- IJE-ABARIM ruins of Abarim, the forty-seventh station of the Israelites
in the wilderness, “in the border of Moab” (Numbers 33:44). - IJON a ruin, a city of Naphtali, captured by Ben-hadad of Syria at the
instance of Asa (1 Kings 15:20), and afterwards by Tiglath-pileser of
Assyria (2 Kings 15:29) in the reign of Pekah; now el-Khiam. - ILAI an Ahohite, one of David’s chief warriors (1 Chronicles 11:29);
called also Zalmon (2 Samuel 23:28). - ILLYRICUM a country to the north-west of Macedonia, on the eastern
shores of the Adriatic, now almost wholly comprehended in Dalmatia, a
name formerly given to the southern part of Illyricum (2 Timothy 4:10). It
was traversed by Paul in his third missionary journey (Romans 15:19). It
was the farthest district he had reached in preaching the gospel of Christ.
This reference to Illyricum is in harmony with Acts 20:2, inasmuch as the
apostle’s journey over the parts of Macedonia would bring him to the
borders of Illyricum. - IMAGERY only in the phrase “chambers of his imagery” (Ezekiel 8:12).
(See CHAMBER.) - IMLA replenisher, the father of Micaiah the prophet (2 Chronicles
18:7,8). - IMMANUEL God with us. In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isaiah
7:14 and 8:8. Most Christian interpreters have regarded these words as
directly and exclusively a prophecy of our Saviour, an interpretation borne
out by the words of the evangelist Matthew (1:23). - IMMER talkative. (1.) The head of the sixteenth priestly order (1
Chronicles 24:14). (2.) Jeremiah 20:1. (3.) Ezra 2:37; Nehemiah 7:40. (4.)
Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61. (5.) The father of Zadok (Nehemiah 3:29). - IMMORTALITY perpetuity of existence. The doctrine of immortality is
taught in the Old Testament. It is plainly implied in the writings of Moses
(Genesis 5:22, 24; 25:8; 37:35; 47:9; 49:29, comp. Hebrews 11:13-16;
Exodus 3:6, comp. Matthew 22:23). It is more clearly and fully taught in
the later books (Isaiah 14:9; Psalm 17:15; 49:15; 73:24). It was thus a
doctrine obviously well known to the Jews.
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