Redeemer, and adhere to the dictates of the divine word, that we may be
found of him in peace.”
- JUDITH Jewess, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and one of Esau’s
wives (Genesis 26:34), elsewhere called Aholibamah (36:2-14). - JULIA a Christian woman at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutations
(Romans 16:15), supposed to be the wife of Philologus. - JULIUS the centurion of the Augustan cohort, or the emperor’s
body-guard, in whose charge Paul was sent prisoner to Rome (Acts 27:1,
3, 43). He entreated Paul “courteously,” showing in many ways a friendly
regard for him. - JUNIA (Romans 16:7), a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sends
salutations along with Andronicus. - JUNIPER (Hebrews rothem), called by the Arabs retem, and known as
Spanish broom; ranked under the genus genista. It is a desert shrub, and
abounds in many parts of Palestine. In the account of his journey from
Akabah to Jerusalem, Dr. Robinson says: “This is the largest and most
conspicuous shrub of these deserts, growing thickly in the water-courses
and valleys. Our Arabs always selected the place of encampment, if
possible, in a spot where it grew, in order to be sheltered by it at night
from the wind; and during the day, when they often went on in advance of
the camels, we found them not unfrequently sitting or sleeping under a
bush of retem to shelter them from the sun. It was in this very desert, a
day’s journey from Beersheba, that the prophet Elijah lay down and slept
beneath the same shrub” (1 Kings 19:4, 5). It afforded material for fuel, and
also in cases of extremity for human food (Psalm 120:4; Job 30:4). One of
the encampments in the wilderness of Paran is called Rithmah, i.e., “place
of broom” (Numbers 33:18).
“The Bedawin of Sinai still burn this very plant into a charcoal which
throws out the most intense heat.”