LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GIFT OF MRS. MARY WOLFSOHN IN MEMORY OF HENRY WOLFSOHN i r^KSHirJ>>JK3KlS3 gair. k or TMt UNIVERSITY A NE^V AND COMPLETE // PRONOUNCING BIBLE DICTIONARY, CONTAINING MORE SCRIPTURAL WORDS THAN ANY OTER WORK OF THE KIND, COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, DESIGNED TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDER- STANDING OF THE HOLT BIBLE, ILLUSTRATED WITH NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED FINE ENGRAVINGS: ALSO, A COMPLETE CONCORDANCE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. ') PHILADELPHIA WILLIAM W. HARDING, 630 Chestnut Stbeet. 1873. ^-^ >i-V Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by WILLIAM W. HARDING, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 7§ R aTt" OF TMt UNIVERSITY PRONOUNCING BIBLE DICTIONARY aAE'ON. Eldest son of Aiiuam and Jocliebed, brother of Moses and Miriam, of the tribe of Levi, and the first high priest of the Jews (Ex. i.). Born, B. C, 1574. His wife was Ehzabeth, of the tribe of Judah, by wliom he had four sons, Nadab, Abi- hu, Eleazer and Ithamar (vi.). Moses made him Priest and Prophet of Israel, and his assistant in AARON'S TOMB, MOXJNT HOB. the great work of liberating the nation from EgjTit ( vi. ) . ■^liile Moses was engaged in the mount (forty days), Aaron made a calf of gold, in imitation of the Apis (bull) of Eg>i)t (xxxii.). He was jealous of the power of Moses, and joined Miriam in murmurs against him; but when he saw his sister's leprosy lie repented and begged forgiveness for both (Xum. xii.). He also showed a want of faith in God at Meribah (xx. ), and as a punishment was denied en- trance into Canaan, and died at Mosera, on Mt. Hor, aged 123 (Ex. xx.). A tomb called Aaron's is shown on a summit of ^Ir. Hor. AAE'ONITES. Priests, descendants of Aaron An important family in David's (1 Chr. xii, 27). time. AB (^father). Absalom, makes pcar^e; Abner, causes light. Abba, father, as used by Jesus ("Mark 1 ABEL xiv. 36), and Paul (Rom. viii. 15; Gal. iv. 6),— 2. The name of the fifth (sacred) month, as used after the captivity. ABAD'DON (destruction, or the place of the dead). AsMODEOs in the Apocrypha; Apolyon, Rev. ix. 11; Job xxvi. 6 (destruction). ABADI'AS. Obadiah, son of Jehiel (1 Esd.viii. 35). ABAG'THA (father or cause v^^ of fortune). An officer of the :3S^ presence before King Ahasue- % rus (Esth. i. 10). % ABA'TSf A (perennial). Am- V3: ana. The main river of Da- "5 inascus, now called Barada. T^ It has several channels, and 'M irrigates the whole city and 7 suburbs' Rises in Anti-Leb- -^ anon, near Zebedany (and a i tributary at Ain-Fijy), 23 miles - r^ N. W. of Damascus, and 2.300 feet higher. It empties into the lake and marsh of Atei- beh, 15 miles E. of the city. See 2 K. V. 12. AB'AEIK (beyond). A iiKiuntain range east of the Dead Sea and the Jordan. Nebo is its highest peak, and Pisgah is the top of Nebo. Average height 2000 to 4000 feet. AB'BA. Father. The an- cient Aramaic word. The peculiar term for the father- God used by Jesus. AB'DA. Father of Adon- iram (1 K. iv. 6).— 2. Son of SlKumiuia (Neh. xi. 17) called Ubadiah in 1 Chr. ix. 16. AB'DEEL. Father of Shel- eniiah (Jer. xxxvi. 26). AB'DI. Ancestor of Ethan the singer (1 Chr. vi. 44).— 2. Father of Ki.sh (2 Chr. xxix. 12).— 3. One of the sons of Elam (Ezr. x. 20). ABDI'AS. Obadiah the prophet, in 2 Esd. i. 39. AB'DIEL (.servant of Ood), Abdallah in Arabic. Son of Guni (1 Chr." v. 15). The name" is noted for its use by Milton in his Paradise Lost, for an angel,— "Ariiong the faithless, faithful only he." AB'DON (servile). Bedan in 1 Sam. ii. 11. A judge of Israel.— 2. Son of Shishak.— 3. Eldest son of Jehiel, son of Gibeon. — 4. Son of Micah, also called Achbor.— Had forty sons and thirty nephews. ABED'NEGO (nermnt of iV;'.'70— that is, M<'rrtiry the, ffod). The name given by the Chaldeans to Daniel's companion Azariah (Dan. i. 3). A'BEL (weakness, breath). In Hebrew Hebel. ABEL ABIMELECH Second son of Adam; killed by his brother Cain (Gen. iv). A'BEL (meadoio). Several places so named.— 1. A'bel-Beth-Ma a'chah, or Abel-Maim; a strong city on the slope of Mt. Ilermon, near the Jordan, where Joab besieged Sheba (2 Sam. xx. 14).— 2. A'bel-Kera-mim (of the mneyards). Near Eab- bath, and even now famous for its wines ( Judg. xi. 33).— 3. A'BEii-MEHO-LAH ((?/(?«ftc««i^). South of Bethshan near Jordan. The birth-place of Elisha THE SO-CALLED TOMB OF ABSALOM. (1 K. xix. 16), and noted for Gibeon's victory over Midian (Judg. vii. 22).— 4. Abel-Miz-raim (of the Egypts). Near Hebron, where Joseph, his brethren, and the Egyptians mourned for Jacob (Gen. 1. 11). Lost. — 5. Abel-Shittim (of the aca- cias). In Moab, near the head of the Eiead Sea. The last camping ground of the Exodus (Num. xxxiii. 49). Acacia trees are now found wherever there is water in that region. A'BEZ. Town in Issachar (Josh. xix. 20). Now Tubas, near Shunem. A'Bi ( father). Abijah. Mother of King Heze- kiah (2 K. xviii. 2). ABI'AH (Jehovah his father). Son of Becher (1 Chr. vii. 8).— 2. Wife of Hezron (1 Chr. ii. 24).— 3. Son of Samuel, and a judge in Beersheba (1 Sam. viii. 2).— 4. Mother of Hezekiah. Abi.— 5. Son of Kehoboam (1 Chr. iii. 10).— 6. Descendant of Ele- azar. See abijah. ABI'ASAPH (the gatherer). Head of a family of Kohathites (Ex. vi. 24). Noted persons of this family were Samuel the prophet, and Elkanah his father, and Heman the singer. The family lived in Mount Ephraim (1 Sam. i). ABI'ATHAE (^abundance). The only son of Ahimelech the priest, who escaped Saul's massacre at Nod (1 Sam. xxii.), and who joined David in his flight, and was afterwards priest witli Zadok in David's reign. "Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord," fulfilling the doom of Eli's house. ABI'DAH (loise). Grandson of Abraham by Ke- turah (Gen xxv. 4; 1 Chr. i. 33). AB'IDEN (father of the judge). Chief in Benja- min at the Exodus (Num. i. 2). A'BIEL. KWqI (strong). Father of Kish, grand- father of Saul and Abner.— 2. One of David's 30 "mighty men." ABIE'ZER (helper). Eldest son of Gilead (Josh, xvii. 2), formerly of the east of Jordan, later of Ophrah, a lost place, which was near the south border of Esdraelon. Gideon was of this family ("Judg. vi. 34).— 2. One of David's " mighty men." Abiezrites, the family title. AB'IGAIL (maker of joy). Nabal's beautiful wife, who saved her husband from David's anger — Na- bal having died ten days after, David made her his wife (1 Sam. xxvi. 14).— 2. A sister of David, mo- ther of Amasa. ABIHA'IL (mighty). Father of Zuriel, chief of the Merari (Num. iii. 35).— 2. Abishur's wife (1 Chr. ii. 29).— 3. Son of Huri of Gad (1 Chr. v. 14). — 4. Eehoboam's wife (2 Chr. xi. 18), a descendant of Eliab, David's elder brother.— 5. Father of Es- ther, and uncle of Mordecai (Esth. ii. 15). ABi'HTJ ( God is father) . Second son of Aaron by Elizabeth. He was consecrated, with his father and brothers, for the ministry. Abihu and his brother Nadab lost their lives for an error in the altar service, while intoxicated (?). ABF JAH (father God. ) A son of Samuel, whose misconduct gave the Israelites the occasion to de- mand a change of government to a monarchy. (1 Sam. viii. 1). — 2. Son and successor of Rohoboam (B. C. 958). He followed the idolatries of his fa- ther (1 K. xiv. 23). ABI'LA, ABILE'NE ( grassy meadoio) . On the E. slope of Mt. Hermon. Mentioned by Josephus (Ant. 14, 13, 3). The name is derived from Abel, the first martyr (by tradition). Abila was the caj)ital city of the thstrict, under the Romans, and its ruins are now seen on the banks of the Barada ravine, 12 miles N. W. of Damascus. The district is well watered by the Abana, and by many other streams from Anti-Lebanon ; is fertile and affords good pasture. When Luke wrote (iii. 1) the te- trarchy was divided between Lysanias and Philip. There is a coin bearing the name and title of Lysa- nias of Abilene. ABRAHAM GIVING LOT HIS CHOICE OF COUNTRY. ABIM'AEL ( fatlier of Mael). Of Joktan (Geo X. 28). A sui^posed trace of the name is in MaU, a town in Arabia (the Mingeaus). ABIM'ELECH ( fatJier-king) . A title of the kings of Philistia. — 1. King of Gerar in the time of Abra- ham, B. C. 1898 (Gen. xx.). The kings of those days had the right (or power) of choosing the fair- est unmarried women for themselves (Gen. xii. ; Esther ii. 3).— 2. King of Gerar in Isaac's time, B. ABINADAB ABRAHAM C. 1804 (Gen. xxvi).— 3. Son of Gideon, and king of Shecliem (Judff. ix.). He was the first who at- tempted to make himself a king in Israel. ABIN'ADAB {princely). A Levite of Kirjathaim, in whose house the ark "rested" for 20 years (1 Sam. vii. 1).— 2. Second son of Jesse (1 Sam. xvi. 8).— 3. Son of Saul, killed on Mt. Gilboa (1 Sam. xxxi. 2). — 4. Father of one of Solomon's cabinet officers (1 K. iv. 11). AB'lNER. Hebrew form of Abner. ABIN'OAM (gr(Kious) iv. 6)^ ABI'RAM ihigh). Reubenite and conspirator. See KoKAH— 2. Eldest son of Hiel, who died be- cause his father undertook to rebuild Jericho (1 K. xvi.; Josh. vi.). ABISE'I. Son of Phinehas (2 Esd. i. 2). iffl ISHAG (cmise of error). The beautiful Shu- nemite wife of David in his old age. ABISH'AI {qift-inaker). Son of David's sister Barak's father (Judg. Asahel, in blood revenge (Num. xxv. 19). David mourned his untimely loss, following his bier. ABOMINA'TION. Any thing or custom detested or (lisliketl fur religious reasons. The Egyptians would not eat with any fori'ign people, or eat any- thing touched by them; and the Hebrews adopted a similar rule. The Abomination of Desolation (Matt. xxiv. 15; Dan. ix. 27), is a reference to an idol worship (of images) on or near the sacred al- tai^on Moriah. See Antiochus Epiphanes. A'BRAHAM {father of a multitude) . First named Abram {of eleoatioib). His name was changed, and he received from God the Promise of the blessing to all nations in his posterity, when he was 99 years old. Son of Terah, born in Ur, "of the Chaldees," B. C. 1996; had two elder brothers, Haran and Nahor, and a half sister, Sarah, (Iscah), who was his wife and the mother of Isaac. The spiritual element in the life of Abraham is the chief topic in the Bible narrative, very few in- cidents of his natural life being recorded. He was ABRAHAM'S OAK, NEAR HEBEON. Zeniiah, brother of Joab, and one of David's chief and best officers. ABISH'ALOM {peaceful). Father of Maachah, wife of Rehoboam andraother of Abijah (1 K. xv. 2). Same as Absalom. ABISHTJ'A {of happiness). Son of Bela (1 Chr. viii. 4).— 2. Son of Phinehas, father of Bukki (1 Chr. vi. 4). High-priest after Phinehas and before Eli. losepos, in Josephus (Ant. 8, 1, 3). AB'ISHUfE {upright). Son of Shammai (1 Chr. ii. 28). AB'ISTJM. Son of Phinehas (1 Esd. viii. 2), AB'ITAL {protection). Wife of David (2 Sam. iii. 4). ABI'TIIB {goodness). Son of Shaharaim by Hu- shim (1 Chr. viii. 2). ABI'TJD. Grandson of Zerubbabel by Shelomith (Matt. i. 13). AB 'NER ( light-maker) . Cousin of Saul and com- mander-in-chief of his army. After Saul's death he made Ishbosheth, Saul's son, Idng, but betrayed him to David, and was killed by the friend.s of 60 when his father's family left Ur and w^ent to Haran (where Terah died, aged 215), and 75 when the promise was first made, when, as directed, he entered Canaan, and fixed his camp under a sacred oak near Shechem, where he built an altar and worshiped God, receiving a promise of the in- heritance of the land by his descendants. Abraham is the first recorded worshiper of the one true God. The promise made to him was two-fold — temporal and spiritual : that his descend- ants should be many and prosperous, and that by him all the families of the earth should be blessed. The promise has been fulfilled in both ways : his descendants, both Jews and Arabs, have been and are now countless, and the spiritual blessings, by the rapid distribution of the Bible through the world, are reaching all the "famiUes." Besides Sarah he had a wife named Kettjrah, wlio bore him several sons; and also a handmaid, Hagar, whose son, Ishmael, was the head of a great family (see Ishmael). Before Isaac was born. Lot, his nephew, was re- garded as his heir, and lived with liim. He built an ABRAHAM ABSALOM altar between Bethel and Hal. From here he went south ' ' going and pulling up ' ' his tent-pins, towards Beersheoa, whence a famine drove him into Egypt. Pharaoh hearing of the beauty of Sarai, accord- ing to the kingly privilege, took her into his family, but soon returned her to Abraham with presents— "a blessing" of cattle and servants, so that when Abram returned into Canaan he was much richer in cattle, silver and gold. Lot had been with him, and again they camped near Bethel. Their cattle having increased to a great number, and contentions among their servants arising, Abram and Lot separated, one choosing the plains of Jericho and the other the hills of Judea. After this time the promise was again repeated; and Abram pitched his tent in the oak grove near Mamre, where he built another altar. He is first called The Hebrew on the rescue of his nephew Lot from Chedorlaomer; but his lan- guage is supposed to have been Chaldaic, rather than the Hebrew of the Old Testament. and the destruction of the cities of the plain an- nounced, Abraham discovered that he "had enter- tained angels unawares." He begged to save his nephew Lot and his family, and the next morning, when offering the daily sacrifice, as he saw the as- cending smoke from the plain, he probably felt sure of Lot's safety. During the next few months he practiced the same deception on the Abimelech of Gerar that he had 23 years before on the Pharoah of Egypt. The king was warned of his danger in a dream, and dismissed Sarah with presents. Isaac was born B. C. 1896, and Ishmael (with his mother) was dismissed at the time Isaac was weaned (at 3 years), because Ishmael mocked at the child (probably offered pretended worship to the child of the promise). Isaac was 25 when he was laid on the altar, and saved from burning by the angel's voice, Abra- ham's faith having proved true. His mother died at Hebron 12 years after, at the age of 127, and was At this time he could arm 318 of his trained servants, showing that his family must have been very large. The Bedawins of Syria are now exact representatives of the ancient patriarch, in their manner of living in tents, by keeping flocks, in habits and religion, and in being ready on the shortest notice to make a raid for defence or repri- sal. At Mamre his faith was made stronger by having the promise once more repeated, and by the prophesy of the bondage in Egypt, vrtth the deli- verance. Ishmael was born of Hagar when Abram was 85 years old, and Sarah 75, and was to have been considered a son of Sarai, but the childless woman could not resti'ain her envy and jealously of the fa- vored mother Hagar. When Abram was 99 the promise was renewed, a distinction being made— of temporal blessings for Ishmael and spiritual for Isaac who was promised to Sarai. Abram's name was changed to Abraham and his wife's to Sarah, and the covenant of circumcision was renewed to all the family and servants. A few days after he entertained "three men," who appeared at his tent door in the dress and manner of the natives. This is one of the most beautiful instances on record of ancient customs. The patriarch and his wife, with their own hands, prepared refreshments, and stood by while their guests ate. Travelers in Syria meet with such at- tentions now among Abraham's descendants. When the promise of a son to Sarah was renewed, buried in Machpelah, which Abraham bought of the sons of Heth. This legal conveyance of land is the oldest on record. Abraham sent Eliezer to renew family ties with his family in Haran, and get a wife for Isaac, when that beautiful and touching incident of "Rebekah at the Well" occurred. This brilliant picture in- cludes all the requisites of a perfect marriage — the sanction of parents, favor of God, domestic habits of the wife, her beauty, modest consent, kindness, and her successful hold on her husband's love even while living in the same tent with her mother-in-law. Abraham's descendants occupy the land from Egypt to the Euphrates, besides those that are "scattered and peeled " all over the world. He died aged 175, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah by his sons Isaac and Ishmael. To this day he is called the "friend of God," and is reverenced alike, as the Father of the Faithful by Jew, Mohammedan and Christian. ABRAHAM'S BOSOM. Meaning a place of peace, repose and happiness. See Lord's Supper. ABRO'NAH (passage). Station in the desert near Eziongeber. ABRO'NAS. Torrent near CUicia, perhaps Nahr- Abraim, the ancient Adonis. Arbonai in Judg. ii. 24. AB'SALOM (peacemaker). Third son of David, only son of his mother, Maachah, daughter of Tal- ABSALON mai, king of Geshur, born at Hebron. He is de- scribed as a very handsome man, liaving a very lieavy liead of hair. Absalom killed nis half- brother, Auinon, for an outrage on his sister Tamar, and fled for security to his grandfather, king Tal- mai, where he stayed 3 years. Joab, by the help of a talented woman of Tekoah, induced David to pardon Absalom and recall him, but kept him two years longer out of his presence. By the death of Amnon, and it may be of Chilead also, Absa- lom was the oldest son of the king living, and he was ambitious for the throne, plotted for the I ACHIM John D'Acre. Seaport 8 miles north of Carmel, by the bay of Acre. The ancient port is filling with sand, and large ships must land at Hepha, near Carmel. The plain of Acre is 6 miles wide, to the hills of GaUlee, and is one of the most fertile in Palestine. It was given to Asher by Joshua, but never conquered (Judg. i.). Paul stayed here one day. Very few antiquities are to be found in the modern town, except such as have been used in rebuilding the walls and houses. Napoleon failed to capture Acre in 1799. During the crusades it was an important city, next to Jerusalem. It has ACRE— AWCTENT ACOHO OR PTOtEMAIS. plwce of power, "stole the hearts of tlie people" by flatteries and promises, and proclaimed himself king at Hebron. His father, David, was obliged to fly to Mahanaim, and Absalom took possession of Jerusalem. The crafty Hushai, whom David sent to advise and assist Ahithophel in counseling Absalom, gained time for the true king, and the forces of Absalom were defeated in the wood of Ephraim, and Absalom himself, having entangled his hair in a tree, was killed by Joab, David's gen- eral, and buried under a heap of loose stones as a mark of contempt. David waited in the gate of Mahanaim for the news of the battle, and mourned bitterly when he knew his son was dead. Absalom raised a pillar "in his lifetime," in the king's dale, but the pillar and its place have disap- peared, leaving no trace. The monument called Absalom's tomb, in the Kidron valley, is a modern structure, nearly all cut from the solid rock, and on a side hill, not in a dale. AB SALON. Ambassador to Lysias (2 Mace. xi. 17) ABU BUS. Father of Ptolemeus, son-in-law to oimon Maccabeus (1 Mace. xvi. 11). Ac CAD. In Shinar, built by Nimrod. Akker- Tcoof (Arabic name) is 9 miles B. of the Tigris. A ruined brick mound 400 feet around, 125 high, ce- mented by bitumen, and divided into layers of 12 to 20 feet by reeds, and remains of canals, reser- voirs, and other works, show the size and impor- tance of tlie ancient city. AC €H0. ACRE, {hot sand?). Ptolemais. St. been taken by many people ; Egyptian who named it Ptolemais; Antiochus the Great; the Macca- bees (?); Alexander Balas; Alexander Janneus failed, but Cleopatra succeeded; Tigranes; the Ro- mans; Crusaders; Mohammedans; Ibrahim Pasha; and is now rided by the Turks. Pop. 6000 to 10,000. ACEL'DAMA {field of blood). Bought for the 30 pieces of silver that Judas received for betraying Jlesus and returned. Potter's Field. On the steep south slope of Hinnom, opposite the Siloam pool. A few old olive trees grow near an old ruin called the house of Ananus. The hill side is full of rock- hewn tombs. Ship-loads of earth have been car- ried away from this spot as holy earth, and the Campo Santo (holy field) at Pisa is filled with it. ACHA'lA. Province of Rome in Greece. Gallio was proconsul when Paul was there (Acts xviii. 12). A'CHAN {troubler). Stoned at Jericho for steal- ing public property (Josh. vii.). A'CHAB {trouble:). "Variation of Achan. ACH'BOB {mouse). Father of Baal-hanan, king of Edom (Gen. xxxvi. 38).— 2. Son of Michaiah, in Josiah'stime (2 K. xxii. 12). ACHIACH'ARUS. Keeper of the seal of Esar- haddon, king of Nineveh (Tobit i. 21). Nephew to Tobit, son of his brother Anael. Supposed to be the Hebrew for Mordecai. ACHi'AS. Son of Phinees, high-priest (2 Esd. i. 2). Ahi.iah? A'CHIM. Son of Sadoc, father of Eliud. In Hebrew Jachin (Gen. xlvi. 10; Mat. i. 14). ", /. '""S; a., 6,1, o, u, y, short; cire, far, last, f^U, what; thSre, veil, term; p'iqae, firm; done, for, do, wolf, food, footj ACHIOIl ADAM A'-€HIOR {fighter). A general in the army of Holof ernes (Judg. v.)j after, a convert to Juda- ism (Judg. xiv.). A'GHISH. King at Gath (Ps. xxxiv. Abime- lecli). David fled twice to liim from Saul. (1 Sam. xxvii. 3-12, etc.) ACHi'TOB. Ahitub, liigh-priest (1 Esd.viii. 2). A'CHOR {valley of trouble). Near Jericho, in Wady Kelt. Where Achan was stoned. ACH'SA. Daughter of Caleb (1 Chr. ii. 49). A€H'SAH {anklet). Daughter of Caleb, given to his nephew, Othniel, in reward for leading the attack on Debir. The "upper and lower springs" that were given her as a dower, with the south land (Negeb), are located 6 miles S. W. of He- bron. ACH'SHAPH {incantation). Royal city of Canaan (Josh. xi.). Hepha on the bay of Acre. AQH'ZIB. Judah in the Shefela.— 2. In Asher, from which the Canaanites were not driven out. Ecdippa. Now Es Zib, 7 miles N. of Acre. After the return from captivity tliis was the most north- ern limit of Israel. ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. The similarity of words and forms of sentences between the Acts and Luke leads to the belief that Luke wrote both. The book repeats a part of Christ's history, espe- cially the ascension and what attended that event, and the advent of the Holy Spirit at the Pentecost, with the wonderful success of their preaching. The Church in Jerusalem is then noticed ; its per- secutions, and the conversion of one of its most violent enemies (Paul) ; and then the narrative includes the efforts made to spread the Gospel by EARTHEN LAMP. 1. Peter and by Paul. The chief interest in the book, after the introduction, is the activity, success, suf- ferings and teachings of the great apostle. The book" seems unfinished. The author was a com- panion of Paul, and a witness of most of the acts he records. His design was to show the co-opera- tion of God in spreading Christianity, and to prove the perfect equality of right and privilege in the new Church of Gentile and Jew, and to give illus- trations of the power and working of the religion of Jesus. Written after A. D. 63. The place is not knovm. Perhaps in fragments as they traveled or lived in different cities, finishing the work at Rome. See History op the Bible. There are several spurious books called Acts; of Christ, of Paul, and others. See Apocrypha. AD' AH {beauty). First wife of Lamech, mother of Jabal and Jubal.— 2. Daughter of Elon the Hit- tite, one of the three wives of Esau, mother of Eliphaz, and so of the Edomites (Gen. xxxvi.). Bashemath in Gen. xxvi. ADA'IAH {adorned by Jehovah). Maternal grandfather of Josiah (2 K. xxii. 1).— 2. Gersho- nite, ancestor of Asaph (1 Ch. vi. 41). Iddo in v. 21. — 3. Son of Shimhi, a Benjamite (1 Chr. viii. 21). — 4. Son of Jeroham.— 5. Of the descendants of Bani (Jedeus in Esd. ix. 30; Ezr. x. 29).— 6. Son of an- other Bani — both 5 and 6 took foreign wives. — 7. Of the hue of Pharez. — 8. Ancestor of Maaseiah (2 Chr. xxiii. 1). ADA'IIA. Son of Haman (Esth. ix. AD'AM {the man; or reddish tint). The peculiar work of the 6th day of the creation, the crown of the whole fabric, was man, made in the divine image, he alone of all animals having a spirit- ual life. Adam was made male and female, and the two were placed in the garden Eden (Eden), where pro- per food abounded. Some believe that a pair of each race were made, black, brown, red, yellow, white, and many others, because there are such great differences in complexion and figure among man- kind. The original state of man was one of activity and enjoyment. God assumed form and speech, and instructed His children how to dress and keep the garden, and exercised their faculties in naming the animals that He had made; and taught them some- thing of the qualities and relations of vegetables, earths, the heavens, and external objects to which they were related. The forming of the woman from a rib of Adam has been declared a poetic myth; but the lesson is just as surely tavight, whether it is a fact or a fa- ble, that woman stands in a peculiarly close rela- tion to man. The ' ' tree of the knowledge of good and evil," and the "tree of hfe," were tests of obedience, and as such might have been of any kind. The serpent is described as if it had been a special agent — perhaps one of those spirits that are believed to be superior to man, invisible to his eyes, good and bad, powerful, and always contend- ing for his soul (2 Cor. ii. 11). Woman was sentenced to endure the pains of child-bearing, and the humiliating dependance on a husband; and man to labor, with or without re- ward, and both to be subject to death (spiritual?). The sentence of the serpent is hard to interpret. The serpent is not cursed literally, but rather blessed in having an extra means of protection in the dread of all other animals; he does not suffer by crawling on his belly because he is especially made to go in that way; and he does not eat dust. The denunciation of the serpent was symbolical, and is by some said to be the first gospel promise. "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he will attack thee on the head, and thou wilt attack him at the heel." The serpent was the spirit of lying and cruelty, as opposed to God, holy, good and wise. It is probable that the first garments were made of the skins of animals, offered in sacrifice. Cain was born the year after the expulsion; Abel a few years later, and Seth at least 130 years after Cain. Other sons and daughters were born to them of whose history nothing is recorded. furl, rude, push; e, i, O, silent; 9 as b; ^h as sh; Some liold that Christ reigns now, at the right hand of the Father, and must reign until all enemies are put under his feet. They hold that the judgment is now going on; the wicked are passing away; and that men become consciously the subjects of this judgment as they pass into the invisible world. AD'VOCATE (&ret* Paraclete). The name given to the Holv Spirit by Jesus (John xiv. 16) ; and to Jesus by John (1 John ii.). iE'NEAS. A paralytic healed by Peter (Acts ix. 33), at Lydda. .ZE'NOn. Enon. (Springs). Near Salim, where John baptized (John iii. 22). Six miles S. of Bethshan, at Tell Redgah. A tomb near is called Shekh Salim. The brook in Wndy Chmneh runs near, and many rivulets wind about in all direc- tions. Here is "much water." AG'ABUS (^(JCttsO- One of the 70 disciples. Two prophesies of his are recorded, and their fulfilment (Acts xi. 27-30; xxi. 10). The famine through "all the world" was only through the world in Palestine— the Jews' world. It is mentioned by Josephus (xx. 2, 5), about A. D. 42, 14 years after Agabus met Paul at Cjesarea, and warned him of his sufferings at Jerusalem if he went up there. 9 AGRICULTUKE every one is required to sing something in the praise of God, either from the Scriptures or from his own thoughts. By this means, if any one has indulged in excess, he is dete(!ted. The feast is closed with prayer." Pliny mentions this custom of the Christians, and says they eat common food (not such as was used for idol worship). Paul speaks of the abuse of this custom in 1 Cor. xi. 21: and, perhaps to avoid such abuse, the Eucharist was celebrated apart from any meal from about the year A. D. 150. MODEEN EGTPTIAN HEAD DRESSES. A'GAG (burn). A title of the king of the Amale- kites, like Pharaoh of the Egyptians, Caesar of the Romans, and Abimelech of the Philistines (Num. xxi v. 7; 1 Sam. xv. 8). Agagite for Amalekite in Esther iii. 1, 10; viii. 3, 5. AG'A-PE (Gr. agapce, to love). The Church per- petuated the commemoration of the death of .Jesus by certain symbols at meals; a custom most beauti- ful and most beneficial; for it w^as a supporter of love, a solace of poverty, a moderator of wealth, and a discipline of humility. Tertullian, speaking of the Agape does not mention the Eucharist as distinct from the meal. " The nature of our sup- per may be gathered from its name, the Greek term for love. However much it may cost us, it is real gain to incur such expense in the cause of piety; for we aid the poor by this refreshment; we do not sit down to it till we have first tasted of prayer to God; we eat to satisfy our hunger; we drink no more than benefits the temperate; we feast as those who recollect they are to spend the night in devotion; we converse as those who know that the Lord is an ear-witness. After water for washing hands, and lights have been brought in. •^^^ a, Plow. 6, yoke. /,goad&c. e, points. AG' ATE. Second precious stone in the high- priest's breastplate (shevo in Ex. xxviii. 19). In Is. Uv. 12, and Ez. xxvii. 16, cadcod, meaning a ruby. The same word is also translated chryso- prase and emerald. See Precious Stones. AGE. Old age. Peculiar respect to old age is a general custom in the Orient, and has been from most remote times. The Scriptures record many instances of such respect and honor. The young rose and stood up in their presence (Lev. xix. 32) ; and even old men before one especially honored (Job xxix. 8). They were privileged to give the first words of counsel (Job xxxii.; Eccl. xxxii.); and old men, eldeps, became a class, such as the FATHERS, and SENATORS in Rome, and were re- garded as the depositaries of knowledge and expe- rience (Job XV.). The attainment of old age was set forth as a blessing (Gen. xv.; Job v.), in pro- longing the enjoyment of life, and a sign of peace- ful times (Zech. viii.; Is. Ixv.); a reward for piety, and a token of God's favor. Of all marks of re- spect, that to age is most willingly paid; because we may ourselves become aged, and receive such homage. AgO'RA. a public place, broad street, market- place, forum ; where goods are sold, meetings held for debate, and trial, and to idle away the time. See Areopagus. PLOT. HOE. AG'RICIILTimE. The earliest records are of the best men engaged in this pursuit. Laws regulating its affairs formed the chief code of the Hebrews, and tended to produce an equality in interest, binding the son and elevating the slave to a com-- fori, rjide, push; e, i, O, silent; 5 as b; ^h as sh; -c,-eh as k; g as j; g as in get; s as z; x as gz; g as in linger, link; tt as in thine. AGRICULTUKE 10 AGRICULTURE mon servitude. The earth was the Lord's, and all were tenants to him, payable in the rent of the Sabbatical year. The family possession was in- herited, and if sold must be returned on the year of Jubilee to the original owner, and wealthy owners of many fields were denounced (Is. v. 8). Irbigation was always needed for the best re- Si^S2^^>'.'S ■■•■.