engaged in executing it. It was, however, not all translated at one time. It
was begun B.C. 280, and finished about B.C. 200 or 150. (See VERSION.)
- ALGUM (2 Chronicles 2:8; 9:10,11), the same as almug (1 Kings 10:11).
- ALIEN a foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not
entitled to the rights and privileges of the country where he resides.
Among the Hebrews there were two classes of aliens.
(1.) Those who were strangers generally, and who owned no landed
property.
(2.) Strangers dwelling in another country without being naturalized
(Leviticus 22:10; Psalm 39:12).
Both of these classes were to enjoy, under certain conditions, the same
rights as other citizens (Leviticus 19:33, 34; Deuteronomy 10:19). They
might be naturalized and permitted to enter into the congregation of the
Lord by submitting to circumcision and abandoning idolatry
(Deuteronomy 23:3-8).
This term is used (Ephesians 2:12) to denote persons who have no interest
in Christ.
- ALLEGORY used only in Galatians 4:24, where the apostle refers to the
history of Isaac the free-born, and Ishmael the slave-born, and makes use
of it allegorically.
Every parable is an allegory. Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1-4) addresses David in
an allegorical narrative. In the eightieth Psalm there is a beautiful allegory:
“Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt,” etc. In Ecclesiastes 12:2-6, there is
a striking allegorical description of old age.
- ALLELUIA the Greek form (Revelation 19:1, 3, 4, 6) of the Hebrew
Hallelujah = Praise ye Jehovah, which begins or ends several of the psalms
(106, 111, 112, 113, etc.). - ALLIANCE a treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their
mutual advantage.
Abraham formed an alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Genesis
14:13), also with Abimelech (21:22-32). Joshua and the elders of Israel
entered into an alliance with the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:3-27). When the