Smith's Bible Dictionary

Seba (pl. Sebaim ; in Authorized Version incorrectly rendered Sabeans) heads the list of the sons of Cush. Besides the mention o ...

two, then Mount Seir cannot fail to be the ridge which lies between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab. In a pass of this ridge is ...

(Philopator), son of Antiochus the Great, whom he succeeded B.C. 187 “king of Asia,” 2 Macc. 3:3, that is, of the provinces incl ...

Lachish and Libnah he sent an insulting letter to Hezekiah at Jerusalem. In answer to Hezekiah’s prayer an event occurred which ...

one of the most productive regions of the holy land. It was in ancient times the cornfield of Syria, and as such the constant su ...

Septuagint is faithful in substance but not minutely accurate in details. It has been clearly shown by Hody, Frankel and others ...

(fear), the first-born of Zebulun. (Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26) about 1700.) Sergius Paulus was the proconsul of Cyprus when t ...

trophy of a conqueror was to assert that evil, physical and spiritual, had been overcome, and thus help to strengthen the weak f ...

Shaalbonite, The Eliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David’s thirty seven heroes. (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33) He was a n ...

(the land of foxes), a district through which Saul passed on his journey in quest of his father’s asses. (1 Samuel 9:4) only. It ...

Israel, had revolted against his authority. (2 Kings 17:3) Hoshea submitted and consented to pay tribute; but he soon after conc ...

Shammai (desolate). •The son of Onam. (1 Chronicles 2:28,32) •Son of Rekem. (1 Chronicles 2:44,45) •One of the descendants of Ju ...

(a plain), a district of the holy land occasionally referred to in the Bible. (1 Chronicles 5:16; Isaiah 33:9) In (Acts 9:35) ca ...

(asked of God), father of Zerubbabel. (Ezra 3:2,8; 5:2; Nehemiah 12:1; Haggai 1:1,12,14; 2:2,23) (B.C. about 580.) Sheariah (val ...

•A Levite in the time of Ezra. (Nehemiah 9:4,5) He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:10) (B.C. 459.) •A priest or ...

feet higher still. The sit of the present city, which was also that of the Hebrew city, occurs exactly on the water-summit; and ...

in the solid rock, perfectly round, 9 feet in diameter, with the sides hewn smooth and regular. Of all the special localities of ...

in (John 10:1-16) “Having had my attention directed last night to the words in (John 10:3) I asked my man if it was usual in Gre ...

•The same as Meshelemiah and Shallum, 8. (1 Chronicles 26:14) •Another of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:41) •An ...

Shemaiah (heard by Jehovah). •A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chro ...