- SITNAH strife, the second of the two wells dug by Isaac, whose servants
here contended with the Philistines (Genesis 26:21). It has been identified
with the modern Shutneh, in the valley of Gerar, to the west of Rehoboth,
about 20 miles south of Beersheba. - SITTING the attitude generally assumed in Palestine by those who were
engaged in any kind of work. “The carpenter saws, planes, and hews with
his hand-adze, sitting on the ground or upon the plank he is planning. The
washerwoman sits by the tub; and, in a word, no one stands when it is
possible to sit. Shopkeepers always sit, and Levi sitting at the receipt of
custom (Matthew 9:9) is the exact way to state the case.”, Thomson, Land
and Book. - SIVAN a Persian word (Assyr, sivanu, “bricks”), used after the Captivity
as the name of the third month of the Jewish year, extending from the new
moon in June to the new moon in July (Esther 8:9). - SKIN, COATS MADE OF (Genesis 3:21). Skins of rams and badgers
were used as a covering for the tabernacle (Exodus 25:5; Numbers 4:8-14). - SKULL, THE PLACE OF A See GOLGOTHA.
- SLAVE Jeremiah 2:14 (A.V.), but not there found in the original. In
Revelation 18:13 the word “slaves” is the rendering of a Greek word
meaning “bodies.” The Hebrew and Greek words for slave are usually
rendered simply “servant,” “bondman,” or “bondservant.” Slavery as it
existed under the Mosaic law has no modern parallel. That law did not
originate but only regulated the already existing custom of slavery (Exodus
21:20, 21, 26, 27; Leviticus 25:44-46; Joshua 9:6-27). The gospel in its
spirit and genius is hostile to slavery in every form, which under its
influence is gradually disappearing from among men. - SLIME (Genesis 11:3; LXX., “asphalt;” R.V. marg., “bitumen”). The vale
of Siddim was full of slime pits (14:10). Jochebed daubed the “ark of
bulrushes” with slime (Exodus 2:3). (See PITCH.) - SLING With a sling and a stone David smote the Philistine giant (1
Samuel 17:40, 49). There were 700 Benjamites who were so skilled in its
use that with the left hand they “could sling stones at a hair breadth, and
not miss” (Judges 20:16; 1 Chronicles 12:2). It was used by the Israelites
in war (2 Kings 3:25). (See ARMS.)
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