Easton's Bible Dictionary

imparted peace and gladness to his spirit in his old age as he waited on at his post till the “end of the days.” The time and ci ...

the people for whom his book was written. That Daniel is the writer of this book is also testified to in the book itself (7:1, 2 ...

succeeded by a usurper named Smerdis, who occupied the throne only ten months, and was succeeded by this Darius (B.C. 521-486). ...

Darkness (Isaiah 13:9, 10; Matthew 24:29) also is a symbol of the judgments that attend on the coming of the Lord. It is a symbo ...

mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Samuel 17:25. As to his personal appearance, we only know that ...

Samuel 17). The result was a great victory to the Israelites, who pursued the Philistines to the gates of Gath and Ekron. David’ ...

Hearing that Keilah, a town on the western frontier, was harassed by the Philistines, David with his men relieved it (1 Samuel 2 ...

was to be taught to the children, that the memory of Saul and Jonathan might be preserved among them. “Behold, it is written in ...

when the Philistines had sent it home (1 Samuel 6; 7). In consequence of the death of Uzzah (for it was a divine ordinance that ...

whom David called Solomon, and who ultimately succeeded him on the throne (2 Samuel 12:24, 25). Peace. After the successful term ...

Testament history. David fled with his followers to Mahanarm, on the east of Jordan. An unnatural civil war broke out. After a f ...

of the “Psalms of David,” from the circumstance that he was the largest contributor (about eighty psalms) to the collection. (Se ...

DAY The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Leviticus 23:32). It was originally divided into three parts (Psalm 55:17) ...

Septuagint version of the Bible instead of the Hebrew. This jealousy early appeared in the Christian community. It was alleged b ...

of Merom to the foot of the watershed in the Arabah. The waters were then about 1,400 feet above the present level of the Dead S ...

(5.) “Falling on sleep” (Psalm 76:5; Jeremiah 51:39; Acts 13:36; 2 Peter 3:9. (6.) “I go whence I shall not return” (Job 10:21); ...

Hebron, in the dry and barren land. “Give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.” ...

except from foreigners. Usury was strongly condemned (Proverbs 28:8; Ezekiel 18:8, 13, 17; 22:12; Psalm 15:5). On the Sabbatical ...

and is mentioned three times in the New Testament (Matthew 4:25; Mark 5:20; 7:31). These cities were Scythopolis, i.e., “city of ...

DEDAN low ground. (1.) A son of Raamah (Genesis 10:7). His descendants are mentioned in Isaiah 21:13, and Ezekiel 27:15. They p ...