- hillsides, are a constant feature, and a necessity, in the hill country. On these narrow levels the vines, fruits and crops were raised, and frequent reference to fertilizers show a high state of culture, probably when the population was the greatest. Fences were not used, but watchmen guarded the ripening products, and the view was variegated by PLOWINO AND SOWINa. suits in Palestine— being neglected now, the soil is dry and sterile — although the rains of Canaan dis- tinguished the country from the rainless Nile val- ley. There is in Palestine almost every variety of climate. Perpetual snow on Mt. Hermon and Mt. Lebanon; at Jericho, 60 or 80 miles distant, tliere is tropical heat, and snow is never seen. The hiUs of Bashan, Gilead, Galilee, Samaria, and Judea are the homes of forests, vines, fig-trees, and all kinds of fruit trees and vegetables; the plains produce bananas, oranges, lemons, besides aU these, and frost is almost uukno\\Ti. Palms formerly grew aU over the country, as far north as Beirut and Baal- bek. The greatest heat at Jerusalem is 90° (Fah. ) , and the cold 30°. Damascus is in a cooler lati- tude, and the record is 88° and 29°, The sky is almost cloudless for a large part of the year; the variations of sunshine and rain affecting only the autumn and winter months. The autumnal their different colors. The boundaries were marked by trees or piles of stones (Job xxiv.; Deut. xix. 14), and about gardens, orchards and vineyards there were walls (or hedges), having towers for watching and defense. The monuments bear the sculptured figures of many implements, and pictures of the modes of using them in field and garden work. The plow is a kind of heavy hoe, used in the hand or drawn by animals or men (Job i. 14). It was made of a crooked root, shod with iron and fitted with one or two handles. The yoke was a straight or bent stick with rope or bent bows. The ox-goad was a pole six or eight feet, sharp at one end, and fitted with a spade at the other for clearing the plow, or for breaking clods (Is. xxviii. 24; Hosea x. 11; Job. xxxix. 10, where "harrow the A^alleys" should be "break the clods," as in the Hebrew). Seed was soicn and hoed (harrowed) or plowed in, in drills rains begin in the latter part of October, and [ or broadcast.^ Moses alluded in Deut. xi. 10 to the gently continuing through November and De cember; and rain is rare "after March, seldom or never so late as May. The ground is not often frozen in winter, snow lying during the niglit only; and in the plain of Jericho no snow or frost is ever seen, but there is on the hiUs around a spring-like temperature and air. The summer heat is oppressive, and fatal on exposure, but not on mode of sowing during the inundation, or by irri- gation, in Egypt by using the foot (to open or stop the little rills of water). Reaping was of several modes: pulling up by the roots (as barley and doora are now in Egypt) ; and as wheat and barley do not grow very high (20 to 30 inches), it is pulled for convenience; by the sickle, at the ground, or just under the heads, as the straw may oe wanted the 'higher hills, where heavy dews fall, and the br not. Ears were carried in baskets; the whole nights are cool. The winter is the season of green I stalk in sheaves (Gen. xxxvii. 7), and a cart is fields and fohage, the summer heat destroying the mentioned in Micah ii. 13. Camels or other ani- grass. The harvest begins in the plain early in | mals are used to carry the produce. The poor April; in Esdraelon in Slay, and on the hills in were allowed to glean (Ruth ii. 7; Lev. xix. 9). June. I Threshing was done on level places made in the THRESHING AND WINNOWINQ. The seasons were usually counted as two in the Scrii)tures, but we find six terms altogether (used ')V the Rabbins): — 1. Seed-time, Oct. to Dec; 2. ^.ViNTER, Dec: to Feb.; 3. Cold, Feb. to April; 4, iIauvest, April to June; 5. Heat, June to Aug.; Ii. Summer, Aug. to October. The terraces, formed by stone walls along the field, called floors, about fifty feet across, circular. The grain was trodden out with cattle, arranged tliree or four abreast, and driven around, and the cattle were not to be muzzled (Deut. xxv. 4). Sticks and flails were used to thresh out small quan- tities (Ruth ii. 17; Is. xxviii. 27). Threshing ma- chines were made of frames filled with sharp stones a, e, 1, 5, u, y , long; a, 5, i, 5, u, ;^, sliort ; cire, fiir, last, fall, what; thSre, veil, term; pique, firm; done, for, do, -wolf, food, fo"ot; AGUR 11 AHIKAM or pieces of iron set in holes, or fitted with circular saws f Laud and Book ii. 315), wliich were drawn over the grain (Is. xxviii. 27; xli. 15; Amos i. 3). Winnowing was done, and is now, by tossing the grain against the wind with a forlc or fan (Matt, lii. 12; Jer. iv. 11), and then passing it through a sieve (Amos ix. 9). It was stored in granaries cut in tlu' rock, built underground, or above (Jer. xli. 8) . A'GTJR (^0116 of tJie^ assembly) . Author of the sessor of Ahab, and 8th king of Israel. B. C. 897 to 896.-2. Sou of Jehoram, 6th king of Judah. B. C. 885. AH'B AN ( brotherly) . Son of Abishur by Abihail (1 Chr. ii. 29). A'HER {(mother). Ancestor of the Hushim (1 Chr. vii. 12). A'HI {brother). Chief of a family in Gad, Gi- / />le. It is believed to have been burnt when the Babylonians destroyed Solomon's temple. 1 ''H'le, push; e, i, 0, silent; 9 ass; ijh assh;-c, of God). Son of Gilead (Nvun. XX Vi. 31). ASHIELITES. ASSAHi'AS (1 Esd. i. 9). Hashabiah. Asehia. ASSAL IMOTH (1 Esd. viii. 36). Shelomith? ASSANI'AS (1 Esd. viii. 54). Hashabiah? ASSAKE'MOTH (1 Mace. iv. 15). Margin. Gazeka '.' AS'SHUR. Son of Shem. Named Assyria. ASSHtJ'RIM. From Dedan, grandson of Abra- ham (Gen. XXV. 3). Ashur in Ezr. xxvii. 23. ASSID.ffi'ANS {pioais). A sect who upheld the doctrine of the unity of God, and opposed Grecian manners and idolatries (1 Mace. vii. 13). The name afterwards denoted a life of austerity and religious exercises, in the hope of hastening the coming of the Messiah, and of making an atonement for their own and others' sins. (There is a sect of the name of As- sidians now in Poland). AS SIR {captive). Son of Korah (Ex. vi. 24).— 2. Son \ of Ebiasaph (1 Chr. vi. 23). [i 3. Son of Jeconiah (1 Chr. iii. 17). Jeconiah, the cap- tive ? COIN OF LAODICEA — STRUCK BT THE ASIARCH. ASH'VATH. Son of Japhlet, of Asher (1 Chr. vii^3;:). A'SIA (orient). Found only in 1 Mace. viii. 6, and the N. T. Now Asia Minor.— 2. The country of the king of Pergamos, Mysia, Lydia, Phrygia. 3. Name claimed by the kings of Antioch, now Ci- licia (1 Mace. xii. 39). Chief town, Ephesus (Acts ii. 9). ASIAR'CH.ffi. Chief of Asia in Acts xix. 31. A religious oflfice in Asia (Minor), under the Romans, annual, and subject to the proconsul. There are coins of several cities which show by their inscrip- tions that this office was a great honor. Their duties were the control of the public games and SPECTACLES in the theatres (which were at their own expense?). Philip was the Asiarch when Polycarp was killed at Smyrna. Only wealthy men could have it. Each city sent one person an- nually to the council, ten were chosen from the whole number, one was made president, or Asi- arch. Others think the ten were all Asiarchs. ASIHi'AS. Son of Phorosh, or Parosh (1 Esd. ix. 26). A'SIEL (Godr-made.) Ancestor of Jehu of Ileze- kiah's reign (1 Chr. iv. .35). — 2. One of the five writers employed by Esd. on the law and history (2 Esd. xiv. 24). ASI'PHA (1 Esd. V. 29). ASMODE US (to destroy). (Tohit, iii, 8, etc.) AsnAP'PER (general). officer who settled the AssvTians "in Samaria (Ex. iv. 10). A'SOM a Esd. ix. 33). Habhum. asp. Cobra of Egypt. See Adder. ASPAL'ATHTJS. A sweet perfume (Ecclus. xxiv. ASPA'THA. Son of Haman (Esth. ix. 7). AS THAR, THE POOL. In the wilderness of Tliecoc (1 Mace. ix. 33). Asphaltttis? ASPHAR'ASUS. Mispereth (1 Es). A'ZEKAH. In the plain of Judah, having "daughters," suburbs (Josh. 10). Tell Zakariyaf A'ZEL. Descendant of Saul (1 Chr. viii. 37). ASEL. A'ZEM {bone). EzEM. AZEPHURITH. Arsiphurith (1 Esd. v. 10);— Jorah, in Ezr. ii. 18, and Ilariph in Neh. vii. 24; combined by an error of the scribe. AZE'TAS. Family that returned (1 Esd. v. 15); not in Ezra and Nehemiah. AZ'GAD. Family of 1222 returned with Ezra (ii. 12); and 110 in his second caravan (viii. 12). Sa- das in 1 Esd. v. 13, and 3222. Astath in 1 Esd. viii. 38. AZIA Porter in the temple (1 Esd. v. 31). UZZA. AZiEI (2 Esd. i. 2). Ancestor of Esdras. Aza- riah. EZARIAH. EZIAH. A'ZIEL. Jaaziel. AZIZA {strong). Of the family of Zattu (Ezr. X. 27). _Sardeus (1 Esd. ix. 28). AZMA'VETH {strong as death). One of David's "vahantmen" of Bahurim (2 Sam. xxiii. 31).— 2. Descendant of Mephibosheth (1 Chr. viii. 3G).— 3. Father of Jeziel and Pelet, Benjamite slingers and archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. xii. 3). 4. Overseer of the royal treasures in David's reign. AZMA'VETH. City in Benj. now Hizmeh, S. E. of Er-Ram (Ramah). The sons of the singers settled there (Neh. xii. 29). AZ'MON. S. border of Palestine, near Hazar- addar (Num. xxxiv. 5). Now Asei'meh, west of Kedesh. AZ'NOTH tabor {ears of Tabor) . W. in Naph- tali, near Dio Cjesarea {Eusebius). A'ZOR. Son of EUakim in the genealogy of Jesus (Matt. i. 13). AZO'TTJS. AsHDOD. AZOTUS, MOUNT. Battle-field in which Judas Maccabeus was killed (1 Mace. ix. 15). Hill on which Ashdod was built ? AZ'REEL {God's help). Patriarch in Manasseh (1 Chr. V. 24).— 2. Ancestor of Jerimoth, chief in Naphtali (1 Chr. xxvii. 19). Uzziel in the Ixx.— 3. Father of Serriah (Jer. xxxvi. 26). AZ'RIKAM {help against an enemy). Son of Neariah, of Judah (1 Chr. iii. 23).— 2. Son of Azel (1 Chr. viii. 38).— 3. Ancestor of Shemaiah (1 Chr. ix. 14).— 4. Prefect in the palace of Ahaz, in Pe- kah'sinvasion (2 Chr. xxviii. 7). AZU'BAH. Wife of Caleb (1 Chr. ii. 18).— 2. Mother of Jehoshaphat (1 K. xxii. 42). COIN OF HADRIAN AUGUSTUS. A'ZUR. Az'zuR. Father of Hananiah, the false prophet (Jer. xxviii. 1.)— 2. Father of Jaazaniah (Ezr. xi. 1). AZtJ'RAN (lEsd. V.15). Azzur in Neh. x. 17. AZ'ZAH {strong) (Deut. ii. 23, etc.). Correct name of Gaza. fori, rude, push; e,i,0, silent; 9 as a; 9hassh;'0,«hask; gas J; gas in get; sasz; xasgz; n as in linger, link; tli as in tfaine. AZZAN 30 BAALBEK AZ'ZAN (^sharp) . Father of Paltiel, of Issachar, a prince (Num. xxxiv. 26). AZ'ZTJB {helper.) Signer of the marriage cove- nant (Neh. X. 17). AzuR. B BA'AL {sun or lord). The supreme male god of the Phoenicians, as Ashtoretli was the supreme female goddess. The worship has been practiced from the most ancient times, and was adopted by the Jews, and carried on with great pomp and ceremony in special temples adorned with his images. The several names by which he was known were — 1. Baal- ~? be'rith (cooenant), at Shechem (Judg. viii. 33).— 2. Baal-ze'bub {of the fly), at Ekron.— 3. Baal-ha'nan {gracious). Baal-pe'or (see Smith's Dictionary). The name was given to many places. 1. Simeon (1 Chr. iv. 33). Baalath Beer. 2. BA'ALAH. Kirjath Jearim, Judah, 7 miles W. of Jerusalem (Josh. xv. 9).— 3. Town of the same name in Dan (Josh, xix. 44). _ 4. B. BEER {B. of the well, or holy well), ^, south Judah, and given to Simeon. Other -4^. _ sacred wells in this region were called ^^S Beer-lahai-roi {of the vision ofOod), and Beersheba {of the oath). 5. B. GAD {fortune). The most north- ern point of Joshua's victories (xi. 17 ; xii. 7). Supposed to have been a Phoe- nician sanctuary. Robinson thought it was the same as Banias, which has been a sanctuary of the god Pan from a re- mote age. 6. B. HA'MON {of multitude). "Where Solomon had a vineyard (Cant. viii. 11). May have been not far north of Samaria (Judith viii. 3). 7. B. HA'ZOR {village). Where Absalom had a sheep-farm, and where Amnon was murdered (2 Sam. xiii. 23). 8. MT. BA'AL HEEMON. Mt. Hermon. 9. B. ME'ON. Beth-Baal-Meon. Beth-Meon (1 Chr. V. 8). 9 miles from Heshbon, near the mountain of the hot springs, and reputed to be the aative place of Elisha. Gibeah (Judg. xx. 33). The palm-tree of Deboral: is supposed to be meant by some. Lost. 13. B. ZE'PHON. Near the crossing-place of the Red Sea in the Exodus. Lost. BA'ALAH. Baal. BA'ALATH. Baal. BA'ALE, of Judah. Baal. BA'ALIM. Baal. BA'ALIS. King of the Bene-Ammon (Jer. xl. 14). BA'ANA. Son of Ahilud (1 K. iv. 12). BA'ANAH, 1. Son of Rimmon (2 Sam. iv).— 2. Fathers of Heleb (2 Sam. xxiii. 29).— 3. Cur- OCTAGON TEMPLE, BAALBEK. 10. B. PER'AZIM {destructions). Scene of Da- vid's victory over the Philistines (2 Sam. v. 20; 1 Chr. xiv. 11). 11. B. SHAL'ISHA {third idol). Not far from Gilgal, Sharon (2 K. iv. 42). 12. B. TA'MAR {of the palm). Benjamin, near GKEAT STONE IN THE QTJAKRT AT BAALBEK. rectly Baana, Son of the Cushai (1 K. iv. 16). — 4. Returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr. ii. 2). BA'ARA. Wife of Shaharaim. BAASEI'AH. A Gershonite, ancestor of Asaph (1 Chr. vi. 40). BAASHA {bad) . The first king of the second line which reigned over the ten tribes. He was an idol- ater — worshiped the calves, and compelled the people to break off intercourse with Jerusalem. BA'ALBEK {city of the sun). Baal Gad (Josh, xi. 17; xii. 7), in Coe'le-Syria, the valley of Lebanon, under Mt. Hermon. The ruins are the most impor- tant and remarkable in the whole country ; the site pleasantly located on the lowest slopes of Anti- Lebanon, at the opening of a small valley into the plain El Bukaa. A small stream, divided into many rills for irrigation, waters the fertile soil. The city was not regular in plan, and heaps of ruins scattered over a space of two miles indicate its size. The chief attractions are the three tem- ples. 1. The Great Temple, whose ruins are very grand and picturesque, but seems to have been left unfinished. The Great Gate is ornamented with every device that could be used in the most florid Corinthian style. Ears of grain, vine- leaves and grapes, with little figures of genii, or elves half-hid among them, and many choice touches of scroll-work, attract the eye and gratify the taste. Only 6 columns of the peristyle of this temple are now standing (75 ft. high, 7 ft. thick, the pediment 120 ft. above the ground), besides two courts and a portico. These are on an artificial platform, which is elevated .30 feet, and has vaults underneath. The tliree great stones forming a part a, e, T, o, u, 7, long; a, 6,1, 5, u, f, short; ckn, far, last, fall, what; thSre, veil, term; p'lqtie, firm; d6ne, f6r, do, wolf, fo"od, fo'bt; BAASHA 31 BAGOl of the wall ol" tliis platform nioasuie (1) G4 ft., (2) ()3 ft. 8 in., (3) 63 ft. Thickness, 13 feet. The large stone left in the quarry is GD ft. long, 17 ft. wide, and 14 ft. thick. 2. The Octagon Temple is Ionic and Corinthian in style, circular inside and outside, liaving niches which are seen each between two columns. Carved wreaths oinameut the space above each. This has been used as a Christian church, but is now ruinous. 3. The Temple of the Sun, also Corinthian, is the most beautiful work there. The great work of Wood and Dawkins contains drawings and plans of every object of interest at Baalbek, and also at Palmyra. BA'ASHA {lays waste). Son of Ahijah, 3d king of Israel, for 24 years. B. C. 953 to 930. BA'BEL, BABYLON (gate of God). Capital of the Plain of Shinar (Gen. x. 10). Built B. C. 2600 (vei*. 25), on both sides of the river Euphrates : a vast square, 56 miles in circuit. About 5 miles above Hillah, on the E. bank of the river, are a great many artificial mounds of enormous size, in tliree groups: 1. Babil, or Mujellibe (overturned), a high pile of unbaked bricks; 2. The palace or Kasr; and 3. The mound on which the modern tomb of Amram ibn Ali stands. In a line with the Am- ram mound, on both sides of the river, are the ruins of a great palace, the bricks of which bear the name of Nergal-Sharezer (Neriglissar), who was the chief magician (Rab-mag) and officer of Nebuchadnez- zar ( Jer. xxxix. 3) . Similar mounds, but smaller, are scattered over the country on both sides of the river, one of which, 6 miles S. W. of Hillah is called Birs JS'imrud, which some say is the tower of Babel. Inscriptions found here, of the date of Nebuchad- nezzar, mark the site of Borsippa, outside of Baby- lon. A broad and deep moat, kept full of water, surrounded one wall of the ancient city, outside of which was another wall 200 royal cubits liigh and 50 thick. (Pliny says 200, Strabo 75, and lia,w- linson 60 to 70 feet). Scarcely a trace of these walls can be found now, except it may be a few mounds which are sup- posed to mark the sites of some of the gates. Ctesias says there were 2.50 towers on the walls. The houses were gener- ally built of bricks made of the river mud, sun- dried, or burnt in kilns, cemented with bitumen, and were three and four stories high. The streets were straight, and crossed each other atriglit angles, the cross streets having gate-. of bronze at the fiver. Ctesias mentions a bridge of stone 3,000 feet long and 30 feet wide, connect- ing two palaces on oppo- site sides of the river. There were 3 walls around the royal palace on tiie Eastern side, the second or middle wall being 300 ft. high and the towers 420 ft., and 4J^ miles in circuit, made of colored brick, representing hunting scenes, with figures of Ninus and Serairamis. A tunnel under the river also connected the two palaces (Jer. 11. 58, 53; 1. 15). There were a hundred gates of bronze with posts and lintels of the same. The banks of the river had quays, whose ruins still exist, and on the bricks was written in arrow-head char- acters tlie name of the last king. The most impos- ing ruin examined by Layard is called Birs Nimrud, and was found to be in seven stories, witli a cham- b(^r on the top, each story smaller, forming an oblique pyramid with a square base. It was called the Temple of t/ie Seven Spheres, and is not tlie Tower of Babel of the Scriptures, which is not yet identified. Tlie stories were colored, and were, beginning at tlie lower — 1st, 272 ft. square, 26 ft. high, colored black ; 2d, 230 sq. 26 h., orange ; 3d, 188 sq. 26 h., red ; 4th, 146 sq. 15 h., golden color; 5th, 104 sq 15 h., yellow ; 6th, 62 sq. 15 h., blue; 7th, 20 sq. 15 h., silver color ; and the ark nearly cov- ering the entire upper platform and is feet high, color not given: making, in all, 153 feet above the platform, which was three feet above the plain. The empire lasted 1300 yrs. (Jer. xxv. 12, 14) . It is now a desolation, the great city has become heaps (li. 37), the land a wilderness for i wild beasts, and even the Arabs refuse to pitch the tent, and the ' shepherd to fold sheep there (Is. xlii. 19-22). BA'BI (1 Esd. viii. 37). Bebai. BA'CA (tceeping). The valley (Ps. Ixxxiv. 6). Located in Ilinnom (2 Sam. v. 23). A valley of the same name is now found in Sinai. (Burck.). BACCHI'DES (son of Bacchus). Friend of Antio- chus Epiphanes, ana governor of Mesopotamia ; after Judas Maccabeus fell he reestablished the power of the Syrian faction in Judaea. B. C. 161- 158. BACCHTI'RTJS. A holy singer who married a for- eign wife (1 Esd. ix. 24). BAC'CHTJS. Greek Dionysus. (2 Maec. vi. 7 ; xiv. 33). A god of special abhorence to the Jews. He ■2*^^ VIEW OF BABIL. was the god of wine, and of general festivitj' and jollity, and his rites sanctioned the most frantic excesses of revelry and excitement. Nicanor threatened to build a temple to Bacchus on the site of the temple of Solomon. BACE'NOB. Captain under Judas Maccabseus (2 Mace. xii. .35). BACH 'RITES. Family of Becher, son of Ephraim. BADG'EE (Heb. Tachash) . The antelope. Tach- aitze of Eastern Africa, bluish slaty-gray in color. Sculptured in Egypt. BA'GO. BiGVAl. BAGO'AS. Eunuch (Judith xii. 11). BA'GOI (1 Esd. V. 14). BiGVAi. fori, r|}de, push; e, i, o, silent; g as a; ;li as sh; «,'«h as k; g aa J; g as in get; s as z; x as gz; b m in Ugger, lisk; tii as in thine BAHAEUMITE 32 BAPTISM BAHAEU'MITE, THE. Bahurim. BAHU'RIM {yotmg men's milage) . Near the Je- rusalem-Jericho road ; where in the Wctdy liuwahy, there are some ruins. BALA' AM {stranger). Son of Beor, and a pro- phet (Num. xxii. 5). This strange man wor- shiped Jehovah, and at the same time knew and practiced the forbidden arts of divination. His propliesies are distinguished for dignity, compres- sion, vividness, and fulness of imagery : there is scarcely any work equal to them in the later pro- phets (Rev. ii. 14). BA'LAC (Rev. ii. 14). Balak. BAL'ADAN. Merodach— Baladan. BA'LAH (Josh. xix. 3). Baal. BA'LAK {empty). Son of Zippor, king of Moab, who hired Balaam to curse the Israehtes (Num. xxii. 24). BAL'AMO. Baal. (Judith, viii. 3). BALAS'AMUS (1 Esd. ix. 43). BALDNESS, is natural and artificial. The artifi- cial is caused by shaving the head, in token of mourning for the dead (Jer. xvi. 6), which Moses forbade to the Jews because it was a heathen cus- tom. Baldness was ridiculed (2 K. ii. 23), perhaps on suspicion of leprosy. A bald man was declared unfit for the priestly office (Lev. xxi. 20). BALM. TsORi. BALNTJ'TJS (Esd. ix. 31). BiNNUI. BALTHA'SAR. (Bar. i. 11-12). Bel- SHAZZAR. BA'MAH {High- place) (Ezr. XX. 29). Jehovah gave this name to every place of idolatrous wor- ship. BA'MOTH. Station in the Exodus (Num. xxi. 19.) BA'MOTH -BA'AL. Baal. High-place in Moab (Josh.xiii. 17). BAN (1 Esd. V. 37). TOBIAH. BANAI'AS (1 Esd. ix. 35). Benaiah. BA'NI. 1. Gadite; one of David's 30 (2 Sam. xxiii. 36).— 2. A Levite (1 Chr. vi. 46). — 3. Father of Imrl (1 Chr. ix. 4). 4. Children of Bani, ^. returned with Z er ub- babel (Ezr. ii. 10—5. An Israelite — son of Bani (Ezr. x. 38).— 6. A Levite 7. A Levite [anus] (Neh. viii. 7).— i Levite (Neh. ix. 4).— 9. Levite— son (Neh. xi.22). BA'NID (1 Esd. viii. 36). Lost out of viii. 10. BANNAI'A (1 Esd. ix. 33). Sabad in Ezra BAN'NTJS (1 Esd. ix. 34). Bani or Binnui. BAN'QTJET. Entertainment furnished at the ex- pense of one man ; usually towards the close of the day, between 5 and 6, and called supper. On grand occasions the invitations were given out some days before, and on the day appointed a servant was sent to announce that "the time had arrived, and the guest was expected (Matt. xxii. 8; Luke xiv. 17). After accepting the invitation, to neglect to attend was no less than an insult. When all who had been invited had arrived the master of the house shut the door (Luke xiii. 24). The first act of welcome was washing the feet and anointing the hair with perfumed oil ; and among the wealthy, on great days, a handsome cloak was furnished to each guest, to be worn during the festivity (Ecc. ix. 8 ; Rev. ill. 4). BAN'UAS. Returned from captivity (1 Esd. v. 26) . BAP'TISM. Washing before prayer or sacrifice was a custom among all ancient nations, as a sign of spiritual purity in the physical cleanness, and baptism was instituted as an initiatory rite of his religion by the Lord Jesus Christ. To be baptized for Moses (1 Cor. x. 2) means to become subject to the law of Moses ; to be baptized for Christ, shows an intention to become a true follower of Christ. John baptized with water unto repentance — not causing repentance but as a sign of it. Perhaps only a sign of their willingness to enrol themselves among John's followers. Jesus himself did not baptize with water, but with the Spirit, and Chris- tian baptism was only instituted after the resurrec- tion, when the Lord gave the commission to his apostles "to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." There are different views of Baptism. 1. That it is a direct instrument of grace, when applied by a properly qualified per- son ; infusing into the soul positive moral good- ness ; or, as some believe, giving only the capacity (Neh. iii. 17). \ Another of Asaph Ezr. KASE, RUIN OF ANCIENT PALACE. to receive goodness, which if rightly used will lead to salvation ; while others again see that the good will only be enjoyed by those who are predestined to salvation.— 2. "It is a seal of grace, divine bless- ings being thereby confirmed to the soul.— 3. Some hold that it is only a sign of initiation into Church membership.— 4. Or a token of regeneration, to be received only by those who give evidence of being really regenerated.— 5. A symbol of purification. The mode of baptism differs ; and there is practiced immersion and affusion or sprinkling. The Mar- cionites, and the Gnostics baptized the dead (1 Cor. XV. 29), by proxy, some one answering for the dead, while the water was applied to the dead body ; and parents were baptized for their children, from a mistaken reading of the words of Paul. He meant " If the dead rise not at all, what benefit do they expect who baptize vicariously for the dead?" & e t, 5, u, y, long; S, 5, i, 5, u, y , short; cire, far, last, fall, what; there, veil, tSrm; pique, firm; done, for, dg, wolf, food, fo'ot; BARABBAS 33 BASKET B ARAB'S AS (son of Abba). One who had for feited his hfe for sedition and murder (Mark xv. 7). The Armenian Version reads " Whom will ye that I shall deliver unto you, Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?" BAR'ACHEL. Father of Elihu, a Buzite (Job xxxii. L'-t')). BARACHI'AS (Matt, xxiii. 25). Zacharias. BA'BAK (lightning). Son of Abinoam of Ke- desh, Naplitali (Judii;. iv. (5). Summoned by Deb- orah to fight against Jabin and Sisera. BARBARIAN. Anv nation but the Greek, was the Greek (Icfiultion. The term meant to the Greeks what Gentile did to the Jews— any people but Jews. The Egyptians had a similar term ; and the orien- tal nations all had, and have now some term for distinction hi 'tween their own and other people. BARHTI MITE. Bahurim. Az- MARETH. BARI'AH. Son of Shemaiah, of Judah (1 Chr. iii. 22). B AR- JE SUS. E LY MAS. BAR-JO'NA. Peter. BARKOS. A Nethinim returned with Z.Tubbabel (Ezr. ii. 53). BAR LEY. Used, by the poor only, for bread, mixing it with wheat, beans, lentils, millet, etc., and as fodder for horses (Judg. vii. 13 ; 2 K. iv. 42 ; Ezr. iv. 9 ; 1 K. iv. 28). The barley harvest is in March and April, earlier than the wheat harvest by three weeks. Barley bread is a sign of poverty, and is little esteemed (Ezr. xiii. __ 19). Its value was one-third that of wheat (Rev. vi. 6). BARN. Ten different Hebrew and Greek words are translated barn. Barns, as we know them, for storing hay, grain, etc., are unknown in the East. Rooms, or pits (granaries) are often made under- ground or cut into the solid rock. It is the custom to keep animals, produce, grain, and all kinds of goods, in the lower story of the dwelling. Poor people often sleep in the same room with their cattle. BAR'NABAS (exTwrter) . Joses, a Levite of Cy- prus, an early disciple and companion of Paul, was called Barnaoas — son of eloquence — because of his ready oratory (Acts. iv. 36). He was the first to recognize Paul's sincerity, and introduce him to the church in Jerusalem (ix. 27). Being honored with the mission to Antioch, he sought for Saul (Paul) in Tarsus as a helper, and they worked together a year. Barnabas' sister's son, Mark, was the Evan- gelist. He is not counted as an apostle (see Apos- tle), although Luke so speaks of him in Acts xiv. 14 ; and they were equally honored by the church until after the quarrel and separation of Barnabas from Saul. After that Barnabas is lost sight of The Epistle called by his name is believed to be spurious, because it has in it errors in the Jewish history and worship, and very feeble grasp of divine truth, unworthy of a Levite and a disciple. It is assigned to the 2d century A. D. by Alford. BARO'DIS. Servant of Solomon, returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esd. v. 34). BARSABAS. See Joseph and Judas. BAR'TACUS. Father of Apame. " The admira- ble " was probably an official title belonging to his rank (1 Esd. iv. 29). BARTHOL'OMEW (son of Talmai). One of the 12. The same as Nathanael. BornatCana. Philip had some difficulty in bringing him to regard Jesus as the Christ. He was one of the 7 to whom Jesus appeared after the resurrection at the lake of Ti- berias, and a witness of the ascension. Tradition only gives any account of him after that time, when he is supposed to have gone as a preacher into "the East" (India). A spurious gospel bears his name. BARTIME'US (son of Timai), a blind beggar of Jerirho (Mark x. 4(i). BA RUCH (bleHSixl). 1. Friend and amanuensis of Jeremiah (Jer. xxxii. 12). See History of the Books.— 2. Son of Zabbai (Neh. iii. 20).— 3. Son of Col-hozeh (Neh. xi. 5). BARZILLA'I. a wealthy Gileadite who was hos- pitable to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Sam. xvii. 27) ; but declined David's invitation to reside at court, because of his great age. — 2. Whose son married Saul's daughter Miehal. BAS'ALOTH. Bazlith. (1 Esd. v. 31). BAS CAMA. Gilead, where Tryphon killed Jona- than Maccabeus, whose bones were afterwards ORIENTAL BANQUET, removed to Modin by Simon (1 Mace. xiii. 23-25). Lost. BA'SHAN, (soft, rich soil, or basalt soil). Land of Bashan. E. of Jordan, N. of Jabbok ; from the border of Gilead to Hermon, and from the Jordan to Salcah (Josh. xii. 4, 5; Deut. iii. 10-14). At Edrei, Og, king of B., was defeated, and the land given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, with half of rilead. It was famous for its oaks (Is. ii. 13; Zech. xi. 12), and cattle ; and now the granary of Damascus. Modern travelers speak of its delight- ful forests, of its flocks and herds, and grain fields. Argob, with its 60 cities, was in Bashan. BA'SH AN-HA' VOTH-JA'IR. Name given to Argob after its conquest by Jair (Deut. iii. 14.) BASH'EMATH (fragrant). Daughter of Ishmael, Esau's 3d wife (Gen. xxxvi. 3). Mahalath (xxviii. 9).— 2. Daughter of Elon the Hittite, and wife of Esau (Gen. xxvi. 34). BA'SIN. The translation of four Hebrew words, and one Greek word. The forms of some kinds have been preserved on the monuments, and are fiven in the article Washing the Hands and eet. EGYPTIAN BASKETS. BAS'KET. Five Hebrew words are translated basket. The form of the bread-basket is shown in the cut. They were made of grass, or willow twigs. f url, mde, pash; e, 1,0, silent; 9 ass; 9hassh;«,«hask; gAs j; gas in get; sasz; xasgz; n as in linger, link; tbasin tbine. "3 ■ BASMATH 34 BEE BAS'MATH. Daughter of Solomon (1 K. iv. 4), wife of Ahimaaz, one of the king's officers. BAS'SA. Bezai. (1 Esd. v. 16). BA'STAI. Besai. (1. Esd. v. 31). BAS'TAHD (Heb. mamzer). A child born to those who marry within the limited degrees of re- lationship, as two of the same family ; or a Jew and a gentile. BAT. Among the animals forbidden to be eaten (Lev. xi. 20). The pecuMar habitation of bats, in the dark recesses of rocky caves, and their noctur- nal habits, give great force to the prophesy that the idols shall be cast to the bats and the moles. Baruch shows (among other images) that the idols are no gods because bats sit on their heads, with birds and cats. BATHING. Baptism. In Palestine, Syria and Egypt, bathmg is a luxury as well as a necessity, and is now a religious ceremony, as in ancient times. BATH-RABBIM. Gate of the ancient city of Heshbou. The two pools were near this gate ; were likened to the eyes of Shelomith's beloved (Cant. vii. 4). BATHSHE'BA (promised^swor7i). A daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah, and grand-daughter of Ahitophel, the states- man. Mother of Solomon. There are recorded instances of her vigorous under- standing and kindness of heart. BATH'SHUA. _Daughter of the oath. BATH ZACHARI'AS (house of Z.). Now Beit Sakarieh. 8 ms. N. of Beit Sur. BAVAI. Euler of Keilah (Neh. iii. 18). BAY-TREE. A native— not an exotic (Ps. xxxvii. 35). Grows near Antioch. BAZ'LITH (^stripping). "Children of B." returned with Zerubbabel (Neh. vii. 64). BDELLIUM. The gum of a tree that grew in the land of India and Arabia- used in sacrifice and as a perfume and flavor for wine. The word may mean pearls (Gen. ii. 12; Num. xi. 7). BEALI'AH, A Benjamite who went over to David at Ziklag (1 Chr. xii. 5). BE'ALOTH. A town in the extreme South of Judah (Josh. xv. 24). BE'AN, CHILDREN OF. Beon. (1 Mace. v. 4), probably Bedouins. BEANS. A native of Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor. (2 Sam. xvii. 28). Blossoms from Janu- ary to March. Planted in November; gathered in February. Both the green pod and ripe beans, boiled with oil and garlic, are commonly used by persons of all classes. There are several kinds, some of which are fed to horses. and naturalists have shown that it is a species pecu- liar to Syria. BEARD. The beard in the East is a badge of manhood and a mark of freedom. The Egyptians shaved it off and wore a false beard of plaited hair, m style and length to suit their rank. The Hebrews were distinct from both their Egyptian and Assyr- ian neighbors, as may be shown on the monu- ments, where captives are drawn in their proper costume and feature. It was a shame to lose the hair or beard (Is. 1. 