hills, and flowing by Makkedah and Jabneel, falls into the sea some eight
miles south of Joppa. This was the home of Deliah, whom Samson loved
(Judges 16:4).
- SOSIPATER (See SOPATER.)
- SOSTHENES safe in strength, the chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth,
who was seized and beaten by the mob in the presence of Gallio, the
Roman governor, when he refused to proceed against Paul at the instigation
of the Jews (Acts 18:12-17). The motives of this assault against Sosthenes
are not recorded, nor is it mentioned whether it was made by Greeks or
Romans. Some identify him, but without sufficient grounds, with one
whom Paul calls “Sosthenes our brother,” a convert to the faith (1
Corinthians 1:1). - SOUTH Hebrews Negeb, that arid district to the south of Palestine
through which lay the caravan route from Central Palestine to Egypt
(Genesis 12:9; 13:1, 3; 46:1-6). “The Negeb comprised a considerable but
irregularly-shaped tract of country, its main portion stretching from the
mountains and lowlands of Judah in the north to the mountains of
Azazemeh in the south, and from the Dead Sea and southern Ghoron the
east to the Mediterranean on the west.” In Ezekiel 20:46 (21:1 in Hebrews
) three different Hebrew words are all rendered “south.” (1) “Set thy face
toward the south” (Teman, the region on the right, 1 Samuel 33:24); (2)
“Drop thy word toward the south” (Negeb, the region of dryness, Joshua
15:4); (3) “Prophesy against the forest of the south field” (Darom, the
region of brightness, Deuteronomy 33:23). In Job 37:9 the word “south” is
literally “chamber,” used here in the sense of treasury (comp. 38:22; Psalm
135:7). This verse is rendered in the Revised Version “out of the chamber
of the south.” - SOVEREIGNTY of God, his absolute right to do all things according to
his own good pleasure (Daniel 4:25, 35; Romans 9:15-23; 1 Timothy 6:15;
Revelation 4:11). - SPAIN Paul expresses his intention (Romans 15:24, 28) to visit Spain.
There is, however, no evidence that he ever carried it into effect, although
some think that he probably did so between his first and second
imprisonment. (See TARSHISH.)