Smith's Bible Dictionary

(earthy, fortress), one of the “cities of the plain,” always coupled with Zeboim. (Genesis 10:19; 14:2,8; 29:23; Hosea 11:8) Adm ...

The sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:13; Nehemiah 7:18); 1Es ...

(splendor of the king). •The name of an idol introduced into Samaria by the colonists from Sepharvaim. (2 Kings 17:31) He was wo ...

Adummim (the going up to), a rising ground or pass over against Gilgal,” and “on the south side of the ’torrent’” (Joshua 15:7; ...

Authorized Version, viz., in (Exodus 28:19; 39:12; Isaiah 54:12; Ezekiel 27:16) In the two former passages; where it is represen ...

but in such a way as to signify that it was a limit rarely attained. (Genesis 26:12; Matthew 13:8) Sowing a field with divers se ...

way of Aphek, on the east of Jordan; yet Ahab’s victory was so complete that Ben-hadad himself fell into his hands, but was rele ...

Ahaz (possessor), eleventh king of Judah, son of Jotham, reigned 741-726, about sixteen years. At the time of his accession, Rez ...

•A Gadite, chief of a family who lived in Gilead in Bashan, (1 Chronicles 5:15) in the days of Jotham and of Judah. (B.C. 758.) ...

•Father of Jehoshaphat, the recorder or chronicler of the kingdom in the reigns of David and Solomon. (2 Samuel 8:16; 20:24; 1 K ...

Ahira (brother of evil, i.e. unlucky), Chief of the tribe of Naphtali. (Numbers 1:15; 2:29; 7:78,83; 10:27) Ahiram (brother of h ...

(my tabernacle) two symbolical names, are described as harlots, the former representing Samaria and the latter Judah. Ezek. 23. ...

comp. with 1Chr 6:66 As in Ephraim and sometimes, (2 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Samuel 14:31) as in Judah and Benjamin. It is represent ...

etc.; in the coarser it is ground up for plaster of Paris. The noted sculptured slabs from Nineveh are made of this material. Al ...

the city. The work thus begun was continued after the death of Alexander by the Ptolemies. Description .— Under the despotism of ...

a deeper sense than is conveyed by the immediate representation. (Addison’s Vision of Mirza and Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress are ...

blossom and fruit. It is in fact only another species of the same genus.” The height of the tree is about 12 or 14 feet; the flo ...

(changing) the father of the apostle James the Less, (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13) and husband of Mary. (John ...

Alvah (evil), a duke of Edom, (Genesis 36:40) written Aliah in (1 Chronicles 1:51) Alvan (tall), a Horite, son of Shobal, (Genes ...

•A descendant of Pharez. (Nehemiah 11:4) •An ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet. (Zephaniah 1:1) Amasa (a burden). •Son of Ithra, ...