6), and also a sign of mourn- ing. It was carefully dressed and oiled (Ps. cxxx. m), and a fuU, long beard was, and is, a highly coveted ornament. BE'BAI. 1,623 sons of Bebai returned with Zer- ubbabel (Ezr. ii. 11) ; 28 more with Ezra ; 4 took foreign wives (Ezr. x. 28).— 2. Father of Zecha- riah.— 3. Bebai— Chobai (Judg. xv. 4). BE'CHER ifirst-bori^r— young camel). 1. Second son of Benjamin (Gen. xlvi. 21).— 2. Son of Ephraim (Num. xxvi. 35). BEAR. The Hebrew name {doH) is still in use for the bear in the East, which is found on Mts. Hermon, Lebanon, and other parts of the country; SYRIAN BEAB. BECHO'RATH. Son of Aphiah— grandson of Be'- cher (Sam. ix. 1.) BEC'TILETH, THE PLAIN OF (Jiome of slaugJi- ter) between Nineveh and Cilicia (Judg. u. 2). Bactiali was a plain 21 miles from Antioch. (Peu- tinger tables). BED. 1. A mat of grass, reeds, straw, hemp, or one or more cloths.— 2. A quilt or mattress, filled with cotton, wool, grass, or straw. The pillow for the head is a frame of wood, a stone, or a stuffed bag, or sheep-skin. The bed was laid on the divan (platform 6 to 8 feet wide, and 8 to 15 inches high, on one or more sides of a room). Bedsteads, or movable frames (1 Sam. xix. 15 ; bier, 2 Sam. iii. 31), were used, perhaps, only, by the wealthy. Some were made of palm-sticks, and others of iron (Deut. iii. 11). Sculptures in Asia Minor show many elegant shapes of bedsteads, and couches. The canopy (Judith xvi. 23) was, and is still used in the East, lor display, and for protection against light, dust and insects (Esth. i. 6; Ps. vii. 16). The people seldom or never change their dress on going to bed ; only taking off the outer garment (see Dress), excepting in hot weather. BE'DAD {separation, part). Father of Hadad, king of Edom (1 Chr. i. 46) . BE'DAN {son of Dan— servile), judge of Israel. (1 Sam. xii. 11). BE-DEI'AH. Son of Beni (Ezr. x. 35). BEE (deborah). Palestine abounded in bees, for it was a land "flowing with milk and honey" a, e, 1, o, u, y, long; a, §, 1, 5, u, y , Bhort ; c^re, far, last, fall, what; thdre, veil, tirm; p'ique, firm; ddne, for, do, wolf, food, fo'ot; BEELIADA 35 BELTESHAZZAR (Deut. xxxii. 13). The banded bee of Palestine is not found in this country. So plentiful was wild honey that it was exported. It was eaten mixed witii butter. There is a vegetable substance called honey which is a thick juice of grapes. BEELI'ADA {kmion by Bactl). Son of David; born in Jerusalem (1 Chr. xiv. 7). BEEL'SARUS. Bil-shan (1 Esd. v. 8). BEELTETH MUS (chancdor) . Officer of Arta- xerxes in ralestine (1 Esd. ii. 16-25.) BEELZEBUB (fly-ffod). Beel'zebul Qord of dirt), llousi'-iiod, and dung-god, by some. A belief tliat demons possessed persons, led to a belief in a prince of demons, who was supposed to rule over them. BE'ER {icelV). 1. A well dug by the "princes" beyond Arnon, near one of the last stations of the Exode, and celebrated in poetry f Num. xxi. 16, 18). — 2. Jotham, son of Gideon, fled to this jplace (Judg. ix. 21). Site lost. BE E-RA (jwell). Son of Zophah (1 Chr. vii. 37). BE'EE.AH(«?eiO- Prince of the Reubenites (1 Chr. v. 6.) Isaac's servants also "digged" a well (xxvi. 32). Two principal wells and five smaller ones are on the In . bank of Wady Seba on the edge of the des- ert. One is 12i^ ft. diameter, 44>^ ft. to the water (liob., Apr. 12). The other is 5 ft. diam. and 42 ft. to the water. Watering-troughs of stone lie around the wells, and among the grass are crocuses and lilies. The 5 lesser wells are at some distance from the 2 larger. The ruins of a town are on the hills N. of the wells. It is very frequently mentioned as one of the boundaries of all Israel : From Dan to Beer-sheba. The Arab name is Bir es Seba', Wen of the Lion. BEESHTE'RAH. Man. (Josh. xxi. 27). Ashta- ROTH. BEE 'TIE. Locust. BEEVES. Bull; Ox. BEGGAR. Alms; Poor. BEGOTTEN. Jesus Christ, the Sou of God (John i. 14, 18 ; Rev. i. 5). BEHEADING. Punishments. BEHEMOTH {excellences). Mentioned only in Job xl. 15-24. It is not certain which is meant, the elephant or the hippopotamus (river horse). EGYPTIAN HUNTING HIPPOPOTAMUS. BEER-ELIM {well of heroes). Beer 1 (Is. xv. 8). BE'ER-I {illustrious). 1. Father of Esau's wife. (Gen. xxvi. 34).— 2. Father of Hosea (Hos. 1.1). BE'ER-LAHA'I-ROI {well of the living and seeing God). Between Kadesh and Bered, wilderness of Shur (Gen. xvi. 14; xxi v. 62; xxv. 11). Located by Ritter 25 ms. S. E. of Beersheba, at Moyle, Beit Hagar. BEE'ROTH {loells). One of the 4 cities of the Hivites ; the other 3 being Gibeon, Chephirah, and Kirjath Jearim (Josh. ix. 17; xviii. 25, 26, 28). 10 ms. N. of Jerusalem, on the Shechem road, the cus- tomary resting-place of travelers (^Z>).— Bene Jaakan. p:dom, a station (Deut. x. 6). BEER'SHEBA {well of swearing or well of seven). S. border of Judah. Dug by Abraham (Gen. xxi. 31). The compact of Abraham and Abimelech was ratified by setting apart 7 ewe-lambs (sheba, seven). Both answer the description, but the elephant comes much nearer to all the points required. BE'KAH ( part-half) . Weights and Measures. BE'LEMUS (1 Esd. ii. 16). Bishlam. BEL. The national god of the Babylonians (Is. xlvi. 1; Jer. 1. 2) Zeus Bel is the male, and Hera the female of the same deity. Writers are divided as to whether Bel (Baal) was the sun or the planet Jupiter : if the sun, then Ashtoreth was the moon goddess. BEL AND DRAG'ON. Daniel, Additions to. BELA. Son of Beor, king of Edom ; capital Din- habah.— 2. Eldest son of Benjamin.— 3. Son of Ahaz. Belah— Bela 3. BE'LAITES. Descendants of Bela 3. BELI'AL, son op. Good-f or- notliing— worthless fellow. BEL-TE-SHAZ'ZAR. Name given to Daniel (Dan. i. 7), Correctly Bel-shat-zar {favored by Bel). lwc\, rgde, push; e, i, O, silent; 5 as b; ^h as sh; -ej-ch as k ; g as j; g as in get ; s a« z; ; as BETHLEHEMITE 39 BETHSHEAN fus), as standing in the midst of the fields and ter- raced gardens. Jerome lived here, in a cell which is now pointed out, next to the great church, where he wrote most of his coninientaries, and compiled the Latin Vulgate, the best ancient version of the Scriptures, A. D. 385-420. The present town has about 3,000 people, nearly all Christians, wlio are makers of crucifixes, beads, models of the holy places, and other articles for sale to pilgrims. — 2. ZeViulon, 7 ms. W. of Nazareth (Josh. xix. 15). Birtliplace of Ibzan, the judge (Judg. xii. 8). BETHLEHEMITE. One from Bethlehem (1 Sam. xvi. 1, 18 ; 2 iSam. xxi. 19). BETH-MA ACH AH. See Abel. BETH-MAR'CABOTH {house of chariots) . Hazar- suziM, Madmannah (Josh. xix. 5). Of Simeon in Judah, extreme S. A station on the way to Egypt, where Solomon's chariots were kept (1 K. ix. 19 ; 2 Chr. viii. 6). Post-station. BETH-ME'ON. House of habitation (Jer. xlviii. 23). 'SEl'B.-TSILLO (icall-houM) . NearShechem (Judg. ix. 20, 46-49). rerhaps a part of the fortification of Shechem.— 2. A fort or tow'er on Zion (2 K. xii. 20). MiLLO (2 Sam. v. 9). BETH-NIM'RAH {home of pure water). E. of Jordan, N. of Beth-aram, " in the Jordan valley, xi. 1: Luke xix. 29). Probably W. of Bethany )Matt. xxi. 19). The locality of the miracle of the withered fig-tree. BETH-PHELET (Neh. xi. 20). BETH-RA'PHA {house of the giant). Judah (1 Chr. iv. 12). Lost. BETH-RE HOB {house of room). Naph. Near Dan Laisli (Judg. xviii. 28). A little kingdom of Aram (2 Sam. x. (J) . Now called Hunin, and was one of the strongest forts in the North P., and com- manded the plain of Iluleh; Its beveled masonry marks its Phoenician origin (Rob. ill. 371). BETHSA'IDA {house offish). Two places on the Sea of Calilec. 1. B. of Galilee (John xii. 21). The city of Andrew, Petev and Philip (John i. 44). In the land of Gennesaret.— 2. B. on the E. of Jor- dan, raised to importance by Philip the Tetrarch, and named Julias, after the daughter of the emperor (Jos. A. xviii. 2, § 1). The 5,000 were fed near this place (Luke ix. 10; John vi. 3—10; Mark vi. 39; Matt. xiv. 19). A blind man was healed here (Mark viii. 22-26). About two miles N. of the lake, and half a mile E. of the Jordan, is a jiiLiAs. j^jjj^ jjjij (,^iig^| rp^jj Julias, now cov- ered with extensive ruins (Rob. ii. 413). BETHLEHEM EPHRATAH. opposite Jericho ; a fenced city (Num. xxxii. 36 ; .Josh. xiii. 27 ; Is. xv. 6; Jer. xlviii. 34). Eusebius mentions it as a large place. A group of ruins 2 m. E. of the Jordan are now called Nimrim or Wady Shoaib. Supposed to be the Bethabara of John i. 28 ; Matt. iii. 5 ; Mark i. 5. BETH-O'RON. Beth-Horon (Judg. iv. 4). BETH-PA'LET {house of flight). Judah (Josh. XV. 27; Neh. xi. 26). Near Moladah and Beer- sheba. Lost. Paltite (2 Sam. xxiii. 26). BETH-PAZ'ZEZ. Issa. (Josh. xix. 21). Lost. BETH-PE'OR. E. of Jordan, opposite Jericho, 6 m. N. of Libias; a place dedicated to Baal (Josh, xiii. 20). It is supposed that Moses was buried in this ravine (Deut. iii. 29, iv. 46, xxxiv. 6). Beth is used for Baal. BETH-PHA'GE {hm of figs). On the Mt. of Olives near the Jericlio road (Matt. xxi. 1; Mark BETHSA'MOS. Beth-azmaveth. BETH-SAN. Beth-shean. (1 Mace. v. 52; xii. 40, 41). BETH-SHAIT. Beth-shean (1 Sam. xxxi. 10, 12). BETH-SHE' AN. Bethshan {house of rest) . Town of Manasseh in Issachar (1 Chr. vii. 29 ; Josh, xvii. 11). In the Ghor, 18 ms. S. of the lake of Galilee, 4 ms. W. of the Jordan. Called Scytho- polis, from the Scythians, B. C. 631 (2 Mace. xii. 29; Judith iii. 10; Col. iii. 11). The corpses of Saul and his sons were fastened on its walls by the Philistines (1 Sam. xxi. 10, 12). Three or four large brooks run near, and Ain Jalud, one of these, was the fountain which was near Jezreel, referred to in 1 Sam. xxix. 1. The ruins of Beisan now cover about 3 ms. in circuit, among which is a tower of Phoenician origin. The ruins are on several hills, high, steep, between whose black. furl, rnde, pnah; e, t, o, silent; 5 as s; 5I1 as 3h;-e,Te and Sidon when they aimed at a reconciliation with the king (Acts xii. 20). BLEM'ISH. All priests and animals for sacrifice were required to be without blemish or bodily de- fect (Lev. xxi. 17, 86). Jesus Christ is compared to "a lamb without blemish" (1 Pet. ii. 13). BLESSING. Favors or benefits specially given by God. Men bless God by thankfully acknowledging his goodness and excellence. The same acts and returns among men have the same name. BLINDING. Punishments. BLIND 'NESS. Is very common in the East from many causes (Matt. ix. 27, ff, xi. 5, xii. 22, xx. 30 IT). " Opening the eyes of the blind " is mentioned as a peculiar attribute of the Messiah (Is. xxix. 18). Blindness was wilfully inflicted as a punish- ment (Judg. xvi. 21). See cut on p. 16. BLOOD. Among the Hebrews called the Hfe (Lev. xvii. 11-14). In sacrifices the blood was caught and disi)osed of in a prescribed manner (Lev. iv.). Murder was held to curse the place where it was done (a superstition stiU strong in nearly every country (Gen iv. 10). The Jewish people from the time of Noah were forbidden to eat blood (Gen. ix. 4), when at the same time animal food was permitted, because the blood was specially offered to God in sacrifice (Lev. xvii. 11). Since animal sacrifices have been abolished by the one great sacrifice of Jesus, blood is eaten by Christians. The Avenger op I5lood is the nearest relative (to the fifth degree) to any person who has been murdered, whose duty it is to avenge the death (Gen. ix. 5). A money payment is often accepted for a life in the East. The 6 Cities of Refuge were appointed as a refuge for any who accidentally killed another [not for murderers, for whom there was no refuge or pardon]. The "blood-revenge" has, more than any other custom or power, preVented the tribes of Arabia from ex- terminating each other. BLOT. Blame, or blameworthiness (Job xxxi. 7; Prov. ix. 7). BLUE. Colors. BOANER'GES (sons of thunder— loud voiced?). Names given to the two zealous sons of James and Jolin (^lark. ili. 17). BOAR. Swine. BOAT. Ship. BO'AZ (agile). Married Ruth as directed by the law (Deut. xxv. 5). lie was a pure and high- furl, rude, past; e, 1,0, silent; ^ass; 9hasEh;«,'Chask; gsis j; gas in get; sasz; xasgz; n as in linger, link; tbasin tliine. BOCCAS 42 BOZRAH minded man, fearing tlie Lord and keeping his obligations among men. BOCCAS (1 Esd. viii. 2). Bukki. BOCH'ERU {youth or first-born). Son of Azel (1 Clir. viii. 38). BO'CHIM {the weepers). W. of Jordan, N. of Gilgal (Judg. ii. 1, 5). BO'HAN. A stone set up on tlie border of Benja- min and Judah, between Betliarabali and Betli- hoglali on tlie E., and Adummim and Eushemesh on the W. (Josh. xv. 6; xviii. 17). and Love are expressed by this word v^hen we speak of bosom friends ; it was well known to the ancients (Luke xvi. 20). BO'SOR. E. of Jordan, in Gilead (1 Mace. v. 26, 36), BOSO'BA. Gilead. A strong city taken by Ju- das Maccabseus ; probably the same as Bozrah (1 Mace. V. 26, 28). BOSS. Arms. BOTCH. Blains. Medicine. BOT'TLE. One Greek and four Hebrew words are BOIL. Medicine. BOLLED ( formed into seed-vessels). The flax was boiled (Ex. ik. 31). BOLSTER. Bed. BOND. Bondage. See Slavery. BON 'NET. Head-dress. BOOK. Writing. BOOTHS. Huts made of branches of trees or other very perishable materials. BOOTY. See Spoil. BO'OZ. BOAZ (1 Matt. i. 5; Luke iii. 32). BO'RITH (2 Esd. 1, 2). Bukki. BOR'ROW. Loan. BOS'CATH {stony). Bozkath (2 K. xxii. 1). BO'SOM. Abraham's bosom. Dress. Intimacy translated bottle {chemeth, nebel, baldnik, nod and askos.) Bottles are of skins, or of earth or glass. Skins of goats and kids are used for the smaller, and of the ox for the larger. These skin bottles are mentioned by Homer, Herodotus and Virgil, and are now used in Spain and all over the Orient. Earthen and glass bottles were also used, and are often mentioned. BOWELS. In the Bible meaning the seat of the feelings as we now use heart ; also mercy and com- passion (Gen. xliii. 30). BOWING. Adoration. BOWL. Cups. BOX. Alabaster; vial. BOX-TREE. This elegant shrub, or small tree, is twice named by Isaiah for its beauty (Is. xli. 19, Ix. 13; 2 Esd. xiv. 24). It is thought that the word ivory ought to be translated box-wood in Ezr. xxvii. 6. " Box is still used for combs, and by the carver and the turner. It is the best material for blocks for the wood-engraver. BOZEZ {shining.— Teeth of the cliff). The rock on the N. of the pass by wnich Jonathan entered the Pliilistine camp (1 Sam xiv. 4, 5) . In the Wady Suweinit, near Michmash. BOZKATH. Judah, in the Shefelah (Josh. xv. 39; 2 K. xxii. 1). The native place of King Josiah. BOZ'RAH {enclosure; sheepfold). Chief city in Edom (Gen. xxxvi. 33). The modem name is Bus- oheh— little Busreh (Rob., ii. 167). It is still a strong fort on a hill-top among the mts., about 25 ms. S. E. of the Dead Sea, hjuf way to Petra (Is. xxxiv. 6, Ixhi. 1; Jer. xlix. 13, 22; Amos i. 12; Mi- cah ii. 12). It is the centre of a pastoral region. — a, e, 1, G, u, y,loiig; a, 0,1,5, u,jr, short; care, far, last, fall, what; there, vsil,tSrm; pique,firm; d6ne,f6r, do, wolf, food, fo'ot; BRACELET 43 BURIAL 2. In the plain country— the huul of Mishor— (Jer. xlviii. ii4). E. of the 'Dead Sfu and Lower Jordan an3 high table-lauds, called Belka, where there are three ruins, nauied Um-el-Jeuial (Beth-gauiul), Kureiyeh (Kerioth), and Busrah (Bozrah), in the N. E. section, which is a rich district near the Hauran. The walls of Bozrah were 4 ms. in ex- tent, and they did not include the suburbs. Tem- ples, churches, mosques, and a beautiful theatre, are all in ruins ; only a strong castle is left entire. BRACELET. Armlet, wristlet. Ornament worn around the arm, above or below the elbow. BRAMBLES. Thorns. BRANCH. Limb of a tree— figuratively a person related to another, or to a family— as Jesus to the line of David (Is. iv. 2; xi. 1; Jer. xxiii. 5; xxxiii. 15; Zech. iii. 8, vi. 12)— Christians to Christ. BRIDLE. Bridles were in the lips of captives, as seen in the Assyrian sculptures. The prisoners are all lettered and have in the under lip a ring to whicli is attached a cord lield by the king (Is. xxxvii. 29 ; 2 K. xix. 2«). See page 28. BRI'ER. Thokns. BRIG AN-DINE. Arms. BROID'ERED. " Broidered Hair " (1 Tim. u. 9). BROTH or SOUP (Judg. vi. 19, 20; Is. Ixv. 4). Food. BRIM'STONE. Sulphur. Found on the shore of the Dead Sea. See Geology. BROOK. See River. BROTH'ER. 1. Kinsman, brother, nephew, cou- sin. — 2. Of the same tribe. — .'}. Of the same people. — 4. An ally in war.— 5. Any friend (Job. vi. 15). c.rr2!s:S=:)t«?i«. BRICK-MAKINO IN EGYPT. BRAsS, The Hebrews did not mix copper and zinc, as we do, to make brass, but used the copper pure, or mixed tin with it, forming bronze; of which metal are nearly all of the antique coins not gold and silver. BRA VERY. In Is. iii. 18, beauty, splendor. BRAY. To make a noise like an ass (Job vi. 5, etc.) or to break in pieces (Prov, xxviii. 22). BRA'ZEN SEA. Sea, molten. BRA ZEN SERPENT. SERPENT. Brazen. BREACHES (Judg. v. 17), a rent, notch. House, Wak. BREAD (Hebrew leliem, or lecMm). First men- tioned in Gen. xviii. 6. Bread was a term for the whole meal ; as meal (ground grain) is for all that is eaten at any time. Tne best was made of wheat, ground and sifted, leavened and baked. Poorer kinds were. made of barley, rye, beans, and len- tiles. The bread was kneaded with the hands or with the feet (as shown on the monuments), in a trough, and if unleavened baked thin and quickly, as now by the Bedavdns. There were private and public ovens (Jer. xxxvii. 21; Neh. iii. 11). Hot, smooth stones are used for baking now. The ob- jectionable passage in Ez. iv. 12 is explained when we know that dried dung of all kinds, in the East where there is no wood, is used for burning. Ephraim is a cake not turned (Hosea vii. 8). The baking-pan was used (Lev. ii. 6; 2 Sam. xiii. 9), and the frying-pan. BREAST-PLATE. See ARMS. BREECHES. Under-drawers (Ex. xxviii. 42). BRETHREN. Brothers. BRIBE. Bribery of magistrates was forbidden (Ex. xxiii. 8; Dent. xvi. 19), and when Samuel's sons took bribes, and perverted justice, the people asked for a king (1 Sam. viii.). BRICK. Made of clay, clay and sand, mud with stiaw, burnt in kilns, or dried in the sun. They were sometimes colored or painted in patterns. Houses of sundried bricks had layers of reeds or straw at intervals. David made the prisoners work in brick-kilns (2 Sam. xii. 31). Bitiimen, mud, and and a very hard cement, were used to join the bricks. BRIDE and BRIDEGROOM. Marriage. BRIDGE. The only mention of a bridge is in 2 Mace. xii. 13. The Romans made the first bridges in SjTia and Palestine. —6. One in the same office (1 K. ix. 13).— 7. Fel low man (Luke xix. 17).— 8. One of a similar character (Job xxx. 29). — 9. Disciples (Matt. xxv. 40). — 10. Of the same faith (Amosi. 9; Acts ix. 30). A term meaning similarity, as "brother of dragons," in Job xxx. 29. See James for brethren of the Lord. BROWN. Colors. BRUIT. News or Rtimor (Jer. x. 22). BUBAS'TIS. Pl-BESETH. BUCK'LER. See Arms and Armour. BUFFET. To smite, to maltreat (Matt. xxvi. 67). BUILDING. Architecture. BtJK'KI {mouth of God). Fifth in the line of high priests after Aaron. Son of Abishua (1 Chr. vi. 5). Boccas in Esdras viii. 2.-2. One of Josh- ua's assistants in the allotment. Of the tribe of Dan (Nimi. xxxiv. 22). BUK-KI'AH (hasting from Jehavah). A Levite. Son of Heman. Musician in the temple (1 Chr. xxv. 4, 13). BUL (ram). Eighth month. Climate. BULL. BuLL'ocK. Cattle. BUL-RUSH. Reed. BULWORKS. Fenced City. BU'NAH. Son of Jerahmeel, of Pharez and Ju- dah (1 Chr. ii. 25). BUN'NI (Incilt). A Levite (Neh. ix. 4).— 2. A chief (x. 15). — 3. Ancestor of Shemaiah (xi. 15). BUR'IAL. The custom was to bury in tombs or graves, and there were no exceptions, not even criminals (Deut. xxi. 23). The tombs cut in the rocks of Palestine and Egypt have been found to be depositories of much valuable information on the manners and customs of antitjuity. Sepulchres for families were cut near the residence, in a gar- furl, rrde, push; c, i, o, silent; 5 ass; ;hassh;ok (1. e., the thing to be read). The word Scriptures is Latin, and nieans writings. The Bible is divided into the Old aud New Testaments (2 Cor. iii. 14'), and according to the Canon (Kaiton, Gr., ru(e, meaning The Catalof/iie of the Sncred Books), con- sisting of 39 books in the Old and 27 in the New Testament. The Roman church adds 10 other books (or parts). The Old Testament collection was completed by Ezra, having been begun by the an- cient patriarchs, continued by Moses (Deut. xxxi. 9), by Joshua (xxiv. 20), by Samuel (1 Sam. x. 25), by David, Solomon, and others; and his ar- rangeihent has been preserved up to the present time. It was divided into three classes of writings: the Law (Thorah), the Prophets (^Nebiim), and the Psalms {Chithnbim^, (Ijuke xxiv. 4). Josephus names the same divisions (c. Apion i. 8). The first canon on record is that of Laodicea in Phrygia, A. D. SGJ), which fixed the names and order and number of the books very much as we find them now. The C^ouncil of Hippo in 393, of Carthage in 419, in which Augustine (Bishop of Hippo), had great inlluence, held (A. U. 397) that the entire canon of Scrijiture is comprised in these books — Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuterono- my, Joshua, Judges, 1 small book of Ruth, * * the 4 books of the Kingdoms, and 2 of the Remains, These are the historical books : Job, Tobit, Esther, Judith, 2 books of Maccabees, and 2 books of Ezra. Next are the prophets ; 1 book of the Psalms of David, 3 of Solomon— viz.. Proverbs, Canticles, and Ecclesiastes. The 2 books Wisdom and Ecclesias- ticus are called Solomon's only because they resem- ble his writings, and they were written by Jesus, the son of Sirach, which are to be reckoned among the prophetical books. The rest are the prophets, 12 of them being reckoned together as one book ; and after these the four ])roph(>ts of large volumes — Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel and Ezekiel. The New Testament was the same as now received. BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, WRITTEN IN HEBREW. NAME. jCHAI 1. Genesis, ! 50 2. Exodus, 40 3. Leviticus, - - ■ 4. Numbers, - - 6. Deuteronomy, - - 6. Joshua, - - - - 7. Judges, - - - ■ 8. Ruth, 9. 1 Samuel, - - - 10. 2 Samuel, - - - 11. 1 Kings, - - - - 12. 2 Kings, - - - - 13. 1 Chronicles, - ■ 14. 2 Chronicles, - - 15. Ezra, - - - 16. Nehemiah, - 17. Esther, - - 18. Job, - - - 27 36 34 24 21 4 31 24 22 25 29 36 10 13 10 42 19. Psalms, 150 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 23. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. Proverbs, - - - - 31 Ecclesiastes, - - - 12 Song of Songs, - - - 8 Isaiah, 66 Jeremiah, - - - - 52 Lamentations, - - - 5 Ezekiel, 48 Daniel, Hosea, Joel, - Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, - - - 12 - - - 14 - - - 3 ... 9 ... 1 ... 4 Micah, 7 Xahum, ', 3 Habakkuk, - - - -1 3 Zephaniah, - - . . 3 Haggai, ' 2 Ze(-nariah, - - . - 14 Malachi, I 4 WRITTEN BY Unknown, Moses, Moses, - Moses, Moses, - Joshua, Several, Unknown, > Compiled by Jeremiah, } Compiled by Daniel \ and Ezra. f Daniel, Nehemiah, i Haggai, Ezra. Nehemiah, Unknown, Unknown, f Compiled by Ezra or C by Simon. Compiled by Solomon, - Unknown, Unknown, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, . . . . . Ezekiel, Daniel, --.... Hosea, -.-... Joel, - Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, I 1491 to 1450 1433 721-562 550 580 450 450 440 425? 450 300 1000 400? 900? 700 550 550 525 525 750 700 780 ? 800 725 725 650 600 600 500 420 2278 145 38 17 299 (430) 72 40 (427 ^2Q) 2969 500 79 36 REMARKS. These five are called Pentateuch, Greek for five books. Written long after the events narrated. Written by David 73 ; Asaph 12 ; Korah 11 ; Heman 1 (78th) ; Ethan (89th) ; Solomon (72d, 127th) ; Moses (90th); and others. Dr. Stanley urges that there were two prophets named Isaiah and two Zechariah. The age of prophesy is chiefly included be- tween 800 and 400, B. C. Several prophets, as Shemaiah, Ahijah, Eli- jah and Elislia, left no writings. BOOKS OF THE APOCRYPHA, OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AGE, IN THE ORDER GIVEN IN TilE AUTHORIZED VERSION. 1. 1 and 2 Esdras ; 2. Tobit ; 3. Judith ; 4. Esther ; 5. Wisdom of Solomon ; 6. Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach— Ecclesiasticus ; 7. Baruch ; 8. Song of the Three Holy Children : 9. History of Susanna; 10. Bel and the Dragon ; 11. Prayer of Manasseh ; 12. 1 and 2 Maccabees. The Book of Enoch is acceptexl by the Abyssinians. There have been also included in the Apocrypha— 3 and 4 Esdras, the P T ., -^"^^ *"^ Prophet ; 3, 4 and 5 Maccabees (now received by the Greek Church) ; the Ascension of Isaiah ; the Assumption of Moses, and others. farl, rjide, pijsh; e, f, 0, silent; ? as s; ?h as sh;-e, Addressed to individuals. Brother of James (Luke vi. 16.) In Patmos. APOCRTPAL BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTA- MENT AGE. EusEBrus, in his list of the sacred books, makes a distinction against certain ones which were doubtful or heretical, and which were: 1. The doubtful— Acts of St. Paul, Shepherd of Hernias, Apocalypse of Peter, Epistle of Barnabas, Doctrine of the Apostles, Gospel to the Hebrews. 2. The heretical — Gospels of Peter, Thomas, Matthias, and others; the acts of Andrew, John, Epistle of Clem- ent, and others. The oldest version in any lan- guage of which there is a record, is the Septuagint, written in Greek, at Alexandria, Egypt, B. C. 286-280. The oldest known copy of this version is written on thin vellum, contains the whole Bible, and is dated in the 5th century: now in the British Museum, and is called the Codex Alexandrinus. ■f K^T/eTTAHeVNeHCAMOieXIBON T n '7">^"rr' A^ T* ^^- i'~' ••r^* <^ {■ ■:\\ ': -i •: -o ::•.»: : ? ( . V .•V'^ "•. -y"-.'-. /f V. g" ^- ^••v-..\ •• U V- ^. .v •• "^b t' w ^ •^^,:/ •••:;. I J iin^, 30, 29^ feet; and a third, near Ain Zehalteh, on the Beirut-Damascus stage road, lately found. Dr. Robert Morris recently brought several camel loads of cones from these trees for distribution among Sunday-School schol- ars. The references to cedar- wood in the Scripture do not always mean the cedar of Lebanon— as, for instance, when at Sinai (Lev. xii. 6). The word EREZ means also pine, Cyprus, fir and juniper. Pwev. Henry H. Jessup, an American missionary in Syria, thinks the whole range of Lebanon, from 3000 to 7000 feet altitude, was at one time covered with cedar groves. CE'DRON. Near Jamnia and Azotus; fortified by Antiochus Sidetes.— 2. Kidron, the torrent E. of Jerusalem, which see. CEI'LAN (1 Esd. V. 15). AzETAS. CEILING. The ceilings of the principal apart- ments in Eastern houses are the parts on which the chief care is expended in adorning. The Jews bestowed much care on these parts in their houses (Jer. xxii. 14; Hag. i. 4). CEN'CHEEa;. Harbor of Corinth, on the Saron- ic Gulf, east, whence Paul sailed for Ephesus (Acts xviii. 18). There was a church here, of which Phcebe was a member (Rom. xvi. 1), and Lucius its first bishop, appointed by Paul. Tliere was a temple at the end of each mole, and a statue of Neptune on a rock between, as may be seen on an ancient coin of Corinth. CENDEBE'TJS, correctly Cendeb^'us. One of Antiochus' generals in Palestine (1 Mace. xv. 38, ff). OOAT OF SrN'AI CENSER. A small portable vessel of metal, fitted to contain burning coals (2 Chr. xxvi. 18; Luke i. 9). CENSUS. See Population. CENTU'RION. Captain of 100. Century. A Roman military officer. Cornelius, a centurion, was one of the first disciples. Several others are mentioned. CE'EAS (1 Esd. V. 29). Keros. CE'TAB (1 Esd. V. 30). CHA'BRIS. Son of Gothoniel (Judith vi. 15- viii 10; X. 6).__ ' CHA'DIAS (1 Esd. v. 20). Ammidoi. CHAFF (Is. v. 24; xxxiii. 11). The carrying away of chaff by the wind in Scripture is used as a symbol of the destruction of the wicked (Is xvii. 13). CHAIN. Chains were in use by the ancients; they were made of precious metal for ornaments, and were worn alike by men and women— of iron for other purposes. The gold chain given to Joseph (Gen. xii. 42), and the one promised to Daniel (Dan. v. 7), were the first mentioned. CHAL'CE-DO-NY. Precious Stones. CHAL'COL (1 K. iv. 31). CHALK (Is. xxvu. 9). Limestone. CHAL'D.ffiA, Chaldea, Casdim (Khaldi in Ar- menian, the moon). Babylonia— the whole, or sometimes the southern part (Dan. v. 30, ix. 1; Gen. xi. 28). Haran died in Ur of Casdim (Ezek. i. 3). The whole of Mesopotamia occupied by Chaldeans. The Chaldeans were one out of many Cushite tribes peopling Babylonia. Hence came Sabseans to afflict Job (i. 15-17). Recently discov- ered inscriptions on ancient works show that there were two languages in use: one a Semitic, for civil purposes, and another a Cushite, for learned and religious purposes (Dan. i. 4; v. 11). The Chal- deans were priests, magicians or astronomers — the depositaries of learning and science. The plains were formerly irrigated by canals led from the river, spread over the country like a network. Groves of palm-trees, pleasant gardens, fields of grain and vineyards, proved the richness of the soil, and supported a dense population. It is now a waste of drifting dust and sand, with heaps of bricks and rubbish (Is. xiv. 23; Jer. 1. 38). The chief cities were Accad, Babel, Borsippa, Calneh, Cutha, Erech, Sippara and Teredon. Herodotus mentions a vast number of cities, and the moimds over all the country prove his statements true. CHAMBERS OF IMAGERY. Used by Ezekiel (viii. 12) in denouncing the idolatrous corruptions of the kingdom of Judah, or that part which imi- tated the Egyptians in painting on the walls of a chamber pictures of idols, &c., for worship. (See WUki7ison's Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians). Everjr man has a chamber in his own mind filled with his idols — his deare^ objects of regard. CHAM BER-lNG (Rom.xiii. 13). CHAMBER-LAIN. Erastus, "the chamberlain." An officer who had charge of a king's lodgings and wardrobe (2 K. xxiii. 11). CHAME'LEON (Heb. KO-Acn, strength) . There are two lizards, each of which has been proposed as the animal meant. Lizards are very plentiful in Palestine and Egypt. 1. The chameleon is noted for its strong grasp, by which it sustains its position for a long time on twigs and branches. The nor- mal color is black or slaty, but can be changed in an instant to many other tones, as green, yellow, spotted, which changes seem to be independent of the will of the animal.— 2. The Nile Monitor is sometimes called the land crocodile, being about 6 feet in length. It eats the eggs and young of the crocodile. CHAM'OIS. A specie of wild goat found in Ara- bia (Dent. xiv. 5). CHAM-PAIGN {a plain) (Deut. xi. 30). CHA'NAAN (.Judg. v. 39, 10). CHA'NAANITE (Judg. v. 16). CHAN'CEL-LOR (Ezr. iv. 8, 9, 17). CHAN'EL-BONE (Job xxvi. 22). The bone of the arm above the elbow. *» e, ^, o, u, f, long; a, 6, 1, 5, u , y, short; c^re, far, last, fall, -what; thSre, veil, term; p'ique, firm; done, fSr, do, wolf, fo"od, foot; CHANGERS 53 CHERETHITES CHAN'GEES (Judg. ii. 15). MONEYCHANGERS. CHANGEBS OF MONEY. A class who made a business, in accomiuodatiug the temple worshipers at the annual feasts of the Jews, by exchanging the money of those who came from foreign coun- tries for the half-shekel which was the lawful trib- ute to the treasury. They probably crept gradu- ally nearer the temple until they occupied the cor- ners and passages of the sacred courts. From these Jesus drove them, because no trading was lawful there, and certainly not dishonest, sharp practices, which had made God's house a "deu of thieves. ' ' CHAN-NU-NE'US. Merabi (1 Esd. viii. 48). CHA NOCH. Enoch (Gen. iv. 17). CHAP EL (a holy place, sanctuary) . Idol's temple (1 Mace. i. 47). Betliel was crowded with altars (Amos iii. 14). CHAP ITEK. The upper part of a pillar (Ex. xxxviii. 17). CHAP MEN. Traders (2 Chr. ix. 14). Foot-peddlers, CHAKAATH'ALAR (1 Esd. V. 36). CHAR'A-CA A place E. of Jordan (2 Mace. xii. 17). Lost. CHAR A-SHIM, THE VALLEY OF. A place settled by Joab 2 (1 Chr. iv. 14), and reinhabited by Benjamites after the cap- tivity (Xeh. XI. 35). CHAR'CHAMIS (1 Esd. 1. 