JAEL ja'-el (ya`el, a wild or mountain goat, as in Psalms 104:18; Iael): The wife of Heber the Kenite and the slayer of Sisera (Judges 4:17-22; 5:2-3...
CHAPTER 15 The Oppression of Jabin and Sisera - Deborah and Barak - The Battle of Taanach - The Song of Deborah (JUDGES 4, 5) DARKER and darker are ...
CITY sit'-i (`ir, qiryah; polis): $ I. THE CANAANITE CITY$ 1. Origin 2. Extent 3. Villages 4. Sites 5. External Appearance 6. General $ II. TH...
CHAPTER 5 Judges 5:1-31 . DEBORAH AND BARAK'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING. 1. Then sang Deborah and Barak .?.?. on that day--This noble triumphal od...
ARCHITECTURE ar'-ki-tek-tur: _I. GENERAL HISTORY_ 1. Plans, Estimates and Measuring 2. Old Testament References _II. TEMPLE AND PALACE OF SOLOMON_...
LEVITICAL CITIES le-vit'-i-kal I. LEGAL PROVISIONS 1. Numbers 2. Deuteronomy II. WELLHAUSEN'S VIEW III. ALTERNATIVE VIEW AND EVIDENCE 1. Traces ...
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...
MANASSEH (2) 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's...
Chapter?12This chapter is a summary of Israel?s conquests. I. Their conquests under Moses, on the other side Jordan (for we now suppose ourselves in C...
ALTAR ol'-ter (mizbeach, literally, place of slaughter or sacrifice, from zabhach, which is found in both senses; bomos, (only in Acts 17:23), thusias...
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...
JUDGES, PERIOD OF I. SOURCES II. CHRONOLOGY III. GENERAL POLITICAL SITUATION 1. The Canaanites 2. Foes Without IV. MAIN EVENTS 1. Struggles of I...
FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS for-ti-fi-ka'-shun (including): I. IN RECENT EXCAVATIONS 1. Excavation of Tells 2. Sites 3. Primit...
HOUSE hous (bayith; oikos, in classical Greek generally an estate, oikia, oikema (literally, habitation), in Acts 12:1, prison): I. CAVE DWELLINGS I...
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old T...
SIEGE sej (matsor (Deuteronomy 28:52,53; 1?Kings 15:27; 2?Kings 25:2; Isaiah 29:3; Ezekiel 4:2); to be besieged, to suffer siege, ba-matsor bo' (Deute...
LIBRARIES li'-bra-riz, li'-brer-iz: 1. The Bible a Library 2. Mythological and Apocryphal Libraries 3. Libraries for the Dead 4. Memory Libraries ...
EXODUS, THE ek'-so-dus: \Contents \I. THE ROUTE 1. The Starting-Point 2. Rameses to Succoth 3. Succoth to Etham 4. Passage of the Sea 5. Other Views ...
PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2A III. Era of Scientific Excavation. 1. Southern Palestine: (1) Tell el-Chesy. (Palestine Exploration Fund).--Exploration m...
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 1 INTRODUCTORY 1. Sources (1) The Old Testament (2) Josephus (3) The Monuments 2. Religious Character of the History I. ORIG...