his people together and attacked them. But the battle was his last. He and all his host were destroyed,
and their district from Amen to Jabbok became at once the possession of the conqueror.
Sihor
(dark), accurately Shi’hor, once The Shihor, or Shihor of Egypt, when unqualified a name of
the Nile. It is held to signify “the black” or “turbid.” In Jeremiah the identity of Shihor with the
Nile seems distinctly stated. (Jeremiah 2:18) The stream mentioned in (1 Chronicles 13:5) is possibly
that of the Wadi l’ Areesh.
Silas
(contracted form of Silvanus, woody), an eminent member of the early Christian Church,
described under that name in the Acts but as Silvanus in St. Paul’s epistles. He first appears as one
of the leaders of the church at Jerusalem (Acts 15:22) holding the office of an inspired teacher.
(Acts 15:32) His name, derived from the Latin silva, “wood,” betokens him a Hellenistic Jew, and
he appears to have been a Roman citizen. (Acts 16:37) He was appointed as a delegate to accompany
Paul and Barnabas on their return to Antioch with the decree of the Council of Jerusalem. (Acts
15:22,32) Having accomplished this mission, he returned to Jerusalem. (Acts 15:33) He must,
however, have immediately revisited Antioch, for we find him selected by St. Paul as the companion
of his second missionary journey. (Acts 15:40; Acts 17:10) At Berea he was left behind with
Timothy while St. Paul proceeded to Athens, (Acts 17:14) and we hear nothing more of his
movements until he rejoined the apostle at Corinth. (Acts 18:5) His presence at Corinth is several
times noticed. (2 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1) Whether he was the
Silvanus who conveyed St. Peter’s first epistle to Asia Minor, (1 Peter 5:12) is doubtful the
probabilities are in favor of the identity. A tradition of very slight authority represents Silas to have
become bishop of Corinth.
Silk
The only undoubted notice of silk in the Bible occurs in (Revelation 18:12) where it is mentioned
among the treasures of the typical Babylon. It is however, in the highest degree probable that the
texture was known to the Hebrews from the time that their commercial relations were extended by
Solomon. The well-known classical name of the substance does not occur in the Hebrew language.
Silla
(a highway). “The house of Millo which goeth down to Silla” was the scene of the murder of
King Joash. (2 Kings 12:20) What or where Sills was is entirely matter of conjecture. Some have
suggested the pool of Siloam.
Siloah, The Pool Of
properly “the pool of Shelach.” (Nehemiah 3:15) [Siloam]
Siloam
(sent). Shiloach, (Isaiah 8:6) Siloah, (Nehemiah 3:15) Siloam, (John 9:11) Siloam is one of the
few undisputed localities in the topography of Jerusalem; still retaining its old name (with Arabic
modification, Silwan), while every other pool has lost its Bible designation. This is the more
remarkable as it is a mere suburban tank of no great size, and for many an age not particularly good
or plentiful in its waters, though Josephus tells us that in his day they were both “sweet and
abundant.” A little way below the Jewish burying-ground, but on the opposite side of the valley,
where the Kedron turns slightly westward and widens itself considerable, is the fountain of the
Virgin, or Um’ed’Deraj, near the beginning of that saddle-shaped projection of the temple hill
supposed to be the Ophel of The Bible and the Ophlas of Josephus. At the back part of this fountain
frankie
(Frankie)
#1