25). Carche- MISH. CHAR'CHEMIS (2 Chr. xxxv. 20), CHAR'CUS (1 Esd. v. 32). BARKOa CHARE-A, IlARSHA (1 Esd. V. 32). CHARGER. (Heb. agartal). Basin in Ezra i. 9, that is, a tank for catching the blood from the victims on the altar. — 2. kearah, deep dishes (Num. vii. 13). — 3. Pinax, a tray, or server, of wood inlaid, or of metal (such as is now used for the common table), (Matt. xiv. 8). CHARIOT. Heb. merkabah, and rekeb, and agaloth for war-chariots, or wagons or carts. The Egyptian monuments present paintings of several kinds of chariots, all of two wheels only, differing chiefly in the ornaments. The king's was different only in being more richly ornamented, and as having the king alone— as a sign that to him belonged the en- tire glory of the victory. In the AssvTian sculp- tures are some 4- wheeled carriages. Three persons usually ride in them — the king, his umbrella-bearer, and the charioteer. The Persian chariots were heavier than those of Egypt or Assyria. CHARITY. Greek agape, which is properly love (1 Cor. viii. 1, 13; Luke xi. 42; Kom. v. 6, 8.) Agape. CHAR 'MIS. Son of Melchiel; one of the three rulers of Bethulia (Judg. vi. 15). CHAR RAN. Haran (Acts vii. 2, 4). CHASTE-BA (1 Esd. v. 31). CHA VAH (Gen. iii. 20). Eve. CHS, '&&Si {great river). Chaldea(Ez. i.3). Some of the Jews were located here during the captivity (Ez. i. 1, 3, iii. 15; 2 K. xxiv. 15). IIabor. This was the largest artificial canal of Babylonia, and was cut by the Jewish captives. CHE'DORLA'OMEB (Gen. 14). King of Elam, perhaps a part of Persia and Media. His maraud- mg excursion, aided by four other kings, was brought to an abrupt and disastrous end by Abra- harri; CHEESE. There is no Hebrew word for cheese. The three words translated cheese are: 1. gebinah, curdled milk (Job x. 10) ; 2. charitse hechalab, slices of curds (1 Sam. x\ii. 18); 3. sh'photh bakar, curd rubbed fine — of kine (2 Sam. xvii. 29). Cheese now in use in the East is in small round cakes (4 inches), white, very salt, and hard. The Bedawins coagulate buttermilk, dry it, and grind to powder. CHEL'LAL. Son of Pahath-moab (Ezr. x. 30). CHELCI AS. 1. Of Baruch (Bar. i. 1).— 2. Iligh- priest (Bar. i. 7)— 3. Father of Susanna (Sus. ii. 29, 03) . CHEL'LIANS (Judg. ii. 23). Chellus. CHEL'LUH (^tstrong). Son of Bani (Ezr. x. 35). CHEL'LUS. Place west of Jordan (Jud. i. 9). CHE'LOD (corrupted text in Jud. i. 6). CHE'LUB {basket). 1. Father of Mehir, of Judah (1 Chr. iv. 11).— 2. Father of Ezri, David's officer (xxvii. 26). CHE-LXJ'BAI. Caleb, son of Hezron (1 Chr. ii. 9). CiSEHL' HBXili. (idol-priests) . An ascetic; one who goes about dressed m black (Zeph. i. 4). Idola- trous priests in 2 K. xxiii. 6. Priests of false wor- ship (llos. X. 5). CHE'MOSH {subduer). The national god of the Moabites (1 K. xi. 7; Jer. xlviii. 7), who were called the people of Chemosh (Num. xxi. 29). Also of the Ammonites, though Moloch was afterwards their god (Jer. xlix). Moloch and Chemosli may mean the same god, who might have been also called Baal Peor. Traces of the same worship are found at Babylon, Tyre, and it was introduced among the Hebrews by Solomon, who built a high place on the Mt. of Offense, so named for that act. The Arabs worshiped a black stone as his emblem — as a black stone in the Kaaba at Mecca is an em- blem now worshiped by all Mohammedans. This idol represented some of the planets: perhaps Sat- urn. CHE'NA-AN (Gen. ix. 18). Canaan. CHE-NA'ANAH. Son of Bilhan, a Benjamite (1 Clir. vii. 10).— 2. Father of Zedekiah (1 K. xxii. 11, 24). CHENA'NI. A Levite (Neh. ix. 4). CHENANI'AH. Chief of the Levites (1 Chr. xv. 22, 27). CHE'PHAR-HAAMMO'NAI (village of the Am,- mmiites); a city of Benjamin (Josh, xviii. 24). CHEPH 'IRAH ( the village) . Benjamin (Josh. ix. 17). East of Yalo, two miles. Kefir (Rob., iii. 146). The Gibeonites of this place (and also Kir- jath Jearim and Beeroth) played the trick on Joshua mentioned in Josh. ix. 3, which led him to make a treaty with them. CHE 'RAN. Son of Dishon (Gen. xxxvi. 26). CHE'REAS. Brothers of Timotheus; governor of Gazara where he was slain by the Jews (2 Mace. X. 32, 37). CHER'ETHIM. Cher'ethims; pi. of Cheretiiites (Ez. xxv. Ki). CHERETHI'TES and PELETHITES. Body-guard fftrl,r]}de, posh; e,<,o, silent; ^ ass; ;h ae sh; «,«& u k; giV8J;gasiiifet; s&sz; zasgz; q as in ligger, Ugk; tbasia thino. CHERITH 54 CHILION of David. No other king had one, that is recorded, but they liad runners. Their captain was Beuaiali the son of Jehoiadah (2 Sam. viii. 18). Under Solomon, Benaiah was made general instead of were rouvd about the throne. They are especially called lioing creatures (Ezekiel and John), and so full of eyes, the peculiar sign of life. The cheru- bim were designed as symbols of faith and hope to ENTRANCE OP PALACE AT KONYUNJIK. Joab. The names are of Philistine origin, and the men may have been partly of Philistine and partly of Hebrew (refugee) origin, attached to Da- vid in his adversity, and rewarded by him in his prosperity. CHE'RITH. The brook Cherith, in a valley now called Kelt, running by Jericho to the Jordan (1 K. xvii. 3, 5; Jos. Ant. viii. 13, § 2). Some have supposed that it must be looked for on the east of Jordan. CHER'TJB {mystic figure on tJie arJc). Cherubim, plural. A keeper, warder or guard of the Deity. Josephus said no one in his day could even conjec- ture the shape of the cherubim that Solomon made for the Holv of Holies (Ant. viii. 3, 3). They were of wood, gilded, and 15 feet high (1 K. vi. 23). Ezekiel describes them as having each four faces and four wings; but he gives only two faces (or it may be but one) to those in the temple on the wails. The cherubim of Rev. iv. 7, 8, are living creatures, with one body, four faces full of eyes, and six wings. The fourfold combination was of man, lion, ox, and eagle. Monstrous combinations of this kind are figured and sculptiired both in Assyria and Egypt. These coml>ined forms are symbolical of united powers; the lion of strength, royal majesty; the ox of patient industry; wings of svviftness, quickness, and the human head the in- telligence to guide all these for one purpose; and thus showing that the divine government is sus- tained by intplligence, power, patience, and speed. They were servants of God, and they were minis- ters'of vengeance (Ez. x. 7; Rev. xv. 7), and at- tendants of the heavenly king, praising and extoll- ing the wonders of his grace (Rev. v. 11), and thus always nearest to God, "in the midst of the throne" (Rev. iv. 4-6), while others as angels and elders. man, pointing to the possibility of man attaining to the highest and holiest places. (See Egypt for picture of the Sphinx, and Nineveh for winged figures) . CHE'SALON {flanl-). Judah (Josh. xv. 10). Now Kesla, 7 ms. W. of Jerusalem. CHE'SED {increase). Son of Nahor (Gen. XX. 22). CHE'SIL. Simeon (Josh. xv. 30). Near the desert, S. CHEST (Heb. aron and genazim). Meaning Ark of the Covenant, Joseph's coffin, and the con- tribution box in the temple. Treasuries in Esther iii. 9. CHESTNUT TREE. In the A. V. (Gen. xxx. 37; Ez. xxxi. 8) the translation of the Heb. aeon, the plane tree. In Ecclus xxiv. 14, wisdom is a plan(^ tree by the ■water. CHESUL'LOTH {loins). Issa. Between Jezreel and Shunem (Josh. xix. 18). Iksal? Chisloth Tabor? CHET'TIM. Chittim (1 Mace. i. 1). CHE'ZIB {false). Birthplace of Shelah (Gen. xxxviii. 5). AINKUSSABEH. A fountain and ruins 10 ms^ S. W. of Beit Jibrin. CHI'DOIT {javelin). Near Kirjath Jearim (1 Chr. xiii. 9; 2 Sam. vi.). An accident happened here to the ark while on its way to Jerusalem. CHICKENS (2 Esd. i. 30; Matt, xxiii. 37). Hen. CHILD. Children. Were regarded as God's gifts. Parents were bound to teach them their own faith and fit them to occupy the place of true mem- bers of the covenant (Gen. xviii. 19; Dent. vi. 7; xi. 19), and required of children a kind of sacred revei'ence, sanctioned in the Decalogue; the parent standing to his children as God does to the parent. At five the child was placed under the father's special care, and at twelve the son was called the son of the law. Very severe laws regulated the conduct of the child and punished misconduct (Lev. xix. 3 ; Ex. xxi. 15, 17 ; Dent, xxvii. 16), in the father as well as the son (Dent. xxi. 21). Property descended to the sons in equal shares, the oldest having a double portion, no wills being necessary. The child might be sold for a debt of the parent (2 K. iv. 1; is. i. 1; Neh. v. 5), until the year of jubilee. The word child also means a person noted for certain qualities, as "children of the world" — selfish; "children of light" having religion; "child of song," a good singer. CHIL'ION {sickly). Son of Elimelech. An Ephrathite (Ruth i. 2-5, iv. 9). a, e, 1, 6, u, 7, long; S, 6,i,o,u,y,short; ckre, far, last, fall, ■what; there, veil, tSrm; p'lqne, f Trin; done, for, do, wolf, fo"od, fo'ot; CHILMAD 55 CHRONOLOGY CHIL'MAD. On the Euphrates; mentioned by Xi'uophon (Anab. i. 5, 10). Had traffic with Tyre (Ez. xxvii. '2:i). CHIM'HAM (lonffiiiff). Son of Barzillai— re- turntul with David (2 Sam. xix. 37, 38, 40; Jer. xli. 17). See Bethlehem. CHIN'NERETH. Naph. Fortified city (Josh, xix. 3.")). Lost. It is a question which was named first, the lake or the city. Gennesar is a proper change of the same name. (See Gennebaketh). CHI OS. Island in the ^Egeau Sea, 5 ms. from the shore of Asia Minor, 32 ms. long, 8 to 18 ms. wide (Acts xx. xxi.). CHIS ION {confidmce—Twpe). Father of Elidad, the prince of Benjamin (Num. xxxiv. 21). CHIS LOTH-TA'BOR (loiiis— flanks) . West end of Mt. 'rabor (Josli. xix. 12). Iksal? CHIT TIM, KITTIM (^maritime). Josephus says it was Cyprus. ^Mentioned many times (Gen. x. 4; 1 Chr. i. 7; Num. xxiv. 24). Fleets from Tyre sailed there (Is. xxiii. 1, 12; Jer. ii. 10). Cedar or box- wood was got there (Ez. xxvii. 6). Some sup- fose the name means all the islands settled by the hoenicians, as Crete, the Cyclades, &c. CHLO'E {wrdant— short) . A disciple mentioned by Paul (1 Cor. i. 11). CHO'BA. Ephraim (Judg. iv. 4). Cho'bai (xv. 4,5). llobah? CHORA 'SHAN {smoking fiirnnce). Visited or haunted by David (1 Sam. xxx. 30). May be the AsHAN of Simeon, S. of Hebron (Josh. xv. 42). CHOBA'ZIN. One of the cities in which the miglity works of our Lord were done (Matt. xi. 21; Liike x. 13), 2 ms. from Capernaum. Supposed to be Kerazeh, a small Arab village 3 ms. in- land from Tell Hum. The woes pronounced upon this city have come to pass. Its site even is doubt- fid. CHOZE'BA Chezib. Achzib (1 Chr. iv. 22). CHRIST. Title of Jesus as tlie Messiah. See Jesis. CHRISTIAN. Followers of the highest and best known divine laws as tauglit by Je.sus Christ. The name Christian was given to the disciples of Jesus at Antioeh by the Greeks in derision, in the reign of Claudius. They were before that called Nazarenes and Galileans. COIN UF V\ Illi:r CHRONOLOGY. The chronology of the Bible is that of the Jews and their ancestoi's, from the earliest records to the end of the writing of the New Testament. Since the Bible is not a complete history of the whole time it represents, nor of the whole world, it must not be exiieetcd to have a con- tinuous chronology. Designed alterations by bad men and careles.s copying have changed many points, and have made it necessary to exercise the greatest care in determining and correcting tlie errors. The Jews were not a mathematical pe()])le, or scientific in any respect, and computed the year by observation only. The Egyptians and Chaldees were far in advance of the Hebrews in science, and attained to a high standard of mathematical knowl- edge and chronological computation. The obser- vation of the moon was the basis of the year's reckoning. Messengers were stationed on the heights around Jerusalem, on the 30th day of the month, to announce the appearance of the new moon, who reported to the Sanhedrin. This cus- tom, among the Jews, was older than Moses, as appears in the reguh^tion of it in Num. xxviii. 11. The year was made of twelve moons; and every fourth or fifth year a month was added at the end of the year, after the month Adar, called Veadar, Second Adar. The sacred year began with the month Nisan, in which Moses brought Israel out of Egypt (Ex. xii. 2; Esth. iii. 7). The civil year began as now, with tlie month Tisliri, which was supposed to be the month of the creation. Chakt of Mokths, Feasts, etc. Modem. i^-- : -- June, - - - July, - - - August, - - Sacred No. - - 1, - - - - 2 - - - - s, - - - - 4, - - - - 5, - -• Months. - Nisan or Abib, - lyar-Zif, - - - - Sivan, - - - - - Tammuz, - - - Ab, - - - - Civil No. - 7, - - - - 8, - - - - 9, - - - - 10, - - - - 11, - - - September, - - - 6, - - - Elul, - - - - - 12, - - - October, - - - . 7, - - - Tishri, - - - - 1, - - - November, - December, - : : 8, 9, - - - Marchesvan, - - Chislev, - - - 2 - - - - 3, - - - January, - - 10, - - - Tebeth, - - - - 4, - - - February, - March, - - . 11, 12, . - Shebet, - - - - Adar, - - - - - 5, - - - - 6, - - - Festivals. Passover, 15. 2d Passover, 14. Pentecost, 6. 4th mo., 17. Temple taken by Chaldees, 9. Nehemiah dedicated the walls, 7. Wood-offerings, 21. Trumpets, 1. Atonement, 10. Tabernacles, 15. Fast, 19. Dedication, 25. Feast of 10th mo., 8. Siege of Jerusalem, 10. Beginning of year of trees, 16. 2d Temple, 3; Purim, 14, 15. The year was also dated from the king's reign, as in Esther, Chronicles, Kings, etc. ; from the build- ing of King Solomon's temple; and ffom the be- ginning of the Babylonish captivity. The week was of seven days, ending with the Sabbath. The Egyptians and Greeks divided the month into periods of ten days, called decades. The day was divided into nighl and day: thus, in Gen. i. 5, "the evening and the morning were the first day." The evening began at sunsex, the morning at sunrise. There were four divisions of the day in common use — evening, morning, double light (noon), and half night (midnight). The night was divided into watches, the first and the second. A middle watch is mentioned once in Judg. vii. 19; and the morning watch in Ex. xiv. 24, and 1 Sam. xi. 11. Four night-watches were adopted from the Romans in later times (Mark viii. 35). The day and the night were divided into 12 hours each (Dan. iv. 19, 33). The Egyptians divided the day and night into hours from about 1200 B. C. The division into 24 hoiu-s was unknown before the fourth century B. C. The most common usage was to divide the day by the position of the sun, as the Arabs do now. The length of the day was longer in sum- mer than in winter, and the hour longer in propor- furl, rude, push; e, 2,0, silent; f ass; 9haRsh;'e,«l)iask; gas j; gas in get; saaz; xasgz; n asiu linger, link; thasiu tUue. CHKONOLOGY 56 CHRONOLOGY tion. There were many contrivances for measur- ing time, such as dials, gnomons and clepsydrse, wnicli liad long been known by other nations. The day was divided into four parts only for the Temple service (Acts ii. 15; iii. 1; x. 9). The Sab- bath (a day of rest), at the end of the week, "was kept up by the patriarchs, and continued by the law of Moses,' as a memorial of the deUverance from Egypt (Deut. v.), and was a day of joy and rejoicing. The morning and evening sacrfice in the Temple were doubled, the sliew-bread changed for fresh, the law was publicly read and ex- pounded; and this custom, simple at first, finally developed into the grand ceremonials of the Syna- gogue, especially under Ezra, after the retmii n'om Babylon. The resui-rection of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, occurred on the first day of the week (John XX.), and several of his appearances to his friends and disciples happening on that day also, the day of Pentecost in that year fell on that day, when the miraculous gift of tongues prepared the apostles for their peculiar work among all nations; therefore it was adopted as the day for stated meetings of the believers, and called the Lord's day. The seventh day, the seventh month, the seventh year, and the Year of Jubilee (the 49th or 50th), were sacred, and had their festivals and privileges. The seventh month contained the Feast op Trumpets, the Day of Atonement and the Feast op Tabernacles (which was the most joyful of all the Hebrew festivals), and the opening of the New Year. On the seventh year the land was to rest (Ex. xxiii. 10), in whicli no field was to be tilled nor vineyard dressed, nor even grain gathered that had sowed itself, nor grapes plucked. All debts were released. The Sabbatical year completed the Sabbatical scale. It began on the seventh month, and was marked by high and lioly occupation, connected with sacred reflection, and was completed m the Year op Ju- bilee. It is quite certain that the year of jubi- lee was the 49th. It was to begin on the tenth day of the seventh month, at the sound of a horn (trumpet) all through the land (Lev. xxv). The laws respecting this year were: 1. Rest for the soil; 2. Restoration of land to its original owner; 3. Freedom to all slaves, whether by pov- erty or other causes. A notable instance of the release from debt is recorded in Nehemiah v., after the captivity, when the people were rebuilding the walls. There were several eras used in reckoning, by vsTiters, and as national customs. 1. The Ex- odus (1 K. vi. 1; Num. xxxiii. 38), counting from the first starting out of Egypt. — 2. The foundation of King Solomon's Temple. — 3. The captivity of Jehoiachin (Ezek. i. 2; xxix. 1; 2 K. xxv. 27; Jer. Iii. 31). — 4. The return from the captivity of Baby- lon (Ez. iii. 1, 8). — 5. The era of the Seleucidse. — 6. The year of liberatjpn under Simon ISIaccabseus, marked by coins (1 Mace. xiii. 41). And the years of the rei^n of each king in his own time, reckoned from the heginning of the new year next after his accession. The original recoi'ds are so few, and so indefinite, that it is difficult to fix on the precise date of any event, either in the Old or tlie New Testament. The Bible does not give a connected chronology from Adam down, nor from Noali, nor even from Abraham; nor is there any apparent purpose or system of dates that we can find. At one time it was expected that a better acquaintance with the originals would disclose a perfect system of chronology, giving periods, years, months, and even days; but such close study has unexpectedly shown us that the Bible treats "of men and charac- ter, and God's dealing with man, and of certain distinct and separate periods of time only as were occupied in the passing events recorded. The people of the East, and the Aralis of the desert in particular, have never been mathematical, found- ing their chronology on astronomy; but have from the first regulated their calendar by observation only. Since they did not have the exact machinery of our modern clocks for determining the precise times of the sun's, moon's or stars' rising and set- ting, eclipses, &c. (which are the foundation of our most exact calculations), they never could have had more than a moderate degree of accuracy in their observations. The new moon would be expected on a certain day, and the precise moment of its appearance woiUd depend on the place of observation, on a hill or in a valley, and the care- ful watch and good eyesight of the sentinel. The true figiu-es of the original Hebrew chronology are very oljscure in many instances, because there are three different versions — the Hebrew, the Samari- tan and the Septuagint — each of which gives a dif- ferent series of figures for the ages of the patri- archs, as shown in the following Table of the Ages op the Patriarchs. Age of each when 1 Whole life of the next was born j each. Date B. C. Name. Heb. Sam. Sept. He. Sa. Sep 4004 Adam . . . 130 130 230 930 930 930 1 3874 Seth .... 105 105 205 912 912 912 3769 Enos . . . 90 90 i 190 905 905 905 3679 Cainan . . 70 701 170 910 910 910 3609 Mahalaleel 65 651 165 895 895 895 3544 Jared . . . 162 62 i 162 962,962 847 3382 Enoch . . . 65 651 165 365 365 365 3317 Methuselah 187 67 187 969 720 969 3130 Lamech . . 182 531 188 777 653 753 2948 Noah . . . 602 502 502 950 950 950 2446 Shem . . . 100 100 100 600 600 600 2348 Flood . . 1656 1307 2262 2346 Arphaxad Cainan . . 35 135 135 438 130 438 535 460 2311 Salah . . . 30 130 130 433 433 460 2281 J5ber. . . . 34 134 134 464 404 404 2247 Peleg . . . 30 130 130 239 239 339 2217 Reu .... 32 132 132 239 239 339 2185 Serug . . . 30 130 130 230 230 330 2155 Nahor . . . 29 79 79 148 148 208 2126 Terah . . . 130 70 70 205 145 205 1996 Abraham . 100 1896 Isaac . . . 60 1836 Jacob . . . 91 1726 Joseph . . 1. Here is a continuous chronology from Adam to Joseph, subject to only three questions : 1. Are the numbers given in either version of the text gen- uine? If so, which is correct? 2. What was Te- rah's age at the birth of Abraham? 3. When did the 430 years (of the period from the Promise to the Exodus) begin? A synopsis of the debates on these points may be found in Smith and Ivitto. The accuracy of the original Hebrew is not doubted; but the alterations cannot be pointed out, so as to harmonize the three records in the Hebrew, the Septuagint, and the Samaritan. The Hebrew text, as interpreted by Ussher, is adopted here for con- venience. 2. From tlie caU of Abraham to the Exodus, 430 years ; estimated as follows ; Abraham to Jacob . 85| Abraham to Isaac. . 25 Levi's age 137 -Isaac to Jacob .... 60 Kohath's age .... 133 Joseph entered Egypt 130 Amram's age .... 137 Joseph lived after . 71 Moses at Exodus . . 80 Oppression after Jo- I seph. 572|Moses at Exodus . . 80 B.C. 1921—430=1491. 866 i e 1 6 II y lung; a e, i, 5, u,v, short; ciire,fSr,!aKt.,fal], what; there, veil, term; pique, firm; d6ne,f6r, dp, wolf, fooJ, fo'bt; CHRONOLOGY 57 CHKONOLOGT From tho number 572 we may take the average years of each before the birth of the next, making a sum of 142, and tliis will leave 430. To the 366 we may add the years of oppression (Ex. i. 8-22) after Joseph died, say 04, and this gives the num- ber required. Joshua's ancestry, Irom Ephraim, is given in 1 Chr. vii. 23-27; and if their ages were equal to their brethren of the other tribes men- tioned, 430 years is not tt)o long a period. The specimen of ancient Egyptian papyrus pre- served in the Bibliotheque at I'aris, and published \\\ fitc-iiimile (pi. V. in the Astor Library), gives iuiiependent and disinterest^'d evidence on the question of the long hfe of Jacob and others of this age. At the close of the essay (on morals) the writer says: " 1 have become an eider on the earth; 1 have traversed 110 years of life by the gift of the king and the approval of the elders, fuTfil- ing my duty toward the king in the place of favor." The inscriptions at Memphis corroborate this ac- count, and show that tlie writer Fiah-hotp, was eldest son of Axaa, 5th king of the 16th dynasty (B. (J. 1900-1800), whose father's age must liave been at least 130. Manetho also verifies the same point. The increase of the Jews in Egypt was from seventy families to about three millions. From Exodus to the Foundation of King Solo- mon's Temple, 480 years (1 K. vi. 1). Ussher. Exodus to Joshua, Joshua and Elders, > First Servitude, \ Arp^onoHmian Othniel, 1st Judge.. \ ^^ie3opo-.amian, Second Servitude, \ AT„„K:4.a Ehud and Shamgar, S ^^^*^^""*^> " " Third Servitude, Canaanite, - I)ei)orah and Barak, S '^*"'**"^'"^» r?rnn ^'''"■^^^^^'jMidianite, - - Uideon, ) ' Abimelech, -- Tola, ) Jair, S Fifth Servitude, \ a mmon - - - Jephthah, ^Ammon, Ibzan, i Elon, r- •■ Abdon, ) Sixth Servitude, i Samson, >Philistia, - - - Interim, ) Eli, Seventh Servitude, i Samuel and Saul, 18, > Anarchy, - - Said, 22, ) David, - Solomon, Solomon's Temple (foundation B. C), Destruction, K ft urn from captivity, Under Zerubbabel, " Ezra, " Nehemiah, 40 6.4n 40 80 40 40 9.2r 48 6 25 40 40 40 3 478>^ 424 145 B.C. Poole. 1491 1451 1438 1398 1323 1265 1245 1232 1210 1188 1182 1175 1165 1157 1095 1014 1012 688 636 535 458 445 40 13 32 430 ^ 40 40 40 3 Josephus. 638 40 25 18 40 81 20 40 7 40 3 22 22 18 6 7 10 40 20 40 12 18 2 40 3 592 Crosby. Miner. 40 37 390 1 Sa. vii. Samson, Samuel, and Eli, cotempo raries. 40 32 40 3 40 17 Book of Judges. 317 Book of 1 Sam. 72 2Sjim. 40 580 1008 749 1012 Hales. 40 1048 26 1008 27 • 1553 8 1526 40 1518 18 1478 80 1460 20 1426 40 1406 7 1368 40 1359 3 1319 23 1316 22 1293 18 1271 6 1253 7 1247 10 1240 8 1230 40 1222 Ell XXX. Sam. X. 1182 20 1152 Samuel. 1142 12 1122 40 1110 40 1070 3 1030 621 1027 B. C. 445. 425. 414. 404. 383. 368. 366. 360. Walls of Jerusalem rebuilt by Nehemiah. Herodotus reads his history at Athens. The age of Phidias (sculptor), Euripides (poet) Pericles in Greece. Military tri- bunes in Rome. Xerxes II, king of Persia (Darius II, 424). Thucydides (historian. His book ends B. C. 410, and Xenophon's begins). AmjTtseus, king of Egypt, revolts from Per- sia. The Athenians being alarmed by an eclipse, are defeated before Syracuse, Sicily. — 413. Archelaus, king of Jlacedon. The 400 rule in Athens. Artaxerxes II, king of Persia.— 401. Xeno- plion and the 10,000 retreat. Socrates dies. Mithridntes, king of Pontus. Bithynia made a king.lom. Plato (phUosopherj. Aristseus (mathematician). A celeMiid (jlobe brought from Eg^^t to (Treece. Jeshua slain bv Johanan in the'temple of Je- rusalem.— 361. Darius Ochus king of Persia. Cappadocia made a kingdom. Tachos, king of Egypt. Philip II, king of Macedon. De- mostnenes. 356. Temple of Diana burnt at Ephesus. Alexan- der born. 349. Darius Ochus takes Egypt and robs the tem- ples. Aristotle (tutor to Alexander, 343). — 345. 12 cities in Italy buried by an earth- quake. — 336. Eclipses first calculated by (Jalippus of Athens. 330. Alexander conquers Persia. He enters Jeru- salem. Seeing the high priest, Jaddua, in his sacred robes, he respects him, and offers sacrifice to Jehovah. — 323. Alexander died at Babylon. 100,000 Jews carried into EgjT>t by Ptolemy. Onias I, high priest. — 312. Seleucus Nica- tor, king of Syria. 311. Judfea subject to Antigonus. Appian Way made. 301. Judfea underthe Ptolemies. Euclid, mathema- tician in Alexandria. Chinese wall built. 284. Colossus of Rhodes. Sect of Saducees. The Pharos (first light-house) at Alexandria. furl, rude, push; e, 2,0, silent; ?ass; <;h a« sh;-e,-eh ask; g as j; g as in get; s as z; xasgz; g a» in linger, link; tt as in tklne. CHRONOLOGY 58 CIECUMCISION D. 25 30, 37 41 See First Apos- 267. Ptolemy makes a canal from the Nile to the Ked Sea. Silver money coined. Parthia. 248. Onias II, high priest.— 246. Ptolemy Euer- getes conquers Syria. — 237. Simon II, high priest. 241. Attains 1, king of Pergamus. Archimedes, mathematician. 203. Judsea conquered by Antiochus. Onias III, high priest.— 200. Jesus, son of Sirach (Ec- clesiasticus). First mention of the Sanhe- drin (70 rulers). 187. .Syria a Eoman province. — 175. Jason, high priest. The temple plundered by Anti- ochus Epiphanes, and dedicated to Jupiter Olympus (168). See head on page 11. 165. Judas Maccabffius expels the Syrians and pu- rifies the temple. Else of the Pharisees. 161, First treaty with the Eomans.— 146. Car- thage destroyed. 135. End ot the Apocrypha. Antiochus IV, (Si- detes) besieged Jerusalem. 130. John Hyrcanus delivers Judsea from the Sy- rians, and reduces Samaria and Idumgea. 107. Aristobulus, king of Judsea. — 116. Ptolemy Lathyrus, king of Egypt. — ^107. Alexander I, king of Egypt. 105. Alexander Jannceus at war with Egypt. Li- braries of Athens sent to Eome by Sylla (86). 92. Tigranes, king of Armenia. See portrait in Coins. 79. Alexandra, widow of Jannseus, governs Ju- dfea. Pompey in Africa. Julius Cfesar. 70. Hyrcanns II, high priest, deposed by his bro- ther Aristobulus. They appeal to Pompey, who conquers Judsea and Syria, and makes them Eoman provinces. — 63. Antiochus XII, the last of the race of the Seleucidse. 63. The temple plundered by Crassus (proconsul of Syria). Augustus born. — 31. Caesar passes the Eubicon. 48. Antipater of Idumsea. Calphurnius Bibulus, governor of Syria. Battle of PharsaUa. 46. Caesar reformed the calendar, using solar years instead of lunar. Gives the Jews privileges. 44. Csesar assassinated. — 42. Battle of Philippi. 40. Herod the Great marries Mariamne, grand- daugliter of Hyrcanus, and is made king by the Eomans (at Eome, with Pagan sac- rifices). — 30. Mariamne, and all the San- hedrin but PoUio and Sameas, kUled by Herod. 37. Romans assist Herod by taking Jerusalem. An- tigonus, last Asmonean, killed at Antioch. 30. The Eoman Eepublic becomes a monarchy. Antony and Cleopatra in Egypt. 27. Battle of Actium. The title of Augustus ( Veth- erable) created and given to Csesar Octavius. 20. Augustus (nephew of Julius Csesar) visited Judsea and enlarged Herod's kingdom, by Paneas, where Herod built a temple in honor of Augustus (Csesarea Philippi), or- dering heathen games to be celebrated every fifth year. Herod built a temple at Sama- ria and called the city Sebaste ( VeneraUe:). He began to rebuild the temple, which was finished in the reign of Herod Agrippa II, A. D. 65. 15. Augustus (Germanicus) assumes the title of Pontifex Maximus (Pope). — 11. Germany conquered by the Eomans. 6. Vamis, gov. of Syria; C\TeniuR (Qnirinius) of Judsea. Cymbeline, king of Britain. Dio- nysius of Halicarnassus, historian. Herod robs the tomb of David. 4. Jesus the Christ born in Bethlehem. Flight into Egypt. Herod dies: his son Archelaus succeeds as Ethnarch . Herod Antipas te- trarch of Gahlee. (For events in the life of Jesus and of Paul, see Biography). a, 8, 1, 6, fi, f, long; S, S, 1, 5, ft, y, short; ca,re, far, last, fall, what; thSre, Teil, term; pique, firm; done, for, do, wolf, food, fo"ot; Tiberius, emperor.— 19. Jews banished from Eome. Herod builds the city of Tiberias. Pontius Pilate, gov. of Judaea.— 26. John the Baptist's ministry begins. Thrace becomes a Eoman province.— 27. Jesus baptized. Crucifixion Friday, April 7th (Nisan 16th), Philo, a Jew of Alexandria. Seneca. Apion of Alexandria (grammarian). Josephus. Caligula emperor. — 40. Christians at Antioch, Syria. Herod's persecution. — 62. Council of ties at Jerusalem. 48. Population of Eome, 1,200,000. CHRYSOLITE, CHRYS'OPRASE, CHRYSO'PRA- SUS. See Precious Stones. CHUB. A country or people associated v/ith Egypt. Lud, Phut and others in Ez. xxx. 6. CHTJN {to standup). A city of Hadadezer (1 Chr. xviii. 