new discourse, complaining of them, b...
CHAPTER 9 Solemn Dedication of the Land and of Israel on Mounts Ebal and Gerizim - The Deceit of the Gibeonites (JOSHUA 8:30, 9:1-27) BY the miraculou...
CHAPTER 16 -? JORAM AND JEHU, (TENTH AND ELEVENTH) KINGS OF ISRAEL. AHAZIAH, (SIXTH) KING OF JUDAH. Accession of Ahaziah - Character of his Reign - E...
HAURAN ho'-ran (chawran; Septuagint Auranitis, also with aspirate): 1. Extent of Province in Ancient Times: A province of Eastern Palestine which, i...
CHAPTER 34 Deuteronomy 34:1-12 . MOSES FROM MOUNT NEBO VIEWS THE LAND. 1. Moses went up from the plains of Moab--This chapter appears from in...
Cattle [N] [S]abounded in the Holy Land. To the rearing and management of them the inhabitants chiefly devoted themselves ( Deuteronomy 8:13 ; 12:21 ...