Smith's Bible Dictionary

•A son of Caleb the son of Jephuneh. (1 Chronicles 4:15) (B.C. 1450.) •Son of Uzzi, a Benjamite, (1 Chronicles 9:8) s, and one o ...

(a grove), the name of a town of the land of Edom, commonly mentioned with Ezion-geber, and situated at the head of the Arabian ...

•Son of Helez, one of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:39) (B.C. after 1046.) •Son of Rapha or ...

died at the advanced age of 98 years, (1 Samuel 4:18) In addition to the office of high priest he held that of judge. He died at ...

high station, in which he acted as a “father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.” (Isaiah 22:21) •The or ...

•A Kohathite Levite at the time of transportation of the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 15:9,11) (B ...

consisted of a girdle of skin round his loins, which he tightened when about to move quickly. ( 1 Kings 18:46) But in addition t ...

Elika (rejected of God), a Harodite, one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:25) Elim (strong trees), (Exodus 15:27; Numbers 33:9) th ...

•Another son of David, belonging also to the Jerusalem family, and apparently the last of his sons. (1 Chronicles 3:8) •One of t ...

6:1-7) A band of Syrian marauders are sent to seize him, but are struck blind, and he misleads them to Samaria, where they find ...

(God-provided). •Son, or rather grandson, see (1 Chronicles 6:22,23) (1Chr 6:7,8) of Korah, according to (Exodus 6:24) •A descen ...

(oak of the house of grace) is named with two Danite towns as forming one of Solomon’s commissariat districts. (1 Kings 4:9) Elo ...

pounded perfumes. It was then filled with pure myrrh pounded, cassia and other aromatics, except frankincense. This done, the bo ...

at the beginning of many Hebrew words, signifies a spring or fountain. Enam (double spring), one of the cities of Judah int he S ...

which surrounded it. (2 Chronicles 20:2) Its site is about the middle of the western shore of the lake, at the fountain of Ain J ...

The first trance of the existence of this work is found in the Epistle of (Jude 1:14,15) An apocryphal book called Enoch was kno ...

(gloomy), the first, in order,of the sons of Midian, (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33) afterwards mentioned by (Isaiah 60:6) Epa ...

the inhabitants of “Asia,” had taken its place. The magnificence of this sanctuary was a proverb throughout the civilized world. ...

(double fruitfulness), the second son of Joseph by his wife Asenath. (B.C. 1715-1708.) The first indication we have of that asce ...

“Epicureans and Soics,” (Acts 17:18) at Athens, the philosophy of life was practically reduced to the teaching of these two anta ...