8), Berothai in 2 Sam. viu. 8. CHURCH {called). The Lord's faithful people. The Lord's house, where his people gather. A church is any number of souls, called and united in one vow, in one place, for divine worship, where the pvu'e word is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, and godly living, after his law, as given by the head of tlie church, the Lord Jesus Christ. The church in Galatia means all the socie- ties or churches in that country. CHU'SHAN or CUSHAN-RISHATHAIM {Ethio- pian of wickedness). King of Mesopotamia, who oppressed the Israehtes 8 years. Probably a sheikh, not a king. CHU'SI (Judg. vii. 18). A place near Ekrebel. CHUZA {seer). Steward of Herod Antipas (Luke viii. 3). CIUC'IA {Gilix, son ofAgenor). (Herodotus vii. 91). Asia Minor, southeast on the sea. Separated from Pamphylia, W., Lycaonia and Cappadocia, N., and Syria E., by lofty mountains. Chief rivers are Calycadnus, Cydnus, and Sarus. Fertile and populous. Tarsus was its capital. Josephus sui>- posed it was the Tarshish of Gen. x. 4 (Ant. i. 6, § 1.) Native land of Paul the Apostle. The high road between Syria and the West. The Eoman general Pompey destroyed the pirates and robbers of CiUcia, CASTOR AND POLLUX. CI'MAH {cluster), (Job. ix. 9). CIN'NAMON. A native of Ceylon and other islands of the Indian Ocean. It was one of the principal spices in the precious ointment used in the Tabernacle, and highly valued for its perfume (Ex. xxx. 23; Prov. vh. 17). CIN'NEROTH. Naphtali (1 K. xv. 20). ChiN- NEROTH. CIRA'MA (1 Esd. v. 20). Eamah in Ezr. ii. 26. CIRCUMCIS'ION {cutting armmd). The cutting off of the foreskin of man, first ])ractised by Abra- ham by divine command, as a token of a covenant between God and man. It was a very ancient cus- tom founded on (supposed) sanitary laws, by the Egyptians and Ethiopians, and the practise is widespread in modern days ; the Abyssinian Chris- tians holding to the rite' strictly. The Egyptian priests were required to observe this rite, and it was only strictly binding on those who entered the CIS 59 CLEAN priesthood. So it became the badge of a religion that made undue account of outward distinctions, and merely natural virtues. The Hebrews were to practice it because they were to be a natioii of priests (Ex. xix. G), and it was to signify spiritual purity, being so considered by the leading men, nuplying a call to a holy life and purity of heart. The time was the 8th day after birth; among other people at full age — 20 years. For- eigners on adoption into the Ilebrcw nation were recjuired to submit to it. €IS. KiSH (Acts xiii. 21). €ISAI (Esth. xi. 2). KiSH. CIS TEKN. A dug place, for the water of a spring, or from rain. Some were built up of stone and cement, and the best were cut in the solid rock. The largest are called pools, such as Solo- mon's, the Royal Cistern, Bethesda, etc. (See Jer- usalem. ) A wheel is used to pan the rope over for drawing up the water, alluded to in Eccl. xii. 6. Keeping to one's own sources of pleasure, and not meddling with the property of others, is taught in the Proverbs (v. 15), by the figure of the cistern. Idolatry is compared to'broken cisterns ( Jer. ii. 3) . CITTIMS. Chittim (1 Mace. viii. 6) . CITIZEIf. Among Romans, etc.. a member of the state, or of a city. Among the Hebrews a member of the nation at large. Paul was an in- stance of one born to the rights of a Roman citizen, which protected and benefited him on three occa- sions (Acts vi. 37; xxii. 25; xxv. 11). The Roman law made two classes of citizens — the first enti- titled to hold office and vote, and carry on public and private business — the second to enjoy only the protection of the laws as a free man. The sacred law was the basis of the civil among the Jews, and citizenship was acquired by complying with the terms of the covenant, and lost by certain trans- gressions. Christians are counted as citizens of the celestial state. CIT'Y. Any inhabited place, large or small. €L AH 'D A. An island S. W. of Crete (Acts xxvil. 16). Now Gozzo. €LATI'DIA. A British maiden; wife of Pudens, daughter of King Cogidubnus, an ally of Rome and a disciple (2 Tim. iv. 21). €LAU'DruS. 5th emperor of Rome, A. D. 41 to 54. Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus. He suc- ceeded Caligula. The famine mentioned in Acts xi. 28, happened in liis reign; and he banished all Jews from Rome (xvii. 2). His head is on the coin of Cyprus. Agrippina, his fourth wife, poi- soned him'. CAMEL AND HODAJ. €LAY. A beautiful symbol of the divine power over tlie destinies of man was derived from the potter's use of clay, as he produced such elegant and usefid forms from such a crude materiar(Is. Ixiv. 8; Rom. ix. 21). "It is turned as clay to the seal" (Job xxxviii. 14), refers to the use of clay in stopping up doors in tombs or granaries, and the use of a scul engraved with a private design on the soft surface, leavmg its impression as a protection against intrusion. Bricks were stamped also as may be seen on the numberless specimens from the ruins. Locks on the storehouses in the East are now further secured by the clay, stamped with a seal. EGYPTIAN DRESS. €LEA1T and TTNCLEAN. Terms of frequent oc- currence in the Bible, concerning the rites and usages of the Abrahamic covenant, having both a natural and a symbolical meaning. It is mentioned as in use at the sacrifice made by Noah and it is probable that it was then an ancient distinction. Animals, birds, beasts and reptiles were pro- nounced good for food without distinction (Gen. ix. 3). It then has no foundation in the laws of diet or health. The line was fixed by man between the wild, obnoxious, poison-fanged animals, filthy in habit and suggestive of evil," and the tame, do- cile creatures, more cleanly in their habits and more akin to the better instmcts of mankind. The Eg>T3tians sacrificed dogs, cats, crocodiles, etc., and held them as sacred. Moses, to separate his peo- ple from those pagans, confined sacrifices to ani- mals from the flock and herd, sheep, goats and cattle, and to the dove species among birds; while, for food, a larger limit was allowed, but in the same time, the animals allowed being those that chew the cud and divide the hoof, among wild animals only the deer species, and of birds, a few were prohibited by name, and the rest allowed; of fishes those that had both fins and scales; and of insects, locusts and grasshoppers. The unclean were called abominahons, and were to work a spir- itual defilement if eaten. The clean and unclean animals had a counterpart in the soul, and the re- strictions laid on the appetite became a bit and bridle to the soul. This law was abolished by the Lord in a vision to Peter at Joppa. There were other laws relating to ceremonial impurity, touch- ing certain animals, dead bodies, diseased persons, furl, rjjde, push; e. f, 0, silent; 9 ass; 9ha8 8h;*, ported by beautiful pil- lars, between which hangs striped and pad- ded curtains, easily roll- ed up or removed. Some of the passages where fine linen is said, in our version, cotton was prob- ably the article meant in the original. COUL'TER (1 Sam. xiii. 20, 21). "Plow- share." COUN'CIL. An as- sembly of people, ru- lers, priests or apostles. See SANHEDRIN. COURT (Heb. CHAT- SEr). An inclosed space, or yard, belong- ing to a house. COU'THA. A servant of the temple (1 Esd. ■V. 32). COVENANT (Heb. berith). Contracts between men, and between God and men. Various rites were used: joining hands (Ez. xvii. 18); by an oath (Gen. xxi. 31); by a heap of stones; (ib. xxxi. 46); by a feast (ib. xxvi. 30); by sacrificmg vic- tims, dividing the parts, and both parties to the covenant walking between the parts of the sacrifice (xv. 8-17); and, more common and above aU oth- ers, eating salt (Num. xviii. 19; Lev. ii. 13). The covenants between God and men were also ratified by signs. By the sacrifice, when a symbol of deity, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp, passed "between the parts (Gen. xv.l7); by the 12 loaves on the table of shew-bread (Lev. xxiv. 6-8); and the crucifixion of the Christ (Heb. ix. 15, xiii. 20; Is. Iv. 3). COZ (thorn). A man of Judah, also a Levite. (1 Chr. iv. 8, xxiv. 10). COZBI, (false). A Midianite woman, daughter of Zur (Num. xxv. 15, 18). CRACK'NELS. Hard, brittle cakes (1 K. xiv. 3). CRAFTS'MAN. a mechanic (Deut. xxvii. 15). Charashim. CRANE (Heb. agur). Is a wader, migratory, utters a twittering cry, and goes in vast flocks (Is. xxxviii. 14; Jer. viii. 7). CRE-A-TION. The origin of aU things, material and living, in the world, and this heavens around it (Gen. i; Ps. cxlviii. 5). When rightly understood God's works and His Word are in harmony. The Mosaic account in Genesis opens with a notice of the work of God in the original creation of the world and the heavens, in the vastly remote past, R, 6, 1, 6, u, f, long; fi, 6, 1, 5, u, ;f , short; c&re, lar, last, fftU, what; there, veil, tSrm; p'ique, firm; done, f6r, dg, wolf, food, to"ot; CREATION 65 CKOCODILE and passes at once to the final preparation of the earth for man's occupation, whicli lias extended through six (goolugioal) periods of unknown ex- tent, which are called days. It is supposed by the geologist that the first formations were rocks, either in water by deposit, or both water and fire. There are traces of living tilings in the rocks, called fosniU, and they are without eyes; perhaps because there was no light— for hght was made after the heavier materials. Both vegetables and animals appear at the same time, lliese oldest rocks are caUed the CAMBRIAN, and are 5 miles thick. The next in the series is the SILURIAN, of sedi- ment, whose thickness is 6 miles. Fossils are very numerous, and of low types, having no ani- mal with vertebrae (back-bone), except a few fishes on the very top. Vegetation first appears in tiiis place. There was light, and there were eyfs in the living things. The firmament (expanse) divided the waters above (clouds) from the waters below (the ocean) . The third in the series is the OLD RED SAND- STONE, which marks the time when the great mountain ranges of the world were lifted into their present position. Sedimentary, and two miles thick, and having fossils of animals found in the other two, and of vertebrates. Dry land appeared, grass, herbs and trees. No land animals. The fourth was the CARBONIFEROUS (coal bearing), in which we find coal, minerals, lime- stone. Coal is made of wood, and the fossil wood found in the coal series does not show the riiws which we now find in all wood as marks of the yearly growth, which is evidence of dense fogs and very pale light. The lifting of the fogs towards the end of this period, letting tlie sunshine on the earth, is described by Moses as the events of the fourth day. The fossil remains in these rocks are the same at the equator and ever>^vhere, indicating a uniform heat all over the earth. Animal life on land is first seen: insects, such as beetles, scor- pions, and reptiles — such as frogs. The fifth .series was the PERMIAN, which has remains of a higher order of vegetation and of ani- mals, such as the smcriam (lizards), and bii'ds, whose fossils are in the NEW RED SANDSTONE of this series. The TRIAS and OOLITE show fossils of more advanced orders, both vegetable and animal. Palm, pine, cypress, insects, and three kinds of lizards, called by Moses " the moving creature that hath life" — a better translation of the original being "the reptile that hath the breath of life " — and also great sea monsters (called whales in Gene- sis). The fossils of these animals exist in such amazing numbers as to give the name age of reptile's to this day, ■which was the fifth in the account of Moses. of similar races living on the earth before man was placed here. The discovery of Hint implements (hatchets, spears, arrow-heads and wedges) in the gravel quarries of Abbeville and Amiens, France, does not carry back the history of man into the age of the extinct species of elephant, whose bones were found in the same deposit, because no liuman bones were found there. The trutli of the Mosaic account is thus pecu- liarly shown in the records of the rocks. The account is true as it woiUd appear if shown to a man in a vision, every item agreeing with th« oi^tical appearance*. The next was the CHALK, which has but few remains, while the Tertiary, which followed, is full of mammals, such as cattle, beasts and creep- ing things, which mark the progress of the sixth day, which ended on the creation of man. There are no fossil remains of man among all the va.st number of living things in all the series. And there are no animals now living on the earth whose origin cannot be traced in the fossil remains It may be that there was a race of men living on the earth before the birth of Adam ; and if so, the passages which seem to imply other races be- sides Adam's would have an explanation. The several species of men, with their distinct lan- ' guages, indicate moi-e than one origin. The most skeptical scientist of tlie present day admits that the ])reath of life w^as breathed into at least one original form— if not three or four— and that is the whole question. God did create a living being, or several ; and since the most careful ex- i amination shows that species and groups of ani- mals were from the first— in the oldest rocks, and in all of them — distinct, as distinct as they are now, and so may have been created each by itself, " aftSer its own kind." The history of the past is proved true by the discoveries of the present. I However short'the account, the ord^ of the events I is correct, according to science. I CRES'CENS (gromjig), (2 Tim. iv. 10). One of j the seventy disciples. An assistant of Paul. CRETE. Caitoia. S. of the Archipelago; ICO ms. j long from E. to W., and 6 to 35 ms. wide. Homer says it had 100 cities (Iliad ii. 649; Virgil, M. iii. 106). Minos, the great legislator, was" a native. Very mountainous, lint full of fruitful valleys. There was a very early connection with the Jews (1 Sam. XXX. 14; 2 Sam. viii. 18; Ez. xxv. 16; Zeph. h, 6; 1 Mace. x. 67, xv. 23; Jos. Ant. xvii. 12, § 1). Cretans were at the feast of Pentecost at Jerusalem (Acts ii. 11). Visited by Paul (see Life). CRETES (Acts iii. 11). Cke'takp (Tit. i. 12). People of Crete. CRIB (Job xxxix. 9), (to fodder). Feeding-box for animals, made of small stones and mortar, or cut from a single stone. CRISP ING-PINS (Is. iii. 22). CRIS'PTJS (niHedr). Ruler of the Jewish sjTia- gogue (Acts xviii. 8). CROCODILE (Heb. leviathan). The Jewish translations of Job xli. gives crocodile for leviathan, and the description is very poetical as. well as true. Herodotus says the Egyptians paid divine honors to this reptile, keeping a tame one, whose ears were hung with rings and fore-paws circled with bracelets; and when he died they embalmed his body. The worshir* began in the" fear of man for the most terrible animal in the river Nile. furl, ri;de, push; e, i, 0, silent; fat s; <;hassh;«,'0ha9k; gas j; gaaiaget; sasz; $asgz; g as in linger, link; th as ia tlune< CROSS 66 CUP CROSS. An upright stake, with one or more cross-pieces, on which persons were suspended for punishment. It was an emblem of pain, guilt and ignominy, but has been adopted by Christians as the most glorious badge of a servant and follower of the Christ, who was crucified on it. Constan- tine was the first emperor who adopted it as an ensign, whose coins bear its form, with mono- grams of Christ or of Constantino. The image was adde(l to the cross, forming the crucifix, in the Hth century. The term cross was used for self-denial by Jesus and others (Matt. xvi. 24). See cut, p. 22. CROWN. Originally the band or ribbon about the head or hair of a' king or a priest. The orna- mented cap differed in style in every country, as is shown on the sculptures 'and coins. A wreath of leaves crowned the winners in the Grecian games. The final inheritance of the saints is figured as ((, crown of rir/hteousness (3 Tim. iv. s.). The figures are of crowns from Egvpt: 1. TTpper E.; 2. Lower E.; 3. Upper and Lower united; 4. Assyria; 5. Assyria (Sardanapalus 3d.); 6. Assyrian (Sen- nacherib); 7. Tigranes (Syria); 8. At Persepolis; 9. Crown of leaves, Roman coin of Galba. Tlie Roman soldiers crowned Jesus with a wreath of thorn twigs, made from what is now called Christ's thorn '(zizyphus), and by the Arabs mtbk, the jujube tree. It is very abundant, and forms dense thorny hedges (growing or laid in rows two or three feet high),' through which no large animal can pass. CRUCIFIX'ION. Putting a person to death on a cross was a very common practice in ancient days, as hanging is now. Jesus was condemned to the cross by the Sanhedrin for blaspliemy, and by Pi- late for sedition against Cfesar. The scarlet robe, crown of thorns, and other insults were the inven- tions of those engaged in the execution, and were peculiar to his case. Whipping was a part of the punishment, but in the case of Jesus was not the legal act, being applied before sentence. The suf- ferer was to carry his cross, or a part of it. The clothes were perquisites to the guards. A cup of stu])efying licjuor was often given in mercy, just before the hands and feet were nailed. The body was often left to waste away naturally on the cross, or be eaten by birds and beasts, by the Ro- mans, but they allowed the Jews to bui-y their dead on account of the law of Moses (Deut. xxl. 22, 23). Constantino abolished crucifixion. CRUSE (Heb. tsappahath, a flask). A small vessel for holding water and other liquids (1 Sam. xxvi. 11, 12, 16), still used in the East. GATE AT SIDON. CRYSTAL. Three Hebrew words, 1. zekdkith, 2. OABisH, and 3. kerach, are translated crystal. 1. is, no doubt, the word for glass; 2. means (like) clear ice; and 3. means ice or frost. "Clear as crystal," is a figure in Ez. i. 22; Rev. iv. 6; xxi. 11, etc. CTJCK'OO (Heb. shachaph), (Lev. xi.; Deut. xiv. ). The Arabs think its note sounds like ynkoob, and so call it Jacob's bird. It migrates, and winters in Palestine. Ti'istram suggests tlie shore petrel as the bird of the Hebrew text. GU'-CTJM-BER (Heb. kishuim, heavy, hard to digest). Grown only in the fertile land which is overflowed by the Nile, and is esteemed the coolest and most pleasant fruit in the East (Is. i. 8). CUM'BER. Overload, harass (Luke x. 40). CUM'BRANCE. Burden (Deut. i. 12). GTJM'MDf (Heb. kammon). An umbelliferous ]ilant (fennel), bearing aromatic seec|^, like anise, coriander, dill and caraway. Used as a styptic after circumcision. Cultivated for export (Is. xxviii. 25; ^^latt. xxiii. 23). CUN'NING. Skilful^ expert as a workman (Gen. XXV. 27). CUP OF THE PTOLEMIES. CTIP (Heb. 1. cos, 2. kesaoth, 3. gebia; Greek, poterion). The designs were imitated from those of Egypt and Assyria, Phanicia, etc., as shown by a, e, 1, 5, u, y, long; a, 5, i, o, u, y , short; cire, far, last, fall, what; there, veil, term; pique, firm; done, fdr, do, w^lf, food, fo^ot; CURTAIN CYRUS the Scriptures and specimens t'roiii antiquity. They were of metal, eartiu-nware, wood, etc. Tlie "sea" or "iaver" of Solomon's teiujile was called a cup, and was of brass (bronze?), and hij^hly or- namented with sculptured lilies. EGVPTIAN CCPS. Nos. 1, 2, 3. Fi-om paintings at Thebes, E^ypt 4. Porcelain. 5. Green earthenware. 6. Coarse pott(>ry. 7. Wood. 8. Arragonite. 9. Earthen. Bronze cups (and other vessels) are often found in the ancient tombs. A kind of stone was wrought into jugs and bottles, vases and cups at Alabastron, in Upper Egypt, now called alabnster. Matt. xxvi. 7, should read alabaster vme, not bac. The "Cup of the Ptolemies " is a work of the time of Nero, 5 inches high, of a single sardonyx, set in a base. See Sidon and Alabagtee. ASSYRIAN CUPS. 1. Lion head, Khorsabad. 2. Lion-head with handle. 3. From Khorsabad, all of bronze. 4. Red pottery, Nimroud. 5. Painted cup, Karamles. t>, 7. Bronze, Nimroud. The workmanship is excel- lent, and thev are often ornamented with jewels, and embossed with sculptures of animals, or groups of men and animals. Cups of brass and silver are riow in use all over the East : generally decorated witli some sentence in Arabic of a mystical sense. See Bottles and Bowls. The office of cup-beaker is of great antiquity, being mentioned at the courts of the Pharaoh, the Assyrian, Persian, and Jewish Icings. Rab- 6HAKEH of 2 K. xviii. 17, sliould read chu'f mp- bdfirer, as in Luther's bible, {tier Erz'icJmike) . The cup is used as a figure : of a man's lot (Ps. xi. (>, etc.); of a nation's great riches (Jer. li. 7); as a contrast in "cup of God," true worship, and "cup of devils" idolatry (Ps. Ixxv. 8; Is. li. 17. 22); sig- nifying afflictions (Matt. xx. 22, xxvi. 39); of sal- vation (Ps. cxvi. 13), and of blessing (Luke xxii. 17; 1 Cor. x. IG). CTJR'TAIN (Heb. teriah). Made of linen goats' hair, silk, and cotton ; used for beds, ])arti- tions in tents, and for doors in houses. Heaven compared to a curtain (Ps. civ. 2; Is. xl. 22). Tlie curtains of the tabernacle were embroidered with many colors, iu figures on fine linen. Curtains of Sokmion ((!aut. \. 5). CruSH. Son of Ham (Gen. x. 6). Country in Africa, l^jtliiopia (Ez. xxxix. 10; 2 Chr. xii. '6). Tirhakah, king of C. (Is. xxxvii. 9). Modern name Kcish. (jeez. People were blacK (Jer. xiii. 23). CUSHITE. "Ethiopian" (Num. xii. 1). CUTH AH. eUTH. In Asia. Shalmane.ser trans- planted iH'ojtle from here to Samaria during the Jews' captivity (2 K. xvii. 24, 30). Mixing with the Jews of tlie 10 tribes they became th(^ Samari- tans, and were called Cuthgeans (Jos. Ant. ix. 14, § 3, xl. 8, § 6, xii. 5, § 5). Between Tigris and Eu- phrates rivers. CUT TINGS IN THE FLESH. Mutilations of the body, practised by the Heathens in mour)ung for the (lead (Jer. xvi. 6, 7, xh. 5); prohibited to the Jews (Lev. xix. 28). eY A-MON {beam) . Tell Kaimon on the E. slope of Mt. Cainiel (Judith, vii. 3 ; Chelmon in Dwijoay V). Burial place of Jair. CTMBAL and CYMBALS. Musical iNtsTRU- .m1';nts. CYTRUS. Island off the coast of Plioenicia and (Jilicia, 148 miles long, 40 wide, and irregular; (see map). The highest mountain is Olympus, 7000 feet, (jold, silver, and copper are mined, its cities were, Salamis, Citium (now Larneka), and Paphos (now Baffa), and many others. Alexan- der got 120 ships there for his siege of Tyre. It was the birth-place of Barnabas (Acts iv. .36), and was visited by Barnabas and Paul (Acts xiii). The Pagans v/orshiped Astarte (Venus), in a licen- tious manner. Barnabas and Mark (Acts xv). (jyijrians. the people, in 2 Mace. iv. 29. CYRENE. Lybia, Africa. Founded B.C. 632, by Greeks. Built on a table-land 1800 ft. above the sea, in a region of great beauty and fertility, 500 ms. W. of Alexandria. The Pentapolis of Cyren- aica were Cyrene, ApoUonia, Ptolemais, Arsinoe, and Berenice (Strabo, xvii.). After Alexander the Great's death Jews were settled tliere with many privileges. In the time of Christ the Cyi'eneans had a synagogue in Jerusalem (Acts vi. 9; Philo). Simon, who bore the cross, was from C. (Matt. xxviii., etc.). Lucius of C. was with Paul and Barnabas (xiii. 1). Lucius and Mark are named as bishops of the church at C. Arabic name Ghrenna. CYRE'NITJS (Latin). Publius Sulpicus Quiri- nus was governor of Syi'ia twice: before A. D. 1 (B. C. 4); and again, the second time, A. D. 6. Died A. D. 21 (Luke ii.*2). CY'KCJS. The Persian name for the sun (Ileb. KORESH), and the same as the Egyptian name Phrah. Thus, Cyrus is a title for the king, as Pharaoh, Augustus, etc. The Bil)le mentions cmly the one who conquered Babylon, unless the Gyrus, the Persian, of Daniel, was the uncle of Cyrus, who issued the decree permitting the return of the I captive Jews to Judsea. It is inipossil:)le to sepa- rate the liistoryof Cyrus from the fables connected ; with it, and now more than wlien Herodotus found the same difficulty, only a century after the events. I The work of a resident historian, Gtesias, in the court of Persia, about lifty years later than Hero- ' dotus, has been lost, except "a few extracts by Pho- ] tius, and that of Xenophon, are both historical romances. That he became supreme king of Persia, and con- quered Babylon, is undoubted. The turning of the ' course of the river Euphrates and capture of Baby- i Ion during a great feast, are also facts. j Daniel's Darius, the Mede, is the Astyages of his- 1 tory, and was a viceroy of the (Jyriis who first j ruled over P.abylon. I It is supjiosed that the Persian religion, which is almost purely a monotheism, prepared (-yrus to fori, rude, pnah; e, i, 0, silent; 9 as s; gh as sh; -e,«h as k; g as j; g as in get; s as z; x as gz; n as in linger, linlc; th as iu tiiiao. DAJ3AREH 68 DAMASCtjy sympathize with the Jews, and that Daniel's expla- nation of tiie propliesies, that he had been helping to fulfil, unknown to himself, concluded him to issue the decree for tlie Jews' return to their native land and temple. A tomb of Cyrus is shown at Parsargause near Persepolis. D DAB AEEH (Josh. xxi. 28). Daberath. DAB BA-SHETH {hump of a camel). Town on a hill. Zkbui-on. DAB ERATH. Is. Lev. (Josh. xxi. 28). Xow Deburirh,. \V. of Mt. Tabor. Beautifully situated on a rocky platform, witli Tabor beliind and tiie broad plain of Esdrselon in front. Boundary of Zebulon (Josh. xix. 12). DAB RIA. One of 5 scribes employed by Esdras (2 Esd^xiv. 24). DACO BI (1 Esd. V. 28). Akkub. DAD DEUS. Saddeus (1 Esd. viii. 45). Iddo. DAGON,— FROM A OEM. DAGON (Heb. DAG, little fish, dear). The type of tlie god of the Pliiiistines. His temples were at Gaza and Ashdod (Judg. xvi. 21: 1 Sam. v. 5). Traces of the worship are left in the names Ce- phar-dagon and Beth-dagon. Sanconiatho says tlie name is derived from dagon, grain, and it was the god of agriculture : but this origin doe ; not agree so well witli the idea, which was to Tmdtiply, in- crease, as fish do by millions. Tliis god was l^nown in Assyria, and is sculptured tliere, as shown in the large cut. Miss Fanny CorlK'niix ("Ihe R^- a woman's face, and fishbody. Atergatis, Argatls, Arathis, and Ai'gata, are different forms of Derceto. DAI'SAN (1 Esd. v. 31). Er- ror for Rezin. DALA'I AH {Jehovah deliv- ers). SonofEli- oenai, of Judah (1 Clir. iii. 24) . DALE (Gen. xiv. 17): valley.* DALMANtJ'- THA. On the shove of the Sea of Galilee; visited by Jesus (JIark, viii. 10). Near Magdala. Possi- bly it is the same as Zalmon, near Tiberias, now called A in el Ba- rideh (the cold fountain) , where arc fine fountains and the ruins of a city (Rob. ii. 390). DALMA'TIA Blyricum. On tlie E. shore of the Adriatic Sea, N. W. of Greece. Visited by Paul (Rom. XV. 19), and Titus (2 Tim. iv. 10) dur- ing Paul's imprisonment in Rome. DAL'PHON. Son of IIaman (Esth. ix. 7). DA'MA. Capital of the Ledja. See Tracho DAGON, THE FISH GOD. phaim") shows that the Chaldean Oannes, the I DAW ARTS (Jieifer). A disciple in Athens (Acta Philistine Dagon, and Egyptian On, are identical, i xvii. 34), and (perhaps) the wife of Dionysius the Derceto was the female (as Dagon was the ■ Areopagite. Correctly, Damalis. male), and was worshiped at Ashkelon. She had ' DAMAS'CTJS. On the E. of Anti-Lebanon, 2,200 a, 8, 1, 5, u, y, long; S, 5, i, 0, u, y , short; ca,re, far, last, fall, what; thSre, vgU, tgrm; p'iqno, firm; done, for, do, wolf, food, fo-otj DAMASCENES 69 DARA feet above the sea, in a fertile plain near the desert. The oiliest citv Iciiowu to hi.story. It is cut through by tlie Baratlii river, which "divides into luaiiy branches, and together with the llelbon on the JN. and tlie Awaj on the S., fertilizes a region 30 ms. in extent, which being favored by the finest climate, produces almost every valuable product of forest, lieid and garden. First mentioned in Gen. xiv. 16 and in Gen. xv. 2, as the citv of Abraham's stew- ard. For 800 yrs., from Abraham to David, the Scriptures are silent on Damascus. David put a garrison in D. (1 K. xi. 23; 2 Sam. viii. 6; Jos. Ant. vii. 5, § 2). During Asa's reign Benhadad pillaged §ties in Naphtali (1 K. xv. 19, 20). After this it is mentioned many times. Naaman, the leper, who was cured by Elisha the prophet, was of D. (2 K. V. 1). The Assyrian king, Tiglath Pile'ser, took the city and carried captive the "people to Kir (2 K. xvi. 7-9). Isaiah's prophesy (xvii. 3; Amos i. 4, 6). Jeremiah described it, B. C. 600: "D. is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to llee, and fear hath seized on her " (xlix. 24). At the time of the Apostle Paul the city was under Roman rule, and Aretas, the Arabian, king (2 Cor. xi. 22; Jos. Ant. xvi. 11, § 9). Has now 150,000 people: Chris- tians 15,000; Jews, 6,000 The fine fabrics of D. were celebrated as early as 800 B. C. (Amos iii. 12). The damask silk and sword-blades are still famous. Certain localities are pointed out as having a historical con- nection with Paul's time. The "street called straight" is now the street of Bazaars; there is a "house of Judas;" the house of Ananias; the scene of the conversion, which is an open green spot surrounded with trees, now used as a Christian burial-ground ; the place where Paul was let down by the wall in a basket; and also several spots connected with the history of the prophet Elisha. The old city stands on the S. bank of the principal river, surrounded by a ruinous wall of ancient Eoman foundations, and a patchwork of all the succeeding ages. The city is splendid, when viewed at a distance, but the houses are rudely built; the narrow streets, paved with big rough stones, or not at all. partly roofed across with mats, or withered branches : the bazaars are covered ways with a few stalls on both sides, each trade having its own quarter. Although rough and rude on the street, yet the interior of the priVate houses is neat, paved, with fountain and fruit-trees, with grateful shade, and the rooms opening from the court decorated with carving, gilding, and all that wealth and taste can provide. Modern name Esh Shaum. DAMASCENES. Inhabitants of Damascus (2 Cor. xi. 32)- DAMNATION {condemnation), (Mark xvi. 16). DA'MON. Near Shefa Amer. E. of Acre. DAN (Judfiei). Fifth son of Jacob. First son of Bilhah, Rachel's maid (Gen. xxx. 6.) One of the twelve tribes. The last to receive its portion, and the least portion, but among the most fertile in the land.— 2. The city originallv called Laish. Leshem (Josh. xix. 47). They w'ere idolaters from the beginning (Gen. xiv. 14; Deut. xxxiv. 1; Judg. xviip. The worship was continued by Jeroboam (1 K. xii. 29, 30; Amos viii. 14). "From Dan to Beersheba," was the common form of speaking of the extent of Palestine (Judg. xx. 1;1 Sam. iii. 20, etc.). Tell el Kadi (judge's mound) is the modern name, and is a long, steep hill, covered with ruins, from the base of which flows one of the largest fountains in the world (Rob. 396). DANCE (Heb. MACHOL), to move or leap in a cir- cle, twist or turn around, as the dancing Dervishes now do in the East. The sacred song and dance al- ways go together (Ex. xv. 20); words, and music and motion, aiding each other in expressing thejoy or sorrow of the soul (Judg.xi. 34;Eccl. iii. 4). The Romans also danced in their worship; so, also, the Egyptians. in the modem Oriental dance a woman leads off, and goes through a number of graceful and ar- tistic attitudes, and then all the others of the party follow her in every motion. The two companies of dancers are called by an error armies in Cant, vi. 13. DAN'IEL (God's Judge). 1. David's son (1 Chr. iii. 1 ).— 2. A Levite (Ezra viii. 2). — 3. A cel- ebrated piophet in the Chaldean and Persian pe- riod, and a (princely) descendant of Judah. He was taken with other captives (Ananiah, Mishael, and Azariah) to Babylon, B. C. 607, at the age of 12 to 16, educated thoroughly and made a cup- bearer at the court, when he was given a new name Belshatzar (favorite of Bd) . He kept the Jewish law of clean and unclean meat (Dan. i. 8, 16), and was constant and faithful in his devo- tions to God. After three years service he inter- preted a dream (v. 17) on the occasion of the king's decree against the magi, and for this service was made "ruler" and "chief governor" over the province and magistrates of Babylon. He inter- preted Nebuchadnezzar's second "dream, and the handwriting on the wall, thus introducing the knowledge of the true God, and alluding to the profane use (and consequent insult to God) of the holy vessels of the temple, as one of the crown- ing sins of the king and his people, which were the means of ending the nation's life, by the conquest of the Medes and Persians (v. 10, 28), while he lived at Susa, and after he had been removed from office, when he was again placed in one of the highest offices of tru.st and honor. During an interval in which no event in Daniel's life is re- corded, his three companions were delivered from a fiery furnace. Darius made him first of the three presidents of the empire . Having exercised the rites of his religious faith, contrary to law, he was thrown to the lions, but was delivered alive (vi. 10, 23). He was in favor with the king in the third year of CjTus, and saw his last vision on the banks of the Tigris (B. C. 534), when the prophesy of the 70 weeks was delivered to him (ch. ix.). He died at the age of over 90, at Susa, where there was a monument to his memory in the 12th century, de- scribed by Benjamin of Tudela. DANJA'AN (Ps. ii. 26). Laish. DAN'NAH. Town in Judah (Josh. xv. 49), S. W. of Hebron. Lost. DANCE OF PRIESTS — EGYPTIAN. DAPH'NE, a grove and sanctuary sacred to Apollo, 5 miles S. W. of Antioch, Syria, founded by Seleucus Nicator. See Antioch. The right of asylum— where criminals could shelter themselves from justice, because it was thought to be sacrilege to take any one away by force— "was an honor at- tached to this place (2 Mace. iv. 33). The sacred right was often violated, especially when a pood man sought safety from the wickecl, as in the ca-^e of Onias. Now called Beit el Maor—Jwuse of water (Jos. Wars, i. 12, § 5). DA'RA Darda. Son of Mahol; a wise man, in fori, rHde,pijsh; e, i, 0, nilent; 9 ass; fhaa shi^.