Altar. [N] [B] [E]The first altar of which we have any account is that built by Noah when he left the ark. ( Genesis 8:20 ) In the early times altars...
2 Kings 1:2 And Ahaziah fell down a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria Which was either a window or lattice in the form of network, to l...
ARNON ar'-non ('arnon; Arnon): Is first mentioned in Numbers 21:24 as the border between Moab and the Amorites. The valleys of Arnon in the next vers...
Proverbs 7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry Made use of by the ancients F15 for bed clothes: beautiful ornaments, as Gersom; and pre...
Exodus 27:9 And thou shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward This was a large court yard to the house of God, or tabernac...
Isaiah 3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet] With which they made a tinkling as they w...
CHAPTER 25 Proverbs 25:1-28 . 1. The character of these proverbs sustains the title also--refers to the former part of the book. copied out--...
Chaldea [N] [H] [S]The southern portion of Babylonia, Lower Mesopotamia, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used of the wh...
Exodus 28:39 And thou shall embroider the coat of fine linen Which was a distinct garment from the ephod, and from the robe of the ephod, and was the ...
POMEGRANATE pom'-gran-at, pom-gran'-at, pum'-gran-at (rimmon (tree and fruit); the Hebrew name is similar to the Arabic, Aramaic and Ethiopic; rhoa): ...
APPLE; APPLE-TREE ap'-l ap'-l tre, (tappuach): A fruit tree and fruit mentioned chiefly in Cant, concerning the true nature of which there has been m...
Chapter 5252:3 a For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah ...
Chapter?27In this chapter directions are given, I. Concerning the brazen altar for burnt-offerings (v.?1-8). II. Concerning the court of the tabernacl...
Foreigner [N] [E]Person from a different racial, ethnic, and linguistic group as in contrast to a native. Circumstances during biblical times often fo...
?EXPOSITION Verse 2. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. The hill of Zion...
CHAPTER 2 Joshua 2:1-7 . RAHAB RECEIVES AND CONCEALS THE TWO SPIES. 1. Joshua .?.?. sent .?.?. two men to spy secretly--Faith is manifested b...
Neighbor [N]Once a lawyer, in an attempt to rationalize his own racial prejudice, asked Jesus, And who is my neighbor? ( Luke 10:29 ). This lawyer-scr...
CHAPTER 3 Isaiah 3:1-26 . 1. For--continuation of Isaiah 2:22 . Lord of hosts--therefore able to do as He says. doth--present for future, so...
ASTRONOMY, III _III. Physiography._ 1. The Circle of the Earth: It has generally been assumed that the Hebrews considered the earth to be a vast cir...
LOOKING TO MEN Jno. 5:44:?How can ye believe, which receive glory one of another, and the glory that Cometh from the only God ye seek not? The fifth...