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• Text:EBD:Jezreel, Valley of
  ...er the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the "children of the east" (Judg. 6:3). Two centuries after this the Israelites were here defeated by the Philist ...Huleh that were then accessible to the chariots of the Canaanites (comp. 2 Kings 9:21; 10:15).
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• First Book of Samuel
  [[1 Samuel 2|2]] [[1 Samuel 3|3]]
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• Text:EBD:Assyria
  ..., the greatest of the Assyrian kings, "crossed the Euphrates, defeated the kings of the Hittites, captured the city of Carchemish, and advanced as far as th ...hich he alone of all the Assyrian kings made the seat of his government (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38).
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• Text:EBD:Eating
  ...4; Luke 14:12). The word "eat" is used metaphorically in Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 3:1; Rev. 10:9. In John 6:53-58, "eating and drinking" means believing in Chr
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• Text:EBD:Earthquake
  ...ioned among the extraordinary phenomena of Palestine (Ps. 18:7; comp. Hab. 3:6; Nah. 1:5; Isa. 5:25). ...in Palestine of which we have any record happened in the reign of Ahab (1 Kings 19:11, 12). Another took place in the days of Uzziah, King of Judah (Zech.
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• Text:EBD:Seal
  ...Hist. Illus. of the O.T., p. 46). The actual signet-rings of two Egyptian kings (Cheops and Horus) have been discovered. (See SIGNET.) ...nd sealing are frequently mentioned in the book of Revelation (5:1; 6:1; 7:3; 10:4; 22:10).
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• Text:EBD:Pentateuch
  ...ks profess to have been written by Moses in the name of God (Ex. 17:14; 24:3, 4, 7; 32:7-10, 30-34; 34:27; Lev. 26:46; 27:34; Deut. 31:9, 24, 25). ...ws of all sects in all ages and countries (comp. Josh. 8:31, 32; 1 Kings 2:3; Jer. 7:22; Ezra 6:18; Neh. 8:1; Mal. 4:4; Matt. 22:24; Acts 15:21).
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• Solomon
  ...influence of his many foreign non-Jewish wives ([[1 Kings 11]]:1-8 and [[1 Kings 14]]14:21,31). ...le by leading them away from God, resulting in the break-up of Israel into 2 kingdoms.
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• Text:EBD:Seraiah
  (2.) The grandfather of Jehu (1 Chr. 4:35). (3.) One of David's scribes or secretaries (2 Sam. 8:17).
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• Text:EBD:Colour
  ...d is applied to marble (Esther 1:6), and a cognate word to the lily (Cant. 2:16). A different term, meaning "dazzling," is applied to the countenance (C ...Rev. 19:8, 14), of joy (Eccl. 9:8), and also of victory (Zech. 6:3; Rev. 6:2). The hangings of the tabernacle court (Ex. 27:9; 38:9), the coats, mitres,
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• Text:EBD:Chronicles, Books of
  ..." or "supplements", because containing many things omitted in the Books of Kings. ...The remainder of the first book contains a history of the reign of David. (3.) The first nine chapters of Book II. contain the history of the reign of S
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• Text:EBD:Hamath
  ...t is called "Hamath the great" in Amos 6:2, and "Hamath-zobah" in 2 Chr. 8:3. ...lt was suppressed, and the people of Hamath were transported to Samaria (2 Kings 17:24, 30), where they continued to worship their god Ashima. Hamah is beau
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• Text:EBD:Angel
  ...3; Luke 7:24; 9:52), of prophets (Isa. 42:19; Hag. 1:13), of priests (Mal. 2:7), and ministers of the New Testament (Rev. 1:20). ...o applied to such impersonal agents as the pestilence (2 Sam. 24:16, 17; 2 Kings 19:35), the wind (Ps. 104:4).
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• Text:EBD:Market-place
  ...f public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matt. 11:16; 20:3), as well as a forum or market-place proper, where goods were exposed for s ...re held at the gates of cities, where commodities were exposed for sale (2 Kings 7:18). In large towns the sale of particular articles seems to have been co
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• Text:EBD:Benjamin
  ...lf was on the tribal standard. This tribe is mentioned in Rom. 11:1; Phil. 3:5. ...n the time of David (2 Sam. 19:16, 17), which continued after his death (1 Kings 11:13; 12:20). After the Exile these two tribes formed the great body of th
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• Sanctification
  ...curing sanctification, inasmuch as it secures union to Christ ([[Galatians 2:20]]) and brings the believer into living contact with the truth, whereby h ..., 13; [[Psalm 51]]), of Job ([[Job 42]]:5, 6), and of Daniel ([[Daniel 9]]:3-20).
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• Text:EBD:Hebron
  ...11; 1 Kings 2:11). It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe o One of the largest oaks in Palestine is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which
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• Text:EBD:Chronology
  ...:1, 9, 25, 33, etc.), and sometimes again from the return from Exile (Ezra 3:8). ...ogy: (1) that of the Hebrew text, (2) that of the Septuagint version, and (3) that of the Samaritan Pentateuch, as seen in the scheme on the opposite pa
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• Text:EBD:Kedesh
  (2.) A city of Issachar (1 Chr. 6:72). Possibly Tell Abu Kadeis, near Lejjun. ...mighty" (9, 10). In the reign of Pekah it was taken by Tiglath-Pileser (2 Kings 15:29). It was situated near the "plain" (rather "the oak") of Zaanaim, and
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• Text:EBD:High priest
  ...engraved. This was the high priest's distinctive vestment (1 Sam. 2:28; 14:3; 21:9; 23:6, 9; 30:7). ...way by the Urim and Thummim (1 Sam. 14:3, 18, 19; 23:2, 4, 9, 11,12; 28:6; 2 Sam. 5:23).
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