Deuteronomy 8:8 A land of wheat and barley There were two harvests in it, one a barley harvest, which began at the passover, and the other a wheat har...
LOD; LYDDA (lodh; Ludda): 1. Scriptural Notices: Ono and Lod and the towns thereof are said to have been built by Shemed, a Benjamite (1?Chronicles ...
CHAPTER 35 Isaiah 35:1-10 . CONTINUATION OF THE PROPHECY IN THE THIRTY-FOURTH CHAPTER. 1. solitary place--literally, a dry place, without spr...
PALESTINE, 1 pal'-es-tin (pelesheth; Phulistieim, Allophuloi; the King James Version Joel 3:4 (the Revised Version (British and American) Philistia), ...
Song of Solomon 7:2 Thy navel [is like] a round goblet According to some, not the navel itself is meant; but a covering of it, a jewel or plate of gol...
The campaign is said to be in a place called in Hebrew, ?Armageddon? (Rev. Rev. 16:16+). ????????? [Harmaged?n] is ?a Hebrew place-name meaning Mount...
Palestina and Palestine (land of strangers ). These two forms occur in the Authorized Version but four times in all, always in poetical passages; the...
The Book of ActsChapter 9Verses:9:1 Acts 22:3 , &c; Acts 26:9 , &c.9:2Bound - By the connivance, if not authority, of the governor, under Aretas th...
CARMEL kar'-mel (karmel, or, with article, ha-karmel, fruit garden; Josephus, ho Karmelos, Karmelion oros): (1) A beautifully wooded mountain range r...
Chapter 3333:1 Woe to thee that a layest waste, and thou [wast] not laid waste; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee!...
CHAPTER 11 Joshua 11:1-9 . DIVERS KINGS OVERCOME AT THE WATERS OF MEROM. 1-9. And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those t...
CAESAREA ses-a-re'-a, se-za-re'-a (Kaisareia): (1) Caesarea Palestina (pal-es-ti'na). The ancient name in the Arabic form Qaisariyeh still clings t...
Elucidations.Elucidations.IGentlemen of the Jury, cap. ii. p. 485.This strange rendering ofw\ a !ndrej dikastai\ . (which we were taught to translate ...
Proverbs 9:2 She hath killed her beasts Or, her sacrifice F4: a crucified Christ, the principal of the provisions in Wisdom's house, or the church of ...
The Book of SolomonChapter 2Chapter Overview: Christ speaks of himself and his church, ver. 1, 2. The church declares the delightful fellowship she ...
CATTLE kat'-'-l (behemah, a dumb beast; miqneh, a possession from qanah, to acquire (compare Arabic qana', to acquire, and Greek kienos, beast, and pl...
Chapter 6565:1 I am sought by [them that] a asked not [for me]; I am found by [them that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation [th...
CHAPTER 27 1?Chronicles 27:1-15 . TWELVE CAPTAINS FOR EVERY MONTH. 1. came in and went out month by month--Here is an account of the standing...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 4. Hatred of God and corruptness of life are the motive forces which produce persecution. Men who having no saving knowledge of divin...
MOABITE STONE A monument erected at Dibon (Dhiban) by Mesha, king of Moab (2?Kings 3:4,5), to commemorate his successful revolt from Israel and his co...