-ohask; g; as j; gas in get; 5 asz; xasgz; s asin ligger, Usk; thasin tbin«. DARIC 70 DAVID Solomon's age (1 K. iv. 31). Son of Zerach (1 Clir. ii. 6). Sirach or Esrachite ? DAB'IC. Gold coin of Persia, current in Pales- tine after the captivity (Ezr. ii. 69; viii. 27; Neli. vii. 70, etc.). Tlie darics that have been found among the ruins are thick pieces of pure gold, stamped, as in the engraving. The gold pieces found at Sardis are of older date, dauic. and were made hy Croisus. The name daric may be derived from "dara," the Persian name for king, or from "Darius, the king." Plutarch men- tions silver darics. See Money. DA-RITJS (in Heb. darjavesh). The Assyrian title lord-king— Dara, lord; shah, king. 1. The first mentioned is Darius, the Mede (Dan. v. 31, etc.), called also Cyax'ares (B. C. 538). The gold coin was named Daric — that is, king's money. — 2. Da- rius, SON OF Hys-tas-pes ( Vashiospa), made king B. C. 521. He conquered Babylon, Scythia, Libya, Thrace, Macedonia and some of the islands in the ^^gean sea, but the Greeks defeated him at Mara- thon (B. C. 490). Died B. C. 485 (Ezr. iv. 7.).— 3. Darius, tkb Persian. Darius II, Nothus, king of Persia, B. C. 424-404. Perhaps Darius Codo- JIANUS (Neh. xii. 22). DARK'KESS. Opposite of light, absence of light (Gen. i. 2). Three times mentioned in the Bible. In Genesis, at the creation; at the Exodus, as one of the plagues of Egypt, and at the crucifixion. Used as a figure of adversity and misery (Job xviii. 6; Ps. cvii. 10). " Works of dariuiess," heathen rites and ceremonies (Eph. v. 11), "outer darkness," shut cut of heaven (which is glorious with light). TEUIT OF BATE PALM. DAE'KON. Children of Darkon were among the servants of Solomon, who returned from the cap- tivity (Ezr. ii. 56). DARLING. My only one (Ps. xxii. 20). DA'ROM (smith), (Dent, xxxiii. 23). Naphtali was to possess the sea and Darom. Jerome and others so name Philistia and the plain toward Egypt. DA'BON (south). Fort built by the Crusaders at Deir el Belah {convent of dates), near Gaza, on ancient ruins). DATES. Fruit of the palm tree, called dusters in Cant. vii. 7, and honey in 2 Chr. xxxi. 5, dates in tlie margin. In many parts of Arabia the staple product and the main source of landed wealth, is the date-palm, of which there are many species. The ripening season is August and September. The fruit is a substitute for the bread of other coun- tries. To cut down tlie date trees is a great achieve- ment in war — and the absence of those trees from. Palestine indicates a long period of wars and an' unsettled condition. To plant the palm on new ground is a sign of prosperity — as now in Egypt. The Arabs believe the tree is a blessing granted only to them, and denied to all other people. Mo- hammed taught, " Honor the date tree, she is your mother." There are 139 varieties, 70 of which are well known, each of which has its peculiar name. Some six kinds are superior. El Shelebi, the best, are two inches long, with small stones. The value in Arabia is about three cents a pound. DATK'AN (fo^mtain). Chief in Reuben, who joined Korah in rebellion against Moses and Aaron. DATH'EMA. Fort in Gilead (1 Mace. v. 9), near Mizpeh. DATJGH'TEK. 1. Female offspring; of the wife; or adopted; or of a sister; or of a cousin (Ruth ill. 18; Gen. xxxiv. 17); or a grand-daughter.— 2. Tlie female inhabitants of a place, or tiiose who hold the faith of a certain place, as "daughters of Zion " (Is. iii. 16), "daughters of the Philistine.'-.," " daughters of Jerusalem, " " daughters of Aaron " (Num. xxv. 1; 2 Sam. i. 20; Luke i. 5). Cities were named or spoken of under female names, and were said to have daughters, suburbs or villages near. A vine had daughters (branches, in Gen. xlix. 22). Sarah was the daughter of 90 years — that is, she was 90 years old. DAVID (beloved). Synopsis of his life. Born at Bethlehem in Judah, B. C. 1084. His father, Jesse; his mother's name not recorded (1 Sam. xvi. 10, 17, 58). Had 7 elder brothers— Eli ab, Abin- adab, Shammah, Nethaneel, Raddai, Ozein, and Elihu; and two sisters — Zeruiah, and Abigail. He watclied the flocks in the field, and in their defense killed a lion and a bear. He was short, light, "comely," had red hair and blue eyes; was strong, and swift of foot; valiant and prudent. At a yearly family feast he was anointed king by Samuel "from th^e sheep-cote" (2 Sam. vii. 8). He went to carry food to his three brothers in Saul's ai'iny, and was introduced to tb« king a,s valiant and brave. He kiUed Goliath with a stone from a sling. The sv.'ord and armor of the giant were first taken to his tent in Bethlehem, afterwards to Nob, and laid up in the Tabernacle (Ps. viii. 19, 29). Saul takes David into his service as a min- strel. Jonathan, his friend. Women sing his praise as superior to Saul. Saul jealous; "seeks twice to kill David. Being afraid of David he made him captain of 1,000. David behaved wisely, and all Israel and Judali loved him. Merab is of- fered to David as a wife as a reward for his ser- vice against Goliath, the Philistine. But Saul gave Merab to Adriel. Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David, and Saul offered her to David for a price, and David paid double the price, for he killed 200 Philistines. He paid twice for his wife, killed Go- liath and the 200. He is made annor-bearer and captain of the body guard, with a place at the king's table. Saul seeks to kill him; sets men to watch for him; Michal assists his escape. Goes to Ramah to Samuel (Ps. lix). Michal is given to JPhaltiel. Secret meeting with Jonathan. The sign of the arrow. David flies. Saul tries to take him at Ramah. David eats consecrated bread, and gets Goliath's sword at Nob (Ps. Iii); against &, 5, T, S, % 7, long; S, 5, i, 5, a, ;f , short; ca,re, far, last, fall, -what; th&re,Teil, term; pique, firm; done, f6r, do, wolf, f(5bd, fttt; DAVID 71 DAVID Doeg, who informed against David and Icilled the priests. David goes to Abinielcch (Achisli^, and feigning madness, escapes (I's. xxxiv. 66). In the cave of Ailuliam. Joined by his family be- side outlaws, debtors, etc. The incident or the water at Bethleliem (1 Clu-. xi. 17). Moves to He- rodium or to Masada. Talies his parents to tlie king of Moab; (tliey are never mentioned again). Naliash, of Amnion, treats liim kindly, (jadites swiin the Jordan at its llood and join him. God influences a move to the forest of llaretli. Aniasai, a Benjauiite, joins liim. lielieves Keilah, where sins. Ileigncd in Hebron 1)4 years. David crowned (od time) king of all Israel (Ps. Ixxviii., Ixx.). Constitutional law. Festival 3 days; the tribes send produce, fruits, etc., to tlie feast, and contin- gents to tlie army, wliicli was "like the host of God" (1 Chr. xii. 22). Joab Hiis nephew) com- mander: Issacliarites his counselors. Jehoiada and Zadok join him. (I's. xxvu.). Jebus taken. Joab made commander-in-chief. Koyal residence in tlio City of David— Z ion. His wives were increased by hostages from surrounding princes. Two at- tacks by Philistines repulsed : their idols buiuied. DWing TiOIB, MnVNT ZION. Abiathar the priest joins him with an ephod. His troop is now 600. Saul appears; David flies to Ziph. Twice the Ziphim betray him to Sanl, who hunts him "like a partridge" with 3,000 men (Ps. liv.), in the wilderness of Maon. Sees Saul two or three times, once at the cliff of divisions, again in a cave near Engedi, when he cuts off his skirt, and then in a fortified camp, when David carried off by niglit tlie water-jar and spear from Saul's bedside. Twice Saul rei^ented, and said he was reconciled to David. Psalms of this date liv., Ivii., Ixiii., cxlii. Nabal and Abigail; marries Ahinoam, and Abigail. David again goes to Achish, with his troop. Achish gives him Ziklag. Benjamite archers join him. Studies the Philistines' art of war. Attacks the Bedawins to deceive Achish. Philistine nobles suspicious, and cause him to be sent back from the army. Saul and Jonathan killed on Gilboa. Ma- nassites join David. Amalekites plunder Ziklag. Abiathar proplicsles victory, and David recovers the spoil from the Amalekites. Makes a present to many friends, whose places "he was wont to haunt." Makes a law of division of the spoils (1 Sam. XXX. ). News of the battle on Gilboa: kills the messenger. Laments for Saul and Jonathan. Da- vid anointed king at Hebron (.SO years old). Thanked the men of Jabesh-fiilead for burving Saul. ISHBOSHETH, king in Mahanaim. David the only king west of Jordan. War between the two sections. Abner kills Asahel, David's nepliew: Abner quarrels with Ishbosheth, and comes to Da- vid. Michal restored to David. Abner and Ish- bosheth murdered. David executes the two assas- Hiram of Tjtc an ally: sends cedar- wood for Da- vid's palace."^ The ark removed from Kirjath Jearim — Obed Edom. The new Tabernacle on Zion; the old left standing at Gibeon. The great assembly on Zion. ^lusicai art developed. Zadok and Abiathar. Na- tlian the prophet. David, as a priest and minstrel, in the procession. He blesses the people from the new Tabernacle on Zion (Ps. xv. xxiv., xxix., xxx., Ixviii., ci., cxxxii.): "The Lord of Hosts, he is the Kingof Glory" (Ps. xxiv., x.). Michal reproaclies hiio, and is rebuked. God's house designed. Pro- phesy by Xatlian of a Messiah (2 Sam.'vii. 12-17). David organizes a court and camp. Mephiboshetli cared for, in memory of Jonathan. Ilanun, son of Nahash, abuses David's messengers. Amnion and Syria beaten. Joab commander-in-chief (1 Clir. xi. (i) : 12 divisions of 24,000 men, one for each month, all infantry, witliout cavalry. Chain armor in use. Benaiali captain of David's bodv-guard, the Cheretliites and Pel.-thitcs— Ittai. The band of 600 continued as Giliboriiu, lieroes; Abishai, Da- vid's nephew, captain. Social and moral institu- tions formed. Aliitliopliel and Jonatban, Hushai, Sliera the scribe, Jehosliapbat, and Adoram, coun- cillors. Gad the .seer and Nathan the jirophet ad- visers. Abiatliar and Zadok higli priests; the mu- sicians, imder Asaph, Heman," and the Levites, guardians of the gates and treasures. The Phihs- tines, Moabites, Syrians, Edomites (Ps. Ix.), and Ammonites, subdued. Rabbah taken. David wears tbe gold crown of Alilcom (Ps. xxi. 3, Ixxxix. .39). Uriah murdered. Nathan's rebuke (Ps. xxii. 51), "Thou art the man." Bathsheba taken. Da- vid fasts for his sick child. The child dies: "I furl, rude, push; e, t, 0, silent; 5 ass; (jhas 8h;); "removal from the body" (Job X. 21); "asleep" (Jer. li. 39; John xi. li); "losinji the breath" (Ps. civ. 29); the soul laving off its clothing" (2 Cor. v. 3); "to depart" (Phil, i. 23); "for a great trial" (2 Cor. i. 10). Gates OF Death (Job xxxviii. 17); doors of the shadow. Some believe that we should be able to hve forever if we did not break (Jod's law. But the Bible is a spiritual book and not a treatise on Natural History. DEB 'IB {oracle). 1. Ancient royal city of Canaan (Josh. x. 33). Kirjath-Sepher {book city). Now Dibeh, 6 ms. S. W. of Hebron, where there is a fine spring and aqueduct. — 2. Judah near the valley of Achor. Wady Daborat the N. W. corner of the Dead Sea (Josh. xv. 7).— 3. Boundary of Gad, near Mahana-im. Lo-debar (Josh. xiii. 26. — 4. A king of Eglon, hanged by Joshua (x. 3). DEB 'OR A Mother of TobeU, the father of Tobit, (Tobit i. 8). DEB'ORAH {iee). 1. Eebekah's nurse (Gen. XXXV. S). Buried under an oak called Allon- bachuth. — 2. A prophetess, wife of Lapidoth who Jived near a palm tree between Kamah and Bethel (Judg. iv. 4). She composed a song (ch. v.) in memor\' of the victory over Sisera (by Barak and Deborah) which, for poetic beauty, is nnuh valued, and gives her the title of prophetess (singer). DEBITOR. The strict law of inheritance, of Moses, provided against commercial speculation and debts, by requiring all landed property and slaves to be freed on the year of jubilee (7th) (Lev. XXV. 39). No debtor could be sent to prison, or whipped, or oppressed unfairly, except by breaking the law. In Egj^pt the creditor could send the debtor to prison, and seize his family tomb and prevent burials there. The Roman laws were very severe against the debtor, and hard on slaves (made by debt). Bankers and sureties in the commercial sense were unknown (Prov. xxii. 26). No interest could be lawfully taken from a poor person, but relief was to be given without price, laws being made to prevent evading this rule (Ex. xxih-25; Lev. xxv. 35, etc.). Nehemiah corrected such abuses (Neh. v.), and Jesus ap- proved of the law of Moses, although in the later times the custom of usury had become popular, and usurers had their tables in the courts of the Temple. Loans could be secured bv pledges, under certain rules: 1. The cloak, which was used day and night by the poor, must be returned at sun- down. A bedstead (a luxury) might be taken (Ex. xxii.); no widow's garments, or a millstone, could be taken (Deut. xxlv. 6, 17). The creditor could not enter a house for his ]iledg(' but must wait outside (Deut. xxiv. 10). Debtors held as slaves must be released at the jubilee, and might Ih? redeemed for a price. Foreign slaves' were not released (Lev. xxv. 44). A year was allowed to redeem houses sold for debt. The Romans super- seded the law of the jubilee year, and the debtor could be held in prison until the last farthing was paid (Matt. v. 26). DEC ' ALQGTJE {ten words) . Ten Commahdjients (Ex. XX). The basis of all laws. The number ten was regarded as perfect or complete, therefore the TEN GREAT WORDS Were the perfect law of God (Ps. xix. 7) given on Sinai. They were cut on two tables of stone, and kept for several centuries in the ark, in the very centre of the holy place, as a symbol of the centre of the whole system. The two tables indicate a division of the law, into duties towards Ciod, and duties toward our neighbor (Matt. XX. 37-39). Some critics point out more than 20 decalogues in the laws of Moses. See Leviticus in the History. DECAP'OLIS {ten cities). Mentioned three times in the N. T. (^latt. iv. 25; Mark v. 20, vii. 31), and many times in Josephus and other ancient writers. Soon after the Romans conquered Pales- tine they rebuilt and colonized ten cities, and gave them especial privileges. The list of the names of these ten cities is given differently by various writers. Pliny names Scythopolis, Hippos, Gadara, Pella, Philadelpliia, Gerasa, Don Canatha, Damascus, and Raphana. Ptolemy includes Capitolias; and an inscription in PaluijTa makes Abila one. The name was probably given to a large district in Christ's time. Damascus is the only one of the ten cities left, all the others being in ruins. DE'DAN {low country). 1. Son of Raamah, grandson of Cush (Gen. x. 7). An island on the shore of the Persian Gulf is called Dudan, and another Sheba. — 2. A son of Jokshan, grandson of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. xxv. 3). In each case the brother is named Sheba, and both tribes may have intermarried and o(.'cupied the same country. "The travelling companies of Dedanim" of Is. xxi. 13, are caravans. They traded with Tyre (Ez. xxvi.. 1.5, 20) in ivory, ebony and fine dry goods (precious cloths). DEDICA'TION, FEAST OF THE. Instituted in memory of the puriiication of the temple by Jiidas Maccal)0eus after driving out the SjTians (B. C. 164), (1 Mace. iv. .52; Jer. x. 22). It lasted 8 days- Dec. 25 (CHISLEV) to Jer. 3. Carrying branches of trees and singing, especially the Hallelujah song, every day. DEEP, THE. Abvss. Bottomless pit in A. V. (Luke viii. 31; Rev. ix. 1, 2, 11; xx. 1, 3; 2 Cor. xi. 25). In Rev. x. 6, 7, "ascend into heaven," "descend into the deep," the place of the dead. This does not include Hades, which is supposed to include the deep, which is, then, only a part of the great unknown place of the dead, DEGREE. 1 Tim. iii. 13, should read: "For they who well served as deacons obtain for them'^plves a good degree, and much confidence in faith in Christ Jesus." That is, in spiritual matters. furl, rude, push; e, i, o, silent; ? as s; <;h as ah; -e.-ch aa k; g rs j; g as ia get; s as z; x as gi; n as in linger, Unk; tb as In thine. DEG^KEES 74 DEMAS DEGSEES, THE SONG OF (_stairs or steps), is a title of 15 Psalms by different authors. Pilgrim songs, sung by the people as they went up to Jerusalem (Ex. xxxiv. 24; IK. xii. 27; Ezr. vii. 9; Ps. cxxii. 4). 6 were written by David (4) and Solomon (1), and the other 10 after the retui-n from Captivity. See Ps. cxx. to cxxxiv. See Psalms in the History. DEHA'VITES (villagers), (Ezr. iv. 9). Planted in Samaria by Assyria. Dahi (Herodotus i. 125), in Persia; and Daci, in Europe (Dacia). DE'EAB. An officer of Solomon's in Judah (1 K. iv. 9). SELAI'AH (Jehovah's freedman). 1. Priest in David's time, leader of the 23d course (1 Chr. xxiv. 18). — 2. Children of D. returned from Captivity (Ezr. ii.60).— 3. Son of Mehetable (Neh. vi. 10).— 4. Son of Shemaiah, in Jehoikim's time (Jer. xxxvi. 12). DELI'LAH (drooping, languishinr/) . Samson's love; hved in the valley of Sorek, Philistia. She was a wily seducer, v\fho loved the bribes, and not her honor or her lover's safety, and captivated only to destroy. Her bribe was large— .'JjSOO pieces of silver— shekels ($2,750), equal to 33,000 as to our standard of wages. See Monei . DEL'TJGE. Flood (Heb. ham?,iabat< the fulness of waters), from yubal, a river (fulness). Deluge is used instead of flood. The belief in a deluc;e of greater or less extent is of very ancient date, in allnations who have kept records, or have traditions. It is very often noticed in the Bible, as a fact from which a great lesson is to be learned (Matt. xxiv. 38) , and its history is given in Gen. vi. viii. The account next in value to this is that of the Greeks (Ovid)— the flood of Deuca'lion and Pyr'rha. The Hindus (Sir Wm. Jones, Asiatic Ecs. iii. 116) also have an account, which, with the Greek, agrees with that in Genesis in many points. The Chinese legend is not very parallel, but agrees in a few items. The Parsee account says the flood washed away all tlie wickedness which Ah'ri-man (the E-vil One) had brought about. The Chaldee (Jos. Ap. i. 19), that Noa saved Sem, Japet, and Chem. The Assyrian is (Eusebius, Bv. Prcep. c. ix.) similar. " The Scandinavian, Mexican, Peruvian, and others, have each a story to tell, of a great flood, and a few persons saved. The Scripture account is, the God sent the deluge as a punishment for sin, destroying all flesh but such as he directed Noah to place in the ark. The time occupied was 358 days, 7 days less than our year, or 1 year and 10 days by the Jews' cal- endar. The present majority opinion is, that the subject has a moral rather than a physical charac- ter. That mankind had not spread beyond the valley of the Euphrates and Tigris, and Syria ; and that the deluge only extended far enough to be universal as to mankind. There has been no evidence yet brought to light, such as human bones, or teeth, proving any great destruction of life in this, or any other region, which can be dated to the time of the deluge. The size of the ark is a great argument against the deluge being so universal as to cover the whole globe. There are now known 1700 species of animals, about 1000 of which are clean, of whom 7 of each species were to be kept; 6000 species of birds, 1000 of reptiles, and 550,000 of insects ; and the entire space in the ark— 547 by 91 feet (21 ins. to the cubi't) 3 stories high— is 150,000 sq. ft. too small, by many times, for standing-room, besides food and storage And how could 8 persons attend to so many animals daily? Many ani- mals, some in the polar re- gions, others in the tropics, cannot bear a change of climate, even if they could be carried so far from their homes. Peculiar species belong to each quarter of the globe, whose ancestors have left their record in the ancient rocks, fossihzed, showing an unbroken succession. It was also impossible to lay up provision for the wild beasts. Seeds and plants must have perished by so long a soaking in water, and fresh-water fish also. If covered by the salt ocean several months. The notion of a universal deluge is at variance with the light of reason. Geological records (in the rocks, etc.) show the results of many floods in the past history of the earth. Vast extents of the earth's surface have been raised or depressed in modern times (in Chili 100,000 sq. ms., 2 ft. high), and the work of sinking is now going on in 'Holland. The temple of Jupiter, near Naples, shows that it has been sunk, with the island on which it stands, under the waters of the Bay of Baiije, half its hight, by the holes halfway up the marble columns, all round the temple on a water-line that were bored by a shell-fish that lives under water only. Those who suppose the deluge related only to the ancestors of the Hebrews, and had no reference to any other races, are answered by a denial of the remote antiquity of Egypt and Assyria. The evidences of the antiquity of Egypt and" Assyria are far more convincing than any yet offered for the deluge. Only by limiting the deluge to a small part of the earth's surface can the ac- count of Moses be made to harmonize with science. DELUS (G. delos, visible). The smallest of the Cyclades, islands in the Grecian Archipelago, the chief seat of the worship of Apollo and his sister Diana (1 Mace. xv. 23). The island was said to have suddenly appeared anciently, as several others have in our time. It was the" center of an extensive commerce B. C. 14G. DE'MAS, Demetrius or Drmarchits. Compan- ion to Paul (Philemon 24; Col. iv. 14; 2 Tim. iv. 10). One of Keble's grandest hymns is founded on the association of Demas and Luke with Paul in his earlier trials, and of the desertion of Demas after. a, 5, 1, 5, u, f, Iv ag; S, §, i, 6, % f, short; ca,re, far, last, fall, what; thdre, veil, tgrm; p'ique, firm; done, for, do, wolf, fo"od, foo^ DEMETRIUS 7Ji DEVIL DE-M£'TKI-US {votary of D John 12). — 3. Demktriis Sotkk, king of Syria, son of Seleucus IV. (See SvniA and Antiochus). — 4. 1). NitWTOR, son of Xo. 3, w ho was e.\oluded by Alexander Balas from the throne until B. C. 14(). He first treated the Jews well, but afterwards so liadly that they took sides with Antiochus Theos. Killed at Tyre," B. C. 126. D£ MON (Gr. daimon, pod). At first the Su- preme, then a god, and later, to spirits believed to be between gods and men; a kind of messenger, who became tutelary deities of nu'n and cities; and finally the notion of enl demons the latest form. Some believed they were the spirits of evil men after death. It was' used to denote fortune, chance, fate. In the Hebrew it is used for a pestilence (Ps. xci. fi), idols (xcvi. 5; Lev. xix. 4), devils (Deut. xxxii. 17), God {troopm A. V.), the god- dess of fortune (Is. Ixv. 11), satyrs (Is. xiii. 21; xxxiv. 14). The Hebrews meant evil spirits. In the X. T. they are spiritual, evil, at enmity with God, having power to work evil to man with disease and sin, positively and actively wicked. Called devils in 1 Cor x. 20; 1 Tim. iv. 1; Rev. ix. 20. The modern notion is that there is but one devil (Lardner), although demons are innu- merable (Dr. Campbell). The devil, the old ser- pent, the adversary, satan, prince of the power of the air, etc., are one. God and his angels are opposed to the devil and his angels, the deiuons. The angels are sent forth from God's presence to minister on earth to the heirs of salvation; it is the .spirit of God which gives his people that character of life-giving and blessed fruits by which they are known; on the contrary, the devd and his demon agency are discovered in the strong delusions and grievous oppressions which men have suffered and do suffer from their power. DE-MO NX- ACS. Men subject to the power of demons, and who are deaf, dumb, blind, epileptic, frenzied, hypochrondriac, imbecile, and suffer ills both of body and mind. Demons cannot be known to our senses, nor their powers distinguished from natural causes; and the few words about them in the scripture do not help to a clear idea of them. Some suppose that the demoniacs were madmen — under the influence of melancholia or mania— in neither case using reason. There are accounts of some who were maniacs and others lunatics. vSome also ascribe every form of disease, bodily or men- tal, to demons. Jesus said tiie casting out of demons was a part of his work, and by this work he brought the kingdom of God to us (Lev. xiii. 32: Matt. xii. 2H). DEM OPHON. Syrian general, under Antiochus V, (2 Mace. xii. 2). DENARIUS. Penny. 12 to 15 cents. See Mo- he y. DEPUry, Proconsul (Acts xiii. 7, etc.). DEB'BE. Lycaonia, on the road from Tarsus to Iconium (Acts xiv. 6), which passes through the famous CiLTCiAN (^ates, and where the pass opens upon the plains of Lycaonia, the city of Derbe stood. Gains belonged here (Acts xx. 14). DESCRY To reconnoitre ( Judtr. i. 23). DES ERT. Four words of the Hebrew text are translated desert, and they are : 1. Auatjah. The (ihor — the Jordan vallev ; Jericho at the S., and Bethshean at the X. (fizek. xlvii. 8 ; Is. xxxv. 1, 6, xl. 3, xii. 19, etc.; Jer. ii. 6, v. 6, etc.).— 2. Mid- car. Pasture grounds, or tlie wilderness of the wanderings, where the Israelites had flocks and herds with them during the whole of the passage from Egypt to Canaan (Ex. iii. 1, v. 3, x. 26, xii. 38, xix. 2; Num. xi. 22, xxxii. 21, xxx. 15).— 3. Chaiujah. Waste places, dryness, desolation (Ps. cii. 6; Is. xlviii. 21); W. of Sinai (P'z. xiii. 4; Job iii. 14). — \. Jeshimon. Waste places on each side of the Dead S(>a. Usually translated Beth Je.shimon (Num. xxi. 20 ; 1 Sam. xxiii. 10)- Is niore expressive of utter desolation than any of the others (Deut. xxxii. 10). D!;metiuis I. DES'SAU. Judah (2 Mace. xiv. 16.) Xicanor's army encamped there. Supi)osed to be Adasa. DEtT'EL {El knows). Father of Eliasaph (Num. i. 14). Reuel. DEU-TER-O'NO-MY (Gr. second Imc). Fifth book of the Pentateuch. Named in Hebrew elllh haddevakim, i/uv:; are the tcords. See History. DEVIL (Gr. Diabolos, sUutdnrer, fahe accuser). Called SATAN {to lie in wait, oppose) by the He- brews, and Sfmftan by the Arabs. This character expresses the antagonistic, malicious, and perverse nature of the enemy of God and man. See De- mon. It is not believed (by all) that he is an in- dependent, self -existent spirit of evil, though some do so believe, with the Manieheans. He is also called Dragon, Evil One, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Prince of this World, the (iod of this World, Prince of the Power of the Air, Apollyon, Abad- don, BeUal, Beelzebub. The word Sacan is used also to mean an adversary. Hadad the Edomite was an adversary (Heb. satan) to Solomon (IK. xi. 14); David is sus]iected of being an adversary (satan in 1 Sam. xxix. 4) to the Philistines; the angel of the Lord was a satan (adversary) to Ba- laam (Num. xxii. 22); a wicked man is a satan in Ps. cix. 6. The wicked wives are adversaries (satans, diabolous; the Hebrew Satan is the Greek Diabolos) in 1 Tim. iii. 1; false accusers, 2 Tim. iii. 3, and Titus ii. 3; and Jesus said one of the 12 was a devil (diabolos, Satan), an adver.sary. The He- brew marks, by the article, a difference between a satan, an adversary, and the Satan, a person, the chief. In Zech. iii. 1, 2, it is the Satan, and also in Job 1st and 2d chapters, and 1 Chr. xxi. 1: Matt. iv. 1-11; Luke viii. 12; John viii. 44; Acts xiii. 10; Eph. vi. 11; 1 Pet. v. 8; 1 John iii. 8; Rev. xii. 9. I)F:VrTUIl-.S II. It is said that the Devil is spiritual, but not si)irit — not eternal. He works by deceiving, producing or keei)ing in ignorance, "misunderstanding, evil thoughts, unholy desires, pride, anger, revenge, discontent and repining; and besides these moral, he works in physical ways, producing disease (Job ii. 7; Luke xiii. 6; Acts x. 3s), which is sometimes used as a divine chastisement (1 Tim. i. 20). As furl, rode, pnsh; e, i, 0. silent; ^ass, ^ha-s sh;«,<;h as k; g ns j, g asin pet; sasz; xasgz, n aaln linger, link; th as in tfaine. DEVOTIONS 76 DINAH God Is the only supreme self-existence, and Satan is not eternal nor in accord with God, but an ad- versary, he will be overcome, when he has served the will of God, and Avlll go down into the abyss, with death and hell, into utter and final annihila- tion (Kev. XX. 2, 10, 14). HEAD-DKESfr.S. DEVO'TIONS. Objects of worship— temples, im- ages, altars, etc. Paul meant olyects of devotion in ^cts xvii. 23. DEW. — The dew falls copiously in Palestine, at niglit, in spring and autimm, but very little in the summer — May to August. It falls some weeks be- fore, and also after the rains, and so shortens the dry season. It is used as a figure of God's goodness in Hos. xiv. 5, " I will be as the dew unto Israel;" and in Job, of his prosperity (xxix. 19), "tlie dew lay all night on my branch;" in Ps. ex. 3, of freshness and energy, ' dew of his youth" (Christ); of eloquent speech, "distilling like the dew" (Deut. xxxii. 2); of brotherly love, as the "dew of Hermon" (Ps. cxxxiii. 3); and as a sign of calamity, if wanting, in 2 Sam, i. 21, in- dicating barrenness. Di'-A-DEM (bound around). Crowtst. Only four passages have this, and they might be read, "fillet," "mitre," "tiara," or "turban," the origi- nal meaning rolled together, or around, like the mo- dern Eastern head-dress (Is. iii. 23). The diadem as worn by kings, as a badge of absolute power, was a band about two inclies wide, made of silk, ornamented with gold, tied behind, as in No. 7. The ends of the ribbon are frequently shown on the coins. Gibbon describes one as "a broad white fillet, set with pearls" like No. 6.' Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are Egyptian; 4, 5, 6, Assyrian; 7, from a coin of Tigranes, king of Syria; 8, sculpture at Persepolis; 9, Koman, civic, of leaves, from a coin. See page 36. DI'-AL. (Ileb. MAALOTH, degrees). The earliest mention of the sun-dial is among the Babylonians, 640 B. C. Herodotus says tlie Greeks aUoirti'd it from them, as also the division of the day into 12 parts, being introduced to Greece by the astrono- mer Berosus, the Chaldean, The first notice of "the horn-" is by Daniel (iii. 6). The degrees of Ahaz (2 K. xx. 11), cannot be explained. It may have reference to a dial with degrees (lines num- bered). This might have been a present from Tiglath Piieser, the ally of Ahaz, and made in Babylon. DJ'-A-MOND (Heb. yahalom, precious stone, and PH.\MER, sharp point). Tlie hardest and most precious of all the gems. One w&s in the sacred breast-plate of the nigh priest, though some say that (yahdlom) was an onyx. Ezekiel speaks of making his forehead hard as a diamond (shamir, adamant in A. V. Ez. iii. 9), and Jeremiah of an iron pen pointed with a diamond (Jer, xvii. 1), and Zechariah, of hearts as hard as an adamant stone (vii. 12). The same word shamir i^ Hebrew for briej. DIAN'A, Latin. (Greek, Artemis). The twin sister of Apollo, the sun-god. She is the moon goddess. The As- syrians named them Adram- melecli and Anamelech. Di- ana was called tlie goddess of hunting, chastity, marriage,? and nocturnal incantations. In Palestine the name was Ash- TORETH. The services were performed by women (melis- sai), and eunuchs (Tnegabis- soj),with a higli priest (essene). The great temple at Ephesus, and grove at Daphne were the most noted shrines of this wor- ship. The image at Ephesus was said to have fallen out of heaven complete! The great temple was 425 by 220 feet, and had 127 columns of marble, diana. each 60 feet high. See Ephesus, DIE LAIM, Mother of Hosea's symbolical wife Gomer (Hos. i. 3). DIB LATH. By some supposed to be the same as EIBLAH. By others it is located in Moab, where it is applied to a district in which was Almon-Dibla- thaim (Num. xxxiii. 