•One of the families of the Nethinim. (Ezra 2:48; Nehemiah 7:50) (B.C. before 536.)
Rezon
(prince), son of Eliadah, a Syrian, who when David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, put
himself at the head of a band of freebooters and set up a petty kingdom at Damascus. (1 Kings
11:23) He harassed the kingdom of Solomon during his whole reign. (B.C. 1043-975.)
Rhegium
(breach), an Italian town situated on the Bruttian coast, just at the southern entrance of the
Straits of Messina. The name occurs in the account of St. Paul’s voyage from Syracuse to Puteoli,
after the shipwreck at Malta. (Acts 28:13) By a curious coincidence, the figures on its coin are the
very “twin brothers” which gave the name to St. Paul’s ship. It was originally a Greek colony; it
was miserably destroyed by Dionysius of Syracuse. From Augustus it received advantages which
combined with its geographical position in making it important throughout the duration of the
Roman empire. The modern Reggio is a town of 10,000 inhabitants. Its distance across the straits
from Messina is only about six miles.
Rhesa
(head), son of Zorobabel in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:27) It is conjectured that Rhesa is
no person, but merely a title.
Rhoda
(rose), the name of a maid who announced Peter’s arrival at the door of Mary’s house after his
miraculous release from prison. (Acts 12:13) (A.D. 44.)
Rhodes
(rosy), a celebrated island in the Mediterranean Sea. (It is triangular in form, 60 miles long from
north to south, and about 18 wide. It is noted now, as in ancient times, for its delightful climate and
the fertility of its soil. The city of Rhodes, its capital, was famous for its huge brazen statue of
Apollo called the Colossus of Rhodes. It stood at the entrance of the harbor, and was so large that
ships in full sail could pass between its legs. ED.) Rhodes is immediately opposite the high Carian
and Lycian headlands at the southwest extremity of the peninsula of Asia Minor. Its position had
much to do with its history. Its real eminence began about 400 B.C. with the founding of the city
of Rhodes, at the northeast extremity of the island, which still continues to be the capital. After
Alexander’s death it entered on a glorious period, its material prosperity being largely developed,
and its institutions deserving and obtaining general esteem. We have notice of the Jewish residents
in Rhodes in 1 Macc. 15:23. The Romans, after the defeat of Antiochus, assigned, during some
time, to Rhodes certain districts on the mainland. Its Byzantine, history is again eminent. Under
Constantine If was the metropolis of the “Province of the Islands,” It was the last place where the
Christians of the East held out against the advancing Seracens; and subsequently it was once more
famous as the home and fortress of the Knights of St. John. (It is now reduced to abject poverty.
There are two cities—Rhodes the capital and Lindus—and forty or fifty villages. The population,
according to Turner is 20,000, of whom 6000 are Turks and the rest Greeks, together with a few
Jews.)
Ribai, Or Ribai
(pleader with Jehovah), the father of Ittai the Benjamite, of Gibeah. (2 Samuel 23:29; 1
Chronicles 11:31) (B.C. before 1020.)
Riblah
frankie
(Frankie)
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