calling forth spiritual worship and devotion is the glory here predicted”
(Perowne).
- TEMPTATION (1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God “tempted
[Genesis 22: 1; R.V., ‘did prove’] Abraham;” and afflictions are said to
tempt, i.e., to try, men (James 1:2, 12; comp. Deuteronomy 8:2), putting
their faith and patience to the test. (2.) Ordinarily, however, the word
means solicitation to that which is evil, and hence Satan is called “the
tempter” (Matthew 4:3). Our Lord was in this way tempted in the
wilderness. That temptation was not internal, but by a real, active, subtle
being. It was not self-sought. It was submitted to as an act of obedience on
his part. “Christ was led, driven. An unseen personal force bore him a
certain violence is implied in the words” (Matthew 4:1-11).
The scene of the temptation of our Lord is generally supposed to have
been the mountain of Quarantania (q.v.), “a high and precipitous wall of
rock, 1,200 or 1,500 feet above the plain west of Jordan, near Jericho.”
Temptation is common to all (Daniel 12:10; Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 66:10;
Luke 22:31, 40; Hebrews 11:17; James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:7; 4:12). We read of
the temptation of Joseph (Genesis 39), of David (2 Samuel 24; 1
Chronicles 21), of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 32:31), of Daniel (Daniel 6), etc.
So long as we are in this world we are exposed to temptations, and need
ever to be on our watch against them.
- TENT (1.) Hebrews ‘ohel (Genesis 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a
dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isaiah 16:5; Jeremiah 4:20), and of the
temple (Ezekiel 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings 1:39, it
denotes the covering of goat’s hair which was placed over the mishcan.
(2.) Hebrews mishcan (Cant. 1:8), used also of a dwelling (Job 18:21;
Psalm 87:2), the grave (Isaiah 22:16; comp. 14:18), the temple (Psalm
46:4; 84:2; 132:5), and of the tabernacle (Exodus 25:9; 26:1; 40:9; Numbers
1:50, 53; 10:11). When distinguished from ‘ohel, it denotes the twelve
interior curtains which lay upon the framework of the tabernacle (q.v.).
(3.) Hebrews kubbah (Numbers 25:8), a dome-like tent devoted to the
impure worship of Baal-peor.
(4.) Hebrews succah (2 Samuel 11:11), a tent or booth made of green
boughs or branches (see Genesis 33:17; Leviticus 23:34, 42; Psalm 18:11;