46), and Beth D. (Jer. xlvui, 22). S. E. of Heshbon. DI BON. E. border of Moab, 3 ms. N. of Arnon river (Num. xxxiv. 45). Rebuilt by the Gadites. Dibon-Gad (xxxii. 34). In Reuben "(Josh. xiii. 9, 17). The ruins are still called Diban, and are ex- tensive. Dimon (Is. XV. 9).— 2. Judah. Dimonah (Neh. xi. 25). DIB'RI. Father of Shelomith, who had married an Egyptian, and her son having "blasphemed the name" v/as stoned (Lev. xxiv. 11). DID'YMTJS (twin). The apostle Thomas (John xi. 16). DIKLAH (palm-tre,'). There is a district in Ar- abia, extending along the Red Sea, from Edom to Medina, called Bakalah, from its fruitful palm- ;,n-(ives. Another district is Yemen, now called Mined, also fruitful in palms, is thought to be the the real location; where there is a tribe of Arabs Duklai. (Burckhardt). (Gen, x. 27, 31; 1 Clir. i. 21). DIL'EAN (place of aicumbers). Judah (Josh. XV. 3.S). Lost. Possibly Tima, near Ekron. DIL'LY. Hauran, 6 ms. W. of Edraa, on tiie edge of a large marsh: the aqueduct for conveying water to Gadara begins here. DIMAS. Village on E. slope of Hermon; on Da- mascus—Beirut road. DIM'NAH, Zeb. (Josh. xxi. 35; Lev.) Damon, near Accho. DI MON, WATERS OF. Streams E. of the Dead Sea. Moab (Is. xv. 9). Dibon. S., near the desert (Josh, Judah. S. of Askulan, on the W. DIMON AH. XV. 22). DIMREH, V. 8 ms Esneid. DINAH (acquitted). Dan. of Jacob by Leah. Her history is a short tragedy (Gen. xxxiv.'). Her two full brothers took her part against Shechem, and for their deceit and cruelty were condemned by Jacob on his death-bed. Among all the tribes &, 0, i, o, ft, ^jlong; 5, e,1,5,Q, jr.short; cS,re, fii-, last, faU, ■wh.'it; thSre, vj^il, tSna; piqr,e, 'Trm; dona, for, do, wolf, fo"od, fo'H; DLNAlTES 77 DIVORCE of the East, to this day, any wrong to a sister must be avenged by her brothers or father, or the whole family is disgraced. She may have gone with Jacob Int^) Egypt (xlvi. 15), but she is not mentioned again, nor is li(r'r death recorded. Di NAITES Cuthajan colonists who were placed in t?amaria (E/.r. iv. 'J). DINHA BAH (^pn'scnO O^ieu. xxxvl. 32). Cap- ital city and birthplace of Eela, son of Beor, lung of Edom. 8 ms. from Ar. toward the river Arnon. —7 ms. from lleshbon, on Mt. Peor (Euscbius). Danaba was a bishop's see in Palmyrene, Syria (Zosinius iii. 27). DIONYSIA. Feast of Bacchus (2 ilacc. Vi. 7). DIONYSITJS, THE AREOPAGITE. (Acis xvii. :>l). Dionysus or liacchus. He was a meuiber of the supreme ci)urt of the Areopagus, and one of the few converts of Paul at Athens. A. D. 420, a writer called Pseudo-Dionysius wrote a book in the name of the disciple, which was believed to be genuine for a long time, but is now comh^mned. DIONY SUS. Bacchus (3 Mace. ii. 29). DIOCSSAREA, Sepphorts. mOT'RE'BKES (Joir-mirtitred). A disciple who resisted the apostle John, in Asia-Minor. DIE WEH. PiUin and fountain E. of Beth-Zur, 4 nis. N. of Hebron. DISCIPLE. Believer. Member of the Church of Cluist. DISCOVER. To uncover. "The voice of the Lord — iliscovereth the forests," that is, the light- uhig strii)3 off the bark and branches (Ps. xxix. S»). DIS CUS. A quoit of iron, copper, or stone, for throwing in play, in the gymnasium. Jason intro- duced Greek games into Jerusalem in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, which the priests indulged in to the neglect of their duties (2 Mace. iv. 14). DISH (Heb. sephel, tsallachath, and kerah, and Greek ti-ubl ion). Bowl, charger. See Meals, Cups. DI'SHAN". Youngest son of Seir the mountain- eer (Horite). (1 Chr. i. 38). DisHON (Gen. xxxvi. 21). — 2. Son or Anah, and grandson of Seir (1 Chr. i. 41). DISSOLVE, To explain (Dan. v. 16). DISPEE, SION, THE JEWS OF THE. Those who remained in Babylonia after the return from captiv- ity were called the "dispersed, or "of the disper- sion," or in Heb. " stripped naked." " Removed " in Deut. xxviii. 25; Jer. xxxiv. 17. This included the 12 tribes. The Jewish faith succeeded to tlie kingdoyn of David at the return of the remnant, and faithful Jews everywhere contributed tlie half- shekel to the temple services (Jos. Ant, xviii. 9, 1). Three sections of the dispersion are noticed in his- tory, of Babylon, of Syria, and of Egypt. The Greek conciuests extended the limits of the dis- persed, by securing greater liberties to the Jews. See Antiochus, the Great. Tlie African dis- persion centred at Alexandria, the best fruit of which is the Septuagint. After the rise of the Jews, in Trajan's time, they were nearly exterminated and the remnant driven into Europe. Those in Eome followed Pompey after liis victories in the East. Tliey were banished from the city under Claudius, because they "were continually raising distiu:bances, Chrestus being tlieir leader " (.Sueto- nius, c. 2.5). Probably on account of their op]io- sition to the preaching of Christ by Paul and others. The dispersion influenced the spread of the gospel, because the apostles and preachers fol- lowed the Jews into " aU the world " (Acts ii.). DISTAFF. Spinning. (Prov. xxxi. 19). DI'VES. AGreek word meaning rich, which Jesus used in the parable of Lazurus and the "rich" man (Lukt* xvi. 19). It has since Cliaucer's time (see Sompnoure's Tale, "Lazarand Dives") been used in theological literature as a proper name. DXVINA'TION (Heb. kesem, to divide) Imita- tion of prophesy; the art of pretending to foretell future events, from the appearance of cards, dice, I liquids in a vial, or sediment in a cup ((ron. xliv. I 4) whicli had magical \vi-iting on it, or engraving on I it; of tlif earth, sea, and sky; the entrails of ani- mals; the flight of birds; of graves; in dreams; ] (Num. xii. (5), ("good dreams are one of the great I parts of prophesy."— AVm/t) by tahsmans, images, THE KINa, CHIEF OFFICERS, AND GODS OF ASSYRIA DIVININO WITH A CUP. oracles; by arrows (see AssjTian sculptures, where the king holds divining arrows, or a rod) ; and also by magic arts. Plato calls it science without rea- son. It was taught that the gods gave signs of fu- ture events, all through the universe, and that men of observation and study could read those signs. ISIoses condemned the wliole system (^Deut. xviii. 10-12), and those who practiced it as impious im- postors. The desire to know the future was pro- per, and would be gratified by God's own proph/t, who should speak as he was inspired. This super- stition is found among all people, at this day, and is even now practiced under the name of clairvoy- ants, second-sight, trance-mediums, seventh daiigh- ter or son, by cards, water, rods, palm, etc. The result of such practices is the same in all ages, a certain loss of judgment, of purity, and piety, and is as hateful now as ever (1 Sam. xv. 23). The di- vination by lot seems to be an exception, and is said to be divine (Prov. xvi. 33), and with the He- brews was conducted solemnly and with religious preparations (Josh. vii. 13), as m the case of Achan and of the division of the Promised Land (Num. xxvi. 55), the election of Saul as king (1 Sam. x. 20), and the chosing of Matthias to the vacant apostleship (Acts i. 26). Many appearances are recorded as of the direct work of God, as the ser- pent rod of Moses; leprous hand; burning bush: plagues; cloud; Aaron's budding rod; the dew of Gideon, etc., and also visions (Num. xii. 6). See Cup on p. 37. DIVORCE. The law of Moses is found in Deut. xxiv. 1-4, and xxii. 19, 29. The original words are some iincleanness (Heb. erv.vth dabar), and are very loosely explained by the Jewish doctors, so that many causes for divorce were admitted. One school (Shammai) limited it to a moral cause, and another (Hillel) included many others: as a bad breath, snoring, a running sore, and burning the furl, rjjde, pi^h; e, i, 0, silent; 9 ass; 9h.a3sh.;«,«haali:; g:as j; g'asiaget; jasz; jasgz; g asm linger, ligk; thasin thlue. DIZAHAB 78 food when cooking. When Jesus was appealed to (Matt. V. 31, with a view to entangle him in their disputes), he said. The practice allowed by the Mosaic law of divorcing a wife without crime on her part, and on the ground of dislike or disgust, is opposed to the original, divine idea of marriage : according to which a man and his wife are joined together by God, to be one flesh, and are not to be put asunder by man. lie who puts away his wife by a bill of divorce without her crime, causes her to commit adultery by placing it within her power to marry another man. The party who permits the divorce is criminal in marrying again. The mere exchange of a piece of writfng will not dissolve the spiritual bond. Unless the union is dissolved by crime, any who unite with either party are crim- inal. The apostle Paul allowed (1 Cor. viii.) separation of a believer from an unbeliever, but not to marry another, but to seek reconciliation and reunion. In the Roman church a marriage with an unbe- liever may be annulled by the believer, who may marry another. Some Protestants follow the same custom, and also in case of desertion. See Mar- riage. DlZ'AHAB {place of gold). On the Red Sea, now Doiiab (l)put. 1. 1). DOCTOR. Teacher (Luke iii. 40). Scribe. DO'CUS (sm/iMfort). Near Jericho (1 Mace. xvi. 15). Built by Ptolemeus, son of Abubus, in which he entertained and murdered his father-in-law, Simon Maccabeeus and his two .sons (Ant. xiii. 8). Dagon, ruins near Ain Duk, are supposed to mark the site (Bob. ii. .",09 ). DO'HAI {loving). An Ahohite, cap- tain 01 the course of the army (24,- 000), who served in tlie 2d month (1 Chr. xxxii. 4), Dodo? Brother of Jesse? DODA'NIM. De- scendants of the 4th son of Javan (Gen. x. 4). Ro- danim. The island of Rhodes and the river Rhone are relics of the name. ANCIENT HINGES DODA'VAH (love of Jah). Father of Eliezer, who denounced Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahaziah (2 Chr. xx. 37). DO 'DO ( God his friend) . 1 . Of Bethlehem, father of Elhanan, one of David's noted 30 captains (1 Chr. xi. 2(3).— 2. Dodai, the 2d in chief command of David's army (2 Sam. xxiii. 9, 24; 1 Chr. xi. 12). S. Of Issachar, forefather of Tola, the judge (.Judg. X. 1). DO'EG {fearful) . Chief of Saul's herdsmen (1 Sam. xxii. 9). He obeyed king Saul, and killed the priests of Nob (85, and their families also). He was a proselyte to the Jewish faith, attending there to fulfil a vow? DOG (lleb. KELEB, seizer; Ar. Mb). From most ancient times the humble friend and servant of man. Sculptured on tlie monuments of Assyria and Egypt. Mentioned as sliepherd dogs by Job (xxx. 1); Moses as property (Deut. xxiii. 18), and Solomon (Eccles. ix. 4). 'the vile rulers of Israel were compared to dogs by Isaiah (Ivi. 10, 11). The dog is almost ownerless in the East, and runs, half-wild, in tlie streets; never caressed, or made pets of, and seldom admitted to a house or tent. They eat anything tliat comes in their way, and also each other, if a dog strays from his proper dis- trict. Jezebel's fate (2 K. ix.) might be repeated DOOK any day or night in any city of the East. Byron writes in his Siege of Coruith : "He saw the lean dogs, beneath the wall, Hold o'er the dead their carnival ; Gorging and growling o'er carcass and limb, They were too busy to bark at him." David wrote of Saul's hired assassins lying in wait to kill him: "They return at evening : they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Let them wander lip and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied" (Ps. lix. 6). He also speaks of them in Ps. xxii. 1(5, 20. The caravans to Mecca have many dogs, going from Egypt, Syria and Persia. The dog was held to be unclean, and was de- spised, and is now, the name being a term of re- proach, commonly ap- plied to Christians by the Mohammedans. DOOK. (Ileb. shaar, io divide, gate; pethah, entering; saph, threshold; daleth, to hang down as a curtain, a dour;'VEV^K, pule, pulon, gate). The door had a threshold, side po.sts and lintel in houses, and was an opening in the side of a tent. The door is generally of wood, and sometimes of cedar, handsomely carved, and also a cloth for in- side use. In the llauran are now to be seen doors of stone, turning on hinges of stone, dating from antiquity. Doors and doorways in the East are generally small and mean in appearance compared with ours, or with the interior to which they open. STONE DOOR. .MllDEKN EmnlAhi DlMIK. The gates of cities are built strong for defense, with towers and chambers (2 Sam. xviii. 24), and rooms inside for public assembly, for hearing the news, buying or selling, or judicial affairs. In Assyrian cities they were similar; and in the tem- l>les were highly ornamented with sculpture and colors. The doorway in the engraving from tlie ruins of the palace (or temple) at Koyunjik (a part of Nineveh), shows the magnificent style of sculpture, in the use of ideal figures combining men, and animals, and birds. (See cut on page 54.) The principal doorways in the palaces were guarded by sjonbolic bulls, or winged gods. Images a, 6,1, 5, u, >',loiig; i, ejljO, u,j-, short; care, far, last, fall, what; thore, veil, teim; pii-tue, f irm; done, f<>, do, wolf, food, fo'ot; DOPIIKAH 79 DBEAM of the gods were hidden in the walls and floor as a kind of protection. The Egyptian ti'Uii)le was a kind of fort, with massive walls, and a gate with strong, higii towers. The doors had double leaves, oiten plated with metal. They were provided with locks and bars of metal. Tiie gates of Babylon are said to have been of bronze (brass). On the doors of Egypt in our day, tliere are sentences from tlie holy book, fol- lovving the aneient custom (Deut. vi. 9; Is. liv. 12; Kev. x.Ki. 21; Lane, Motl. Egyptians, ^Vilkinson). Petitions were presented to the king at the gate ; and tiie gate was sometimes made a place of buuc- tuary— a refuge. for crimiunls. Tlie doors of Solomon's Temple are described as being very valuable, richly carved, and overlaid with gold (I K. vi. 31, etc). Tliose of the holyplace were double. The Beautiful Gate of lierod's Temple is said to have been of Corinthian brass (bronze), (Jos. Wars, v. 5, § 3), and required twenty men to move it. The" gates of precious stones of llevelations and Isaiah \vere sugf^ested to the writers by the stone doors of the liaaran, which are often several Indies thick, of line hard bazalt, beautifully carved. To open, or lift up as a curtain, a door to a com- ing guest, was and is an especial honor, as alluded to in Ps. xxiv. 7. "I would rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness (Ps. Ixxxiv. 10), may be better understood as meaning "I would rather lay at the door of the house of my God (like Lazarus), than have a home in their tents." DOPHKAH (mttk drivinfji). Station of the Exodus (N'lim. =,_ xxxiii. 12). See AVildeuness. DOR (^habitation) . Royal city of tlie Canaaaites (Josh. xvii. 11; 1 K. iv. 11). On the Great Sea, 14 miles S. of Carrael, 7 ms. X. of Csesarea. Its king was defeated with others near the waters of Merom ( Judg. i. 27), in -Manasseh, but the an- cient people were never ex- pelled. Solomon made them pay tribute. This was the most .southern city built by the Phoe- nicians. The ruins are on a hill and extend half a mile, the most conspicuous being an old tower, which is a landmark, called Tantura (^tJis ham). DORA (1 Mace. xv. 11). Dou. DOR CAS. See Tabitha. DORYMENES. Father of Ptolemy (1 Mace. iii. 38). He fought against Antiochus the (ireat (Polybius, v. 61). DOSiTH'EUS. 1. Captain under Judas Maccab;i?us against Timotheus (2 Mace. xii. 19).— 2. A horse- man of Bacenor'3 band (2 Mace. xii. 35).— 3. Son of Drimlug, an apostate Jew at Raphia (3 Mace. i. 3).— 4. "Said he was a priest and Levite," messenger to carry the translation of Esther to Egypt (Esther xi. 1, Doway). Another mentioned by Josephus (c. Apion ii. 5). DO THAN. Dotliaim (^two wells). 14 ms. IS", of Shechem (Gen. xxxvii. 17). Joseph was sold bv his brethren here to the Egyptians (lb. 25). Eli- sha, the prophet, lived at D. when Benhadad its foot. The massive ancient Jewish or Roman pavement is to be seen in the road that runs near, from Beisan to Egypt. DO TO WIT. To make known. Not used. (2 Cor. viii. 1). DOVE (lleb. yonah). Two species are men- tioned in the law — turtle-dove and pigeon. Both were to be oliercd in burnt offering (Dent. i. 14). It is a symbol of peace, and the most exalted of animals, as symbohzing the Holy Spirit, and the meekness, purity and splendor of righteousness. Two ancient relics show its u.se as a national ensign — one on a Phoiiiician coin, where the dove, with rays about its head and wings closed, stands on a globe; and tlie ether, a sculi)tiin! in the Hau- raii, where the do\ c's wings are s]iri'ad, also stands on a globe, the rays behind tcnninating in stars. Carrier pigeons are figured in Egypt. A dove has carried a letter from Babylon to Aleppo in two days. The dove's dung of 2 K. vi. 2, has been exi'.lained as chick-peas or the roots of the ornithog- alinn wnbcUatum, or the Star of Bethlehem, used now by the poor. Pigeon cotes are common all over the East, usually made of coarse stone jars piled into a kind of liouse, by itself or on a roof. DRACH'MA. See Money. DRAG'ON (Heb. tannim, dragons). A mammal, living in the desert (Is. xiii. 22), crying like a child (Job xxx. 29); probably the jackal, which has a mournful howl. Another (Heb. tannin) was a great sea monster. Used as a metaphor of the Pharaoh (Is. li. 9; Ez. xxix. 3), where it means the crocodile (see Jer. li. 34). The word is also used as a metaphor for the devil in Rev. xii. DREAM. We know that God needs no rest, and is as active when we sleep as when we wake, and therefore we may sup pose that divine iniluences fashion our dreams, as well as direct our waking thoughts. It is supposed tlmt God appeared to ]\loses, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph, in dreams. So the Greeks believed (Homer, II. i. 63). Moses promised such visitations (Xum. xii. 6); Peter (Acts 10), and Paul (2 Cor. xii. 1), had such dreams. Jeremiah condemns tho.se who pretended to have revelations in dreams (xxiii. 25), and in ,^^- - . , - , visions, etc. xxvii. 9), and Ezekiel also (xiii. 2-9). thought to capture hmi (2 K. vi. 8-23). Tell Do- ! The modern imitators of Si)iritism pretend to a than is now at the S. end of a rich plain, sepa- ' divine converse— perhaps deluding themselves— rated by slight hills from Esdraelon, and the ru- ; believing that the wild fancies of their trances are ms are on a very large hill; with a fine spring at the work of the divine mind. furl, rude, push; e, i, O, silent; 5 as b; (;h as sh; -o.-eh as k; g as J; g as in get; £ as z; x as gz, n as iu linger, link; th as In thine. DRESS DEESS. Oriental di'ess has preserved a peculiar tmiionnity in all ages, from Abraham to the mod- em Bedawin. I'lie monument at Behistun exhibits tlie antiquity of the costume, which can be com- pared with that of figures of modern Syrians and Egyptians. The dress for men and women differed but very little; many articles being worn by both in common, varied only by the manner of putting them on. Men wore the shawl over the head and shoulders, or over the shoulders, while the women used it around the waist. The draiccrs are scant or full, gathered around the waist, and show, when on, as in the figure of Bedawin, p. 20, and of the woman in street costume. They are fastened just below the Icnee by garters. The shirt reaches to, or falls a little below the knees, and Is worn outside of the drawers generally, as in the picture of Sy- rians, p. 73. When dressed in the draw- ers and shirt only, a person was said to be naked (Mark xiv. 61 ) . Tliey also wear a vest, hke ours, but- toned up to the chin. Tlie buttons are sew- ed on the edge of the garment, and passed through a loop, never using a Duttonhole. The coat has sleeves to the vsrist, or longer, and skirts to the knees or ankles. Over the coat is worn tlie girdle (Acts xxi. 11), wliich is two or three yards long and about half a yard wide, and is made of any material, from a strip of leather or a rope, to the finest silk, with embroidery. The coat, when cut off at the hips, i; sometimes embroidered very highly. Tlie same garment is worn by women, and is called Yelek. This is the robe of ceremony for both sexes, re- ferred to in 1 K. V. 5, and 2 Chr. ix. 4, and (the long skirt) the present that Jehu gave the prophets of Baal (2K. X. 2:2). 80 DRESS long) is wound, forming the turban. Women cover themselves with a thin cloak and a veil, leaving only the eyes (or only one eye) visible, as in the figure (Oriental street costume). The ancient YELEK. GOW.X. The doak (abba, lebush) is a large square bag, open on one side, with holes at the upper comers for the hands, and a band around the neck. Goat's or camel's liair is used in the desert (Matt. iii. 4) as worn by John the Baptist. Jo- seph's coat of (many) colors was of this pattern; and such rich garments are common among the wealthy, being made of silk or wool, and richly «'mbroided. The same garment is called a burnoos when it has a hood, as worn in Algeria. The hpl<-e is a square sliawl, folded cornerwise, and worn as in the cut of Egyptians. Bedawins use a cloth woven with threads of silver or gold, called Akal. The head is covered first with a white cotton cap (libdch), over whieli is worn the tarlmnh (see Head-dress), a red woolen cap, generally with a blue tassel. Around the tarbush a naiTow shawl (three or more yards TUKIO. CAFTAN. COAT. Jewesses did not vail their faces, but covered the hair only. Women wear the hair long, braided, curled, etc., and decorated with jewels and coins. Men generally shave the head (2 Sam. xiv. 26). The ancient Jews probably wore the hair as low as the ears or neck, and, as Josephus says of the body-guard of Solomon, used powder (Ant. viii. 7, 3). In mourning the head was shaved (Is. xxiL 12, etc.). There are many ornaments in use for the hair, head, ears, nose, and neck, not very much different from those in use here; except the nose-ring. The eyebrows and lashes are frequently colored. The feet are loosely covered, and are seldom de- foimed as ours are by tight shoes. The inner slip- pers are very soft, and only worn in the house; the over-shoes and boot being worn out doors, and always left at the door. Stockings and leggings for cold weather are in common use. Sandals are still used in the house, but could never have been in common use out doors, because of the many thorns and briers. The Eiibcobs are high wooden stilts, used in the bath, or on wet floors. Sandals. fi, 5, 1, S, fi.,f,loTig; £, 6,1,5, u^, short; c&re, far, last, fftll, -what; thSre, vgil, term; piqne.finn; d6iie,far, d(},'«>»9U', fo"od,fe Camel. Tlie A. V. translates in error recesh in 1 K. iv. 28, and Esth. viii. 10, 14, droniedarii's, when the original means swift horses: also KAMMAc in Esther vlii. 10, 14, mules instead of mares. Jos. Ant. iii. 7, § 7: "The vestments of the high priest, being made of linen, signified the earth; the blue denoted the sky, being like light- ning in its pomegranates; and 'in the noise of the bells, resembling tlunider. And for the Ephod, it showed that Uod had made the universe of four elements; and as for the gold interwoven, I sup- pose it related to the splendor by which all things are enlightened. He also appointed the breasts plate to be placed in the middle of the ephod, to resemble the earth, for that has the very middle place. And the girdle wliich encompassed the high priest round, signified tlie ocean, for that goes round about and includes the universe. * * * * And for the turban, which was of a blue color, it seems to me to mean heaven, for how otherwise could the name of God be inscribed upon it?" Exodus xxviii.: "And these are the garments which they shall make— the breast-plate, and the ephod, and the robe, and the coat of checker- work, the tmban, and the girdle;" all of which were pe- culiar to and worn only by the high priest. In this description the under-garnients are not mentioned. In verse -I'J, linen drawers are directed to be worn, and it may be presumed that the other undergarments worn " by the upper cla.sses were used by the priests. Breilstplate (v. 4, U>). This was embroidered, in two halves sewed together, the front to receive the 12 stones, and the back to shield the .studs; and besides, so as to fit the chest better, because the stuff was thick and stiff from embroidery, and the fine wires of gold worked into the design. The making of the wires is described in xxxix. .3. In it were set foirr rows of engraved stones, bearing the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. Each stone was set in a rim of gold, like a cameo (or breast-pin), with a button or stud at the back, which was put through a button-hole in the breast- plate. Putting the twelve stones into their places was a solemn service, showing the presence of the twelve tribes before the altar of Jehovah, and they were called lights and perfections — (Urini and Thmnmim) . It was two spans high, and one wide. Two cord-like chains of gold wire were fastened to the upper corners of the breast-plate by two rings of gold (v. 14), which were attached to the engraved stones on the shoulders, one to each stone. Two gold rings on the lower corners of the breastplate were opposite two rings in the girdle ; and a blue cord tied the rings together. and kept the breast- plate in its place (v. 26, 27, 28). The other garments were i>eculiar only in color I •«£=^^^S^H7."*l77i?^u^^«'7(](^ and ornament, their pattern being similar to those 1 • -^ iju, already described. ohievtal streft co.«tvme. DROPPING, A CONTINUAL (Piov. xxvii. 16). Drops of rain in a wintry day drive a man out of I his house; in the same manner al.so does an abusive woman (Lam. xx.). See House. DRTJSIL'LA (feminine of Lat.Z>r?^*?w). Daughter of Herod Agrippa I, and Cypros (Acts xii. 1). She was l)etrothed to Antiochus Epiphanes, but on his refusing to become a Jew she was married i;o Azi- 7A1S, king of Emesa. She afterwards left her hus- band for Felix (ib. xxiv. 24). She, with her son, { perished in an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. I DtJKE. Translation of the Heb. alluph, which I means patriarch, head of a family, or, in Arabic, , sheikh, chief, leader. I DULCIMER (Heb. or Chal.suMPHONYAH). Mu- sical instrument mentioned by Daniel (iii. 5, 15). The modem dulcimer is a box, strung with about 50 wires— the longest .36 inches, the shortest 18— played with two small hammers, held in the hands. Musical Instru.ments. DU'MAH (xUf')uy'). Son of Ishmael, founder of a tribe of Ishmaelites. The district was in the N. of Arabia, near Edom (Gen. xxv. 15; Is. xxi. 11), where there is now a city called JDownah ei furl, rsjile, push; e, i, 0, silent; ieh el Kadimeh, in the valley of the Orontes, 30 ms. N. of Baalbek, 3 ms. S. E. of Riblah. A fortress in it was 396 ft. sq., having towers at the comers. Houses and sti-eets are EDNA EGYPT traced among tlie ruins over a space of 2% ms. Much material has been carried away to build a new town of Jusieh, 1 m. N. W., toward Eiblah. Ptolemy, Strabo and Pliny mention Paradisus in this same district. It is now dreary and barren, and Vv-ater is found only in cisterns. — 2. Beit-Jenn {the house of Paraclise), S. W. of Damascus, on the E. slope of Hermon, near Mejdel, on a branch of the Pharpar. — 3. Ez. xxiv. 23. In Assyria, with Hartui, Oanneh and Sheba, trading with Tyre. Supposed to be Aden.— 4. Beth E. A country res- idence of the kings of Damascus (Amos i. 5). Near the cedars of Lebanon is a village of Ehden, but it is not identified with any historical event. SIGNET IIJNG OP SUPUI;-. ED'NA (Heb. pleasure). Wife of liaguel (Tob. vii. 2; viii. 14, 16). E'DOM. Idumea (Mark iii. 8). The name of Esau (Gen. xxv. 29-34). The country settled by Esau's descendants. The ruddv hue of the moun- tains may have given the name lEdom, which is red in the original. The ancient name was Mt. Seir. Seir means rugged. On the E. side of W. Arabah, from Elath oil the S. to Moab on the N., at the brook Zered (Deut. ii. 13, 14, 18), about 100 ms. long by 20 ms. wide. The wliole country is wild, rugged, and full of deep glens, but is also very fer- tile on the terraces; while the di>.sert on each side is barren. The people dwelt amid the rocky hights, in caves and houses perched on dizzy crags, like eagles in their nests, living by their swords (Gen. xxvii. 40; Jer. xlix. IG^; yet, as Isaac promised, this land possessed "the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven" (Gen. xxvii. 39). The ancient capital was Bozrah. Sela {Pctrci) was the stronghold, and Ezion-geber its seaport where Solomon built a fleet (2 Sam. viii. 14; 1 K. ix. 20). The crusaders built a fortress 12 ms. N. of Petra, on Mons. Regalis, now a ruin, called Shobek. The people were always idolaters (2 Chr. xxv. 14; Jos. Ant. xv. 17, § 9). The rock temples and dwellings of Edom were cut in a soft rock; were large, airy, well lighted and dry, and a safe protection against robbers. E'DOMITES. Descendants of Edom (Gen. xxxvi. 1,11). See Edom. E'DEEI. Bashan, one of its two capitals, the residence of Og (Deut. i. 4). In Manasseh (Josh. xiii. 12, 31) . Two modern places claim this ancient name — (1) Edhra, at the S. W. angle of the Lejah, and (2) Dera, in the open plain of the Hauran, 14 ms. S. of the former. The ruins of Edhra are extensive and important above any other of the region; on a rocky projection from the Lejah, 3 ms. in circuit, raised 30 feet above the plain, which is wide and of unequalled fertility. The walls, roofs and doors are of a dark stone. There were many public buildings. — 2. Naphtali, 3 ms. S. of Kedesh (Josh. xix. 37). EDUCATION. The Jews were strictly charged in the law to edu- cate their children (Deut. iv. 9), but probably only in moral and religious discipline. The exceptions were those who were intended for priestly or civil EGYPTIAN KING, RHAMSES IV. office, as in the cases of Moses, Paul, Ezra, Dan- iel. There were schools of prophets (singers?), one of which, kept by Samuel, David attended. The sect of Essenes instructed children. EG'LAII (Heb. a heif- er). Wife of David at Hebron (2 Sam. iii. 5; 1 Chr. iii. 3). See Da- vid. EeiA'IM {2 pounds). (Is. XV. 8). Moab. Lost. EGLOSr. Judah, in the Siiefelah (Josh. xv. 39; x. 3-5). NowAjlan, a shapeless mass of ruins, 10 ms. S. W. of Beit Jibrin, on the road to Gaza, from which it is 13 ms. Name of a signet ui thotumes m. very fat king of PhiUstia (Judg. iii. 14). EGYPT. It would be interesting and valuable if we could give here a full account of all the monuments which confirm scripture, found in Egypt; but as that would fill a large volume, we must admit only a few illustrations, referring tlie student to the larger works. Concerning Abraham, we find that the account of his visit to Egypt is confirmed by many facts which may be compared with the history, laws and customs of the country as found in Wilkinson, Lane, and other writers. The principal points illustrated by evidence derived from Egypt are: 1. That Egypt was then a rich, powerful, end civilized nation. 2. The lower part, or Delta, was dry. 3. Its kings were call- ed Pharaoh. 4. Slav- ery was an institu- tion. 5. There was a famine in Canaan and an abundance in Egypt. 6. Abra- ham's wife, Sarah, was fair and did not wear a veil. 7. Pha- raoh wished to ]ilao<' Sarah in his harem. 8. Abraham was well received as a / shepherd. 9. He had sheep, oxen, ! asses, men and maid servants, and cam- els. 10. Abraliam accepted Pharaoh's gifts because he dared not refuse them, for the custom of the time then, as well as now, makes the refusal of a pres- ent an insult. Joseph was sold to the Ishmaelites for a household ser- vant; was bought by Potiphar, an oSicer of Pharaoh ; made an overseer in the king's house ; was tempted by Potiphar's wife ; thrown in prison ; interpreted the king's dream; was elevated to of- fice; was invested with a ring and robes of office, a gold chain ; had his name changed to an Egyptian one; and was married to Asenath, daughter to a priest of On. The ring of Suphis, here engraved, was found on a mummy in the necropolis of Sakkara, near Memphis, is of pure gold, massive, and is now in the Abbott Egyptian Museum of the Historical Society, New York. The mummy was entirely KIKG OF JiaiAH. A, e_. I, 3, u, y , long; a, 5, 1, 5, u^, short; ckre, far, last, fall, what; thSre, Vfiil, term; pique, firm; dona, f6r, do, lyolf, fubd, fo'bt; EGYPT 85 EKRON cased in pure gold, every limb, even to the fingers' ends, beuig -WTappcd separately, and tho whole was inscribed with hieroglyjihies. Joseph was em- balmed and put in a collin ((Jen. 1. 