Governor First Of The Territories Of Philip, Then Of The Tetrarchy Of
Lysanias, With The Title Of King (“King Herod”), And Finally Of That
Of Antipas, Who Was Banished, And Of Samaria And Judea. Thus He
Became Ruler Over The Whole Of Palestine. He Was A Persecutor Of The
Early Christians. He Slew James, And Imprisoned Peter (Acts 12:1-4). He
Died At Caesarea, Being “Eaten Of Worms” (Acts 12:23), A.D. 44.
(Comp. Josephus, Ant. Xix. 8.)
- AGRIPPA II. Son Of The Foregoing, Was Born At Rome, A.D. 27. He
Was The Brother Of Bernice And Drusilla. The Emperor Claudius (A.D.
- Invested Him With The Office Of Superintendent Of The Temple Of
Jerusalem, And Made Him Governor (A.D. 50) Of Chalcis. He Was
Afterwards Raised To The Rank Of King, And Made Governor Over The
Tetrarchy Of Philip And Lysanias (Acts 25:13; 26:2, 7). It Was Before
Him That Paul Delivered (A.D. 59) His Speech Recorded In Acts 26. His
Private Life Was Very Profligate. He Died (The Last Of His Race) At
Rome, At The Age Of About Seventy Years, A.D. 100.
- AGUE the translation in Leviticus 26:16 (R.V., “fever”) of the Hebrew
word kaddah’ath, meaning “kindling”, i.e., an inflammatory or burning
fever. In Deuteronomy 28:22 the word is rendered “fever.” - AGUR gatherer; the collector, mentioned as author of the sayings in
Proverbs 30. Nothing is known of him beyond what is there recorded. - AH! An Exclamation Of Sorrow Or Regret (Psalm 35:25; Isaiah 1:4, 24;
Jeremiah 1:6; 22:18; Mark 15:29). - AHA! An Exclamation Of Ridicule (Psalm 35:21; 40:15; 70:3). In Isaiah
44:16 It Signifies Joyful Surprise, As Also In Job 39:25, R.V. - AHAB father’s brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the
seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife
was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil influence over him. To the
calf-worship introduced by Jeroboam he added the worship of Baal. He
was severely admonished by Elijah (q.v.) for his wickedness. His anger
was on this account kindled against the prophet, and he sought to kill him.
He undertook three campaigns against Ben-hadad II., king of Damascus. In
the first two, which were defensive, he gained a complete victory over
Ben-hadad, who fell into his hands, and was afterwards released on the
condition of his restoring all the cities of Israel he then held, and granting