26). The mummy cased in gold is of the age of Thothraes III, the Pharaoh who reigned in the time of Jo- seph, whose signet was found attached to a chain of gold, around his neck. The seal turns on a swiv- el, and so has two tab- lets, which are engraved. The whole is of very pure gold. Pharaoh made Jo- seph a ruler over all the land of Egy^pt, and called him Zaphnath-paane- AH {preMrver of the world) (Gen. xli. 37-45.) The seal bears the name of Pharaoh, and also the ti- tle "Paaneah." (These, with the chain, are now in the Leyden Museum. ) "He made him to ride in the second chariot" (v. 43). "Xow there arose np a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph," ond there was a period of bondage in wliich the Jews were held untQ the time of Moses and the Exodiis. The monuments show tis the taskmaster and his men, the several kinds of work, punishment by the bastinado, etc. The picture on p. 43, is in the tomb of Eoschere, at Thebes. Rosellini (See Ins yreat work on Egypt, in the Astor Library) saj's: "Of the laborers, sb)ue are bringing clay m vessels; some miuglmg the straw with it; otners taking the bricks out of the moulds and arranging them in order for burning; others carrjing away the burnt bricks: all are dif- ferent from the three overseers at the right-hand end of tJie picture (a fourth is sitting) ,'ir. com- MERCHANT OF C.MPlJ CAKKYINO HIS KEV8. the skill requisite to make a golden image of a calf, such as they made in Sinai?" As proof that they had, we offer the pictures on the monuments, showing men actually at work at the furnaces, "tlie refiner's fire," weighing, etc. The "calf" they made was an image of the Egyptian god Apis, which was a live bull, kept at ftlemphis; and they had probably, while slaves, made many im- ages of him for use in all parts of the country. Selections might be madt^ shovnng workers in nearly every industry known in the East, but the student will be better satisfied with the larger works; and we have given enough here to point the argument, that the scriptures are true. Long after the Exodus, "Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem" (2 Chr. xii. 2). and on one of the walls in a temple at Karnac there is a picture of 63 prisonei's, each one repre- senting a city, tribe, or nation, and among them is a "king of the country of Judah." The names of Beth-horon, ]Megiddo, Mahanaim, and other cities in Palestine, are there, on shields. There are 84 names of persons or places of Canaan on the monuments at Abu Simbel, Thebes, and other ruins in Egvpt, written in hieroglyphics. (See Shishak.) The word mizraim {the two Efjypts) in the Hebrew Scriptures is translated Egypt in many passages (Ez. xxix. 10, etc.). Misr is red rmia in Arabic. The name on the monuments is kem (black). fpi>er E. extended from the cataracts to Memphis, and was called Thebais; and Lower E. from Memphis to the sea called the Delta. Upper E. was also called Pathros (Is. xi. 11). Land of Ham (Ps. cv. 23). The sign for Upper E. was a bent reed, and for iiOwer E. a bee (Is. vii. 18). E'm (Heb. connection), a Benjamite chief (Gen. xlvi. 21). Ahiram. E'HUD (Heb. union, poweyful). 1. Son of Bilhan (Zech. vii. 10, viii. 6).— 2. Son of Gera, tiibe of Benjamin (Judg. iii. 15, ff), the second Judge of the Israelites (B. C. 1336), called a deUverer. E'KEK. (Heb. transplanted). Descendant of Ju- dah (1 Chr. ii. 27). PYRAMIDS AND SPHINX. plexion, physiognomy and beard. The original is in colors and the figures are very large. The inscription at the topis translated, "Cap- tives brought by his majesty to build the temple of the great God." The question has been asked, "Had the Jews EK'REBEL (Judg. \ii. 18), Akrabeh A village 7 miles S. E. of Nabliis. EK'BON (Heb. eradication) . A royal city in the north of Philistia (Josh.xiii. 3),nowAKiR, ouilton the accumulated rubbish of past ages. The deity worshiped was Baal-zebub. Ekron was the last furl, rgde, push; e, i, 0, silent; 9 »s b; ^h as sh; -e.oh as k; g as j; g as in get; g as z; 5 as gz; n as in linger, lint; tii as in tMne. EKRONITES 86 ELEUTHEROrOLIS nlace to which the Ark was carried before its i veturn to Israel. EK'KONITES. People of Ekron (Josh. xiii. 3). E LAH (valley of Terebinth). Where David slew Goliath (1 Sam. xvii. 2, li); xxi. 9). E'LAH {strength), (Heb. terebinth or oak).— 1. Son of Baasha, king of Israel (1 K. xvi. 8-14). — 2. Father of Hoshea (2 K. xv. 30). EL' AH. Duke of Edora (Gen. xxxvi. 41).— 2. Father of Shimei (1 K. iv. 18). — 3. Son of Caleb Judah (1 Chr. ii. 39).— 2. Sou of Kapha (1 Clir. viii. 37, ix. 43). ELEA'ZAR (Heb. whom God helps). 1. Son of Aaron (Lev. x. 1, ff). Eleazar was cliiof over the Levites (Num. iii. 32).— 2. Son of Abinadab (1 Sam. vii. 1). — 3. Son of Dodo the Alioliite ; one of the three chiefs of David's army (2 Sam. xxiii. 9, if).— 4. A Levite, son of MohU (1 Chr. xxiii. 21, 22).— 5. A priest (Neh. xii. 42). — 6. A decendant of Parosh ; an Israelite (Ezr^x. 25). — 7. Son of (1 Chr. iv. IS). — 4. Son of Uzzi, a Benjaniite cliief > Phinehas (Ezr. viii. 3.'J).— 8. Elizzer (1 Esd. viii. 1 Chr. ix. 8). EL'AHDAil (Heb. elapa), {whom God adorns). A. descendant of Ephraim (1 Chr. vii. 20). E'LAM. Oldest son of Shem (Gen. x. 22). The country peopled by his descendants was along the Ulai, and its capital was Shushan, one of the most powerful and magnificent cities of antiquity. Tlie name is found in'the ancient inscriptions. Called also Nuvaki. Extended from the Persian Gulf to Assyria on the N"., to the Zagron mts. on the E., and the Tigris on the W. In the time of Abram, the king of Elam was one of tlie most powerful in Asia ( Jer. xlix. 34-39) . The people were idolaters, and their images are found in the ruins. Elamites were at the Pentecostal feast (Acts ii. 9). E'LAMITES. They were the original inhabitants of Elam (Gen. x. 22; Ezr. iv. 9). E'LASMl {God-created). Elasa. 1. A priest of Pashur (Ezr. x. 22) .—2. Son of Shaphan. Sent on a mission by king Zedekiah to Babylon. (Jer. xxxi. 3). E LATH. Idumsea, on the E. gulf of the Red Sea. First named inJ)eut. ii. 8; and the reference in 1 K. ix. 26, shows that E. was more ancient than Ezion-gaber. King Solomon built a navy here. A fort is kept garrisoned here now, called Akaba, for the benefit of the pilgrims to Mecca. EL'BETH'EL {God of Bethel). The place where God appeared to Jacob when he was fleeing from Esau (Gen. xxxv. 7). EL'CIA. IIilkiah (Judg. viii. 1). EL'DA-AH (Heb. whom God called) (Gen. xxv. 4). Son of Midian. EL'DAD {whom God loves) and MEDAD. Two of the seventy Elders who had the gift of pronhe- sy (Num. xi.'l6, 2;)). EL'DER (Heb. zaken, l\r. presby- ter). An old man. A title of honor and respect given to persona in au- thority (Gen. xxiv. 2; 1. 7), as stew- ards or as master workmen. The eider was a political officer among the Hebrews, Moabites, Midianites and Egyptians (Num. xxii. 7). The office is the keystone of the political system among the modern Syrians, wlio use the name Sheikh, which means old innn, for the chief or head of the tribe. Moses adopted the idea and regulated its use by laws (Ex. iii. IG; iv. 29). Their authority was almost unlimited, within the law and customs (Josh. ix. 18). They became judges or magistrates in Canaan, in the local towns, sitting m the gates (Deut. xix. 12). They are called the Senate in 1 Mace. xii. 0. See Syna- gogue. The office of elder in the Christian church was adopted from the Jewish custom. E'LEAD {wJiom God applauds). A decendant of Ephraim (1 Chr. vii. 21). SirOTHELAH. ELE'ALEH {God's hight). E. of Jordan, on the plateau of Sloab, 1 m. N. E. of Heshbon, on the summit of a conical hill. Was once strongly for- tified; and there are ruins of walls, cisterns, etc. Rebuilt by Reuben (Num. xxxii. ."7). ELEA'SA. Near Azotus (1 Mace. ix. 15\ ELE'ASAH (Heb. elasah.) ~ 43).— 9. Avaran (1 Mace. ii. 5).— 10. A distin- guished scribe of great age, who was a martjT in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes (2 JSIacc. \i. is, 31).— 11. Father of Jason (1 Mace. viii. 18).— 12. Son of Eliud (Matt. i. 15). 'ELECT {chosen, selected). Election. The desig- nation of persons to office (Acts ix. 15) ; of people or nations to the enjoyment of peculiar privileges (Deut. vii. 6-8) and of a definite number of per- sons to eternal life (2 Thess. ii. 13). This subject belongs to the mysteries of God and cannot be so cleai'ly stated as to leave no uncertainty in the mind. The position is : that God does and will save a number of persons, and He does this accord- ing to a plan which he formed before the world was made; and he has never, and never will change that plan (Eph. i. 4; 2 Tim. i. 9); their election is of free grace and love, and not for any good in the person ^Eph. i. 5); the redemption of'Clirist is in- cluded in the great plan. This plan enters into our destiny as a controlling element; as, it may be said by analogy, tlie patriotic determination of AVashihgton resulted in the independence of our country; and the plans of a father determines where 'his family shall reside, the college his son shall attend, and the studies he shall pursue. EL-ELOHE-ISRAEL {Almighty, God of Israel). Name of the altar that Jacob built facing Shechem (Gen. xxxiii. 19, 20). ELEPH {ox). Benj. (Josh, xviii. 18). ELEPHANTS (Heb. shen-habbim) . Elephants were used in warfare (1 Mace. i. 17, iii. 34). See IVOKY. ELEUTHEEOP'OLIS. On the E. border of the plain of Philistia, at the foot of the hills of Judfea, in S. Palestine, 25 ms. S. W. from Jerusalem. Not mentioned in Scripture, but was an important city WORKING IN lirTALS. in the early Christian ages, wlien its inline was Betogabra, House of Jiread. Eusebius mentions it as the seat of a bishop, iind I'eckons distances to other cities from it as a centre. The ruins are still shovvn of a fine chapel, and of a fort built by the Crusaders, 200 ft. squan>, in the 12tli cent. Now Beit Jil)rin, having 60 or more houses. The great attractions here are the caverns, or houses cut in the solid rocks. Rooms 100 feet or more in lenglli, with smooth and ornamented walls, and lofty, arched roofs; some 40 to 70 ft. oy 60 ft. high; most WORKING I.N" JI DIALS. j of them lighted by openings in the roof, and con- nect cd by doorways. Jerome says they were built 1. Son of tielez of ! by Idum'teans. a, 5, 1, 6, u, yjloag; 2, 5,1, o, u,^, sliort; cilre, fiir, last, f^U, what; there, veilj tSrm; pique,fTrHi; done, for, djj,-vroIf, food, fo'ot; ELEUTHERUS 87 ELIJAH ELEU THEKUS. River in Syria (;i Mace. xi. 7, xii. 30). btrabo says it divided Syria from PhoRni- cia. Now tlie Nalir el Kobir, (r /•<;«< Ilii\r; rising in Lebanon, passing tlirough tlie entrance to Ila- math (Num. xxxiv. 8), emptying into the Great Sea 18 miles N. of Tripolis. ELHA'NAN (God-cndowcd). 1. A groat warrior In David's time (2 Sam. xxiii. 24). S(m of Dodo, one of David's tliirty men.— 2. Son of Jair (or Jaor). ELI (.hifjhf) . A high-priest descended from Aaron (1 K.ii. 27; 2 Sam. viii. 17). E'LI LA'MA (my God) SABACH'THA- 7f I— wherefore mst thou forxdkeu me ■— wortis uttered by Christ on the cross ., == (Matt, xxvii. 46; Ps. xxii.). ^ '^^ ELI'AB iGod is father). 1. Son of rielon (Num. i. 9).— 2. Son of Plialln (Num. xxvi. 8, 9).— 3. One of David's brothers, son of Jesse (1 Chr. ii. 13).— 4. A Levite, porter and musician (1 Chr. XV. IS, 20).— 5. A Gadite leader in Da- vid's time (1 Chr. xii. 9).— 6. Son of Nohath (1 Chr. vi. 27).— 7. Son of Na- thanat>l (Judg. viii. 1). ELI' ADA {whom God knows or cares for). 1. Son of David (2 Sam. v. 16).— 2. A Benjamite who led 200,000 men to the army of Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. xvii. 17). ELI'ADAH (Heb.ELiADA). Father of Rezon (1 K. xi. 23). Eli'adas (1 Esd. ix. 1:8)— Elioenai. ELI'AH (Heb. eli.jah). 1. Son of Jeroham (1 Chr. viii. 29). — 2. Son of Elam (Ezr. x. 26). ELI ABA (whom God hides). One of David's thirty men (2 Sam. xxii. 32). ELI'AEIM (whom God has set up). 1. Son of Hilkiah I (2 K. xviii. 26, 37); he was a prefect in the king's house (Is. xxii. 20). — 2. The original name of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (2 K. xxii. 34). — 3. A priest who assisted at the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem (Neh. xii. 41). — 4. Son of Abiud, and father of Azor (Matt. i. 13).— 5. Son of Melea (Luke iii. 30, 31). ELIAM. Eliab (God's people). 1. Father of Bathsheba (2 Sam. i. 3).— 2. Son of Ahithophcl (2 Sam. xxiii. 34). ELIAS. See Elltah. ELI 'ASAPH (ichom God has added). 1. Son of Deuel (Num. i. 14).— 2. Son of Lael (Num. iii. 24). ELI'ASHIB (God restores). 1. A priest in Da- vid's time (1 Chr. xxiv. 12).— 2. Son of Elioenai (iii. 24).— 3. High-priest at Jerusalem (Neh. iii. 1, 20, 21). -4. A singer (Ezr. x. 24).— 5. Son of Zattu (X. 27).— 6. Son of Bani (x. 36). ELI'ATHAH (God comes). Son of Heman (1 Chr. XXV. 4, 27). ELI DAD. Son of Chislon; a prince who as- sisted in the di- vision of tlie land of Canaan (Num. xxxiv. 21). E'LIEL (God is strength) . A common name among the Hebrews, but nothing of any note is knoMTi of any one bearing it (1 Chr. viii. 20; ii. 46). ELIE'NAI. Son of Shimhi (1 Chr. viii. 20). Elioena i, a c hief. ELIE'ZEE (God helps). 1. Steward of Abraham's hovi.'^e (Gen. xv. 5).— 2. Sen of Moses and Zippo- rah (Ex. xviii. 4).— 3. Son of Becher (1 Chr. vii. 8). — 4. Priest in David's reign (xxv. 24).— 5. Son of Zichri (xxvii. 16).— 6. Son of Dodavah (2 Chr. XX. 37).— 7. A chief Israelite— a learned assistant to Ezra (Ezr. viii. K))-— 8, 9, 10. Priests (Ezr. x 18, 23, 31).— 11. Son of Jorim (Luke iii. 29). ELIHOE'NAI. Son of Zerahiah, who, with 200 men, rcturni'd from the captivity with Ezra (Ezr. viii. 4). WILLOW BOAT. ELIHO'REPH (God rcioards). Son of Shisha, scrilje of Solomon. ELI'HTI (Jehovah). 1. Son of Barachel (Gen. xxii. 21).— 2. Son of Toliu (1 Sam. i. 1).— 3 (1 Chr. xxvii. 18). "Of the brethren of David."— 4. Captain of the thousands of Jfanasseh (1 Chr. xii. 20). A Levite (1 Chr. xxvi. 7). ELI'JAH (Ileb. em'ahtj, God-JaJi, EUJehorah). On his first appearance he is simplv denominated "Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead " (1 K. xvii. 1). It is supposed that Thisbe, in Galilee, was the birth-place of Elijah, but there is no proof. Such points were left in doubt that he might be known and thought of simply as ths great prophet reformer. In this light alone he appears in the sacred history. His one grand ob- ject was to awaken Israel to the conviction that Jehovah, Jehovah alone is God. The period of Israelitish history at which Elijah appeared was one that emphatically called for the living exhibi- tion of this great truth. It was that period of Ahab's apostasy, when, through the influence and example of his wife Jez(>bel he formally introduced the worship of other gods into Israel. In the lan- guage of the sacred historian, " It seemed a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat; he took the daughter of Ethbaal to wife, and served I'aal, and worshiped him. He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, in Samaria" (1 K. xvi. 31). He did not rest, like his predecessors, with the corrupt worship of Jehovah under the form of a calf, but brought in the worship of the Tyrian Baal, with its usual ac- companiment of the 'Asherah pollutions— the lites of the Syrian Venus. Hence he enters on the work assigned him as the special servant of Je- hovah, arid in his name announces what shall absolutely come to pass, confident that there is no power in heaven or earth capable of reversing the word. "And Elijah said unto Ahab, As Je- hovah, God of Israel liveth, beioro whon. I stand, furl, rude,p^sh; e, i, 0, silent; <;ass; ;lia$sh;'e,«ha8k; gas j; g- as in get; 8:»z; Tasgz; n cs iu linger, link; tuasintMne. ELIJAH ELIOENAI there shall not be dew nor vair. these years, but according to my word " (1 K. xvli. 1). After the utterance of a word by which the genial influences of heaven were to be laid under arrest for a series of years, it became necessary that a hid- ing place should be provided for Elijah, that he might escape from the violence of those in high places, and from the importunities of others, wlio might try to prevail upon his pity. Such a hiding-place was found for him to the east —beyond the limits of the kingdom of Israel— beside the brook Cherith, that flowed into the Jor- ; dan. There he found not only water from the brook, but also supplies of bread and flesh, morn- ing and evening, ministered at (Jod's connnand by ravens. The brook Cherith, however, in course o"f time dried up, and another place of refuge had to be provided for the prophet. This was found in the house of a poor widow, with an only son— and she not in the land of Israel, but at Zarephath (Sarepta), in the territory of Zidon, the native region of the infamous Jezebel (1 K. xvii. 9). Brought by divine direction to the place and to the woman, he found her near the ga.te of the city, gathering a few sticks to prepare her last meal, that she and her son might thereafter die. In the confidence of faith he bids her go and bake the bread as she intended, but in the first instance to bring a portion of it, with a little water, to him, demanding such faith from her as he himself exer- cised toward God. And he added, as the ground for her belief and his own demand, " For thus saith Jehovah, God of Israel, the ban-el of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail till the day that Jehovah sendeth rain on the earth." On the occasion of a severe illness befalling her son, she said to Elijah in a petulant tone, "What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God ? Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?" Josephus does not understand that the child died. Jewish tradition says that this boy after- wards became a servant to the prophet, and also the prophet Jonah . This seems to imply that she looked upon him as the occasion of her calamity, and that it would have been better for her had she not known him. However she graciously overlooked what might be wrong in it; as it was, the calamity proved a heavy trial to Elijah, and with holy freedom he laid it before God, and said," O Jehovah, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again." The child began to breathe, and presently was delivered alive to his mother. She said, "Now, by this I know that thou art a man of God, and the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth." It was in the third year of Elijah's sojourn with the widow, that the Lord came to him, announcing the near prospect of rain, and bid him go and show himself to Ahab (1 K. xviii. 1). Returning to King Ahab, he procured the great assembly at Mount Carmel, where God "answered by fire," and the prophets of Baal were destroyed. (See Carmel.) Now the long terrible drought was broken, and a plentiful ram descended at the pro- phet's prayer. He fled from the fury of Jezebel, first to Beersheba where he left his servant (Jo- nah), and went on alone into the wilderness (of Sinai.— Dr. Crosby), where he wished for death. "It is enough, Lord, let me die, fori am not better than my fathers." (The oratorio of Elijah, by Mendelssohn, is a beautiful and effective com- mentary on this part of the prophet's life.) Here the prophet saw the Lord pass by, in answer to hi j complaint. The wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks of Sinai; then an earthquake; and after that a fire, burning in the constant blaze of lightning. These were symbols oi the angry frame of mind that the prophet had. Then, after a profound stillness, there came a small voice, soft and gentle. This was Jehovah's method of winning men— not by exhibitions of ter- rible power. The persecutions of Ahab and Jeze- bt>l, the slaughter of Baal's priests, had nothing of (xod in them ; but he was to be found as truly worshiped by the few who had not bowed the knee to Baal. These connnands were given him:— To return to the wilderness of Damascus, and at a proper time annoint Hazael, king of Syria, Jehu, king of Israel, and Elisha as his successor. Elisha was appointed by having Elijah's cloak (of coarse camel hair, or wool) cast on him, when, from that time "He poured water on the hands of Elijah," that is, served him daily. Six years after he de- nounces Ahab and Jezebel for their crime against Naboth, in taking his vinevard. He foretells the death of Ahaziah, the king. The warning letter to Jehoram is by a later hand, of the same school. Two bands of guards having been sent by Ahab to arrest him, he calls down fire from heaven on their heads. Soon after that he crossed the Jor- dan with Elisha "on dry ground," and wns sepa- rated from liim by fire and carried away by a wind "into heaven." 'Elisha asked for the first horn's double portion, as the eldest follower of Elijah. His whole life as a prophet was one of trial and conflict. The Jews, in the time of Jesus, expected JElijah to reappear, and Jesus alludes to the behcf (Matt. xi. 14), explaining the fulfilment as in John the Baptist. Elijah (Elias in (ireek) became a name for any or all true prophets, as David for the king, Abraham or Israel for the Hebrews. ELIM (trffs). Had twelve fountains (not w^lls), and a palm grove, being a kind of desert paradise (Ex. XV. 27). Wady Ghurundel has now several fine fountains, supplying a perennial stream, and has more trees, shrubs, and bushes than any other spot in the desert. Here the plain ends and the mountain begins. ELIM'ELECH {Ood is Kiiuj). The Betblehemite husband of Noomi; the father of Mahlon and Chllion. See Ruth in the History of the iiooKC. MriBFuri ELIOENAI {eyes turned to El-God). ~\. Rpuja- mite, and head of a family (1 Chr. vii. S) .—2 Sim- eonite, and head of a family (1 Chr. iv. 36).— .3. Korhite Levite, and doorkeeper in the Temple of Solomon (1 Chr. xxvi.3). Two before, and two others after the captivity, were not noted. t, 8, 1, o, u, y, long; ?,, 5,1, 5, %f, short; c^re, far, last, fftU, what; there, veil, term; pique, firm; dwe, for, do, wolf, food, fo'bt; ELiriTAL 89 ELKOSH EL'IPHAL (judged by EL). Son of Ur (1 Chr. xi. 35). ELIPHALET. Son of David, the last of 13, born ill .Jciusah'in (2 Sam. v. lO).— 2. One of Da- vid's oO heroes.— ;?. A r.enjaniito. Eliphelet. EL'IPHAZ, or ELIPHAZ (dodforstrrnr/th). 1. Son of Esau, and lather of Tenian (Gon. xxxvi. 10).— 2. Cliief of tlie three friends of Job, called the Tenianite (Job. ii. 11). See Job in the His- tory OF THE Booics. ELIPHELET (God dixtinfp/Mcs').—!. Son of David (1 Chr. iii. (i). Eli-alet.— 2 EliphaletI. —3. Son of Aeasuai (2 Sam. xxiii. 34). Eliphal in IChr. xi.— 4. Son of Eslielc, and of Saul through Jonathan (1 Chr. viii. 39).— 5. One of the Beue- Adonikam who returned with Ezra (E/.r. viii. 13).— 6. One of the Bene-Ilaslium in Ezra's tinie(Ezr. x. .33). ELIS' ABETH (frdness of God) .—1. "^^^fe of Zacha- rias, and mother of John the Baptist (Luke i. 5, 42), and cousin to Mary, the motlier of Jesus. — 2. The wife of Aaron (Ex. vi. 23). ELISEUS. The name of Elisha in the Apocry- pha and the N. T. (Luke iv. 27). ELI'SHA (God for salvation). Son of Shaphat, and a native of Abel-Meholali, where Elijah foimd him, whose pupil and successor he was from B. C. 903 to 838 (1 K. xix. 16). He was with Elijah when he divided the Jordan, and was carried awajr by a whirlwind and chariot of fire. Elijah's mission was to show that El was the God of Israel — Elisha to show that (xod should also be the salvation of his people. Beneficent working and kindly bless- in death of the king: the'king restores her land to the Slumemite; predicts the death of king Ben-hadad, and the snocession of Hazael ; anoints Jehu king over Israel : the inci- dent of the smiting with the bundles of aiTOws. Even after death he restored the dead to life. Eli- sha is seen to resemble Christ in his miracles, and in his loving, gentle character. He had no succes- sor. The Greek church honors Elisha as a saint, on June 14. ELISHA (firm bond). Son of Javan (Gen. x. 4), who named the " Isles of Elisha," which traded with Tyre (Ez. xxvii. 7). Ei.is is from the same source. ^Iellas, ancient (rreece. ELISHA MA (God hi'ar.f). Prince in Ephraim (Num. i. 10).— 2. Son of David (2 Sam. v. li;).— 3. Son of David, also called Emshua (1 Chr. iii. (5). —4. Of Jiidah, s(m of .lekamiah (1 Chr. ii. 41), and father of Netlianiah, grandfather of Ishmael of the Captivity (2 K. xxv. 2."i); Elishamah in some editions.— ."j. Scribeto Jehoiakim (Jer. xxxvi. 12).— 7. Priest to Jehoshaphat, and sent to teach (2Chr. xvii. S). ELlSH APHAT (Godjudrjef,). Captain of "hun- dreds," in the service of Jehoiada (2 Chr. xxiii. 1). ELiSH EBA (God of the oath). Daughter of Ara- minadab, of Judah, wife of Aaron; same as Elisa- beth (Ex. vi. 23: Num. i. 7). Her 'marriage to .\aron united the royal and priestly tribes, .nidah and Levi. ELISHU'A (El is salvation). David's son, born at Jerusalem (2 Sam. v. 1.5). Elishama in 1 Chr. iii. r.)_. ELITJ. Ancestor of Judith (viii. 1), of Simeon. ELi UD (Jews' God) . Son of Achim (Matt. i. 15) , From Abina. ELIZ APHAN (God protects).—!. Son of Uzziel, a Levite (Ex. vi. 22). The family are mentioned in the times of David and Ilezekiah. Ei/zaphan. 2. Son of. Parnach, ajiiiointed by Moses, from Zeb- ulon, to assist in dividing the land (Num. xxxiv. 25). ELIZTJR (God the rock). Son of Shedeur, of Reuben (Num. i. 5). ELKA NAH ( Ei creates) . Son of Korah (Ex. vi. 24). Several generations of Korah's sons are given in 1 Chr. vi. 22, etc. — 2. Sou of Joel, in the same line as 1 (vi. 25, 3()). — 3. Another, in the line of 2\.himoth, or Maha^i (vi. 26, 35). — 4. AKohathite Levite, in the line of Heman. Son of Jcroham, and father of Samuel the pro])het (1 Sam. i. 1, etc). He lived in Mt. Ephraim, or Lamah, and attended yearly meeting for worship and sacrifice at Shiloh. lie v/as rich enough to give three bullocks when Samuel was presented at the house of the Lord. — 5. A Levite living in ]Sretopha (ix. 16). — 6. Door- keeper in David's time, for the Ark (xv. 23). — 7. Joined David at Ziklag (xii. 6). — s. The second in command in the house of Ahaz, killed by Zicliri (2 Chr. xxviii. 7). ELKOSH' (El's jwwer). Birthplace of Xahum (i. 1). There is a place so named in Assvria (.34 ms. X. of Mosul), and modern Jews and tlie resi- ident Chaldee Christians show a tomb of Xahum there. Jerome says the place was in Galilee, where there is now a traditional tomb of the prophet at kefr tanchum, near Tiberias. farl,r]}de,pnsh; e,i,0, silent; ; a^s; 9hassh;'C,'chask; gas j; gasiagei; sasz; xasgz; n as in linger, link; tii as in tfaine. ELKOSHITE 90 ENAN ELKOSH'ITE. From Elkosh. EL'LASAR (Gen. xiv. 1). Thelasak Telassar. Tlie country and kingdom of Arioch in the days of Abraham. ELM. Error for oak (Heb. alah), in Hos. iv. 13. ELMO'DAM. Son of Er, in Joseph's line (Luke iii. 28) ._ Aliuodad in Gen. x. 26. ELNA'AM {Ei his delight). Father of Jeribai and Joshaviah, two of David's guard (1 Chr. xi. 46). ELNA'THAN (whom El gicve) . Maternal grand- father of Jeiioiachin (2 K. xxiv. 8). — 2. Tliree Le- vites of this name in Ezra's time (Ezr. viii. 16). In 1 Esd. viii. 44, etc., the names are Alnathan and Eunatan. Elnathan was sent by the king into Egypt to bring back the fugitive Urijah ( Jer. xxvi. 20) : and he was present at the burning of Jere- miah's roll, protesting against the act. See Jeho- lAKIM. ELO HIM. A plural word in Hebrew, meaning the true God. See God. ELO L "When applied to heathen idols, it means gods. My God (Mark xv. 34). E'LON (Heb. allon, cm oak). 1. Father of Esau's wife Adah, a Hittite (Gen. xxvi. 34).— 2. Founder of the Elonites (Gen. xlvi. 14). — 3. Judge for ten years (Judg. xii. 11); from the tiibe of Ze- bulon. E'LOX (oak). Dan (Josh. xix. 43). Same place as E'lon-beth-hanan (oak of ths house of grace). Dan (IK. iv. 9). Lost. EL'FAAL (El, his reward). Son of Hushim. a Benjaraite, and founder of a family (1 Clir. viii. 12). ELPA'RAN. Terebinth of Paran (Gen. xiv. 6). EL'TEKEH (El fearing). Place in Dan (Josh, xix. 44). Levitical. ELTEKON (God its foundation). In Judah, 4 miles from Hebron (Josh. xv. 69). Lost. ELTO LAD (El's kiiulred) . In Judah, near Bcer- sheba (Josh xv. 30). Wilton thinks it was in Wady Liissan, 60 miles S. of Ga/.a. Rowland places it in Wad.y Salvd, 40 miles S. E. of Gaza. ELTO. Name of the sixth Hebrew month. ELU'ZAI (God my mrmr). Soldier who joined David at_Ziklag (1 Chr. xii. 5). ELYMA'IS. Elam. City in Persia, containing a very rich temple, in which were many trophieV; deposited by Alexander the Great (1 Mace. vi. 1). Antiochus Epiphanes failed to capture it (Ant. xii. 9, § 1). In Tobit, ii. 10, Elymais is the name of a province. ELY.ffi;'MANS. Elamites (Judith i. 6). S'^e Elam. EL'YMAS (Ar. wise). Arabic name of Bariesiis (Acts xiii. 6), the sorcerer. The Orientals called fortune-tellers by their true names, sorcerers, im- posters. EL'ZABAD (given by El). Warrior fi-om Gad, who joined David in the wilderness (1 Chr. xii. 12). — 2. A Korhite Levite, son of Sheinaiah (I Chr. xxvi. 7), a doorkeeper in the Temple. EMBKOIDERED ROBE. bodies (Gen. 1. 2, 26) . The soft parts of the inte- rior were removed, and spices, gums, etc., filled m their stead, and the whole was then steeped for 70 days in natron (petroleum or asphaltum), after which the body was carefully wrapped in strips of hnen, dipped in gum, and delivered to the friends, who put it in the coffin, which was of wood carved and painted, or of stone, sculptured. The whole art was carefully guarded by strict laws. The body could only be cut by an authorized person, with a stone knife (see Knife). Embalming was not practiced by the Hebrews. Asa was laid in a bed of spices (2 Chr. xvi. 14), and Jesus had a hundred pound weight of spices placed in the tomb (John xix. 39, 40). The Egyptians prac- ticed the art because of their belief in the doctrine of transmigration of souls. (See Pettigrew's Hist, of Eg. Mummies). EMBROIDERY (Heb. koken), (Ex. xxxv. 35). Needlework. Two kinds of exti-a fine cloth was made, one by the roken of various colors and figures, called r«A:mrtA, and the other by the chosheb (cunning workmen), into which gold or other metallic threads are woven, besides the usual colors, both of which were made in the loom. The needle was used where the figure was wanted on one side only of the cloth. Wilkinson says that "Many of the Eg)i)tian stuffs presented various patterns, worked In colors by the loom, indepen- dent of those produced by the dyeing or the print- ing process, and so richly composed that they vied with the cloths embroidered by the needle." Tlie art was known in Assyria al.so, as the sculptures show. Ezekiel mentions embroidered work as the production of Egypt and Assyria, imported by way of Tyre (Ez. xxvii. 7, 23, 24). See Dress. EM'ERALD (Heb. nopek). A precious stone in the 2d row in the breastplate of the high-priest (Ex. xxviii. 18). EM ERODS. Some kind of tumors which afflicted the Philistines, because of their want of respect for the ark of the covenant (1 Sam. v. 6). E'MIM (Heb. terrors). Moabite name for a race of giants or strong men, on the east of the Dead Sea (Gen. xiv. 5; Dent. ii. 10). EMMAN'TIEL. Immanuel (Matt. i. 23). EMMA'TJS. Nov? called Kuriet El Enab, 7% nis. west of Jerusa.lem. Josephus mentions it (Wars vii. 6, 9). Jeronie mistook NicopoHs, the present AmwojS, for this place, a proof of how early some scripture localities of the N. T. times were lost. — 2. In the plain of Philistia; fortified by Bacehides (Ant. xiii. 1, 3; Mace. ix. 50). Destroyed A. D. 4, by the liomaus. Eebuilt A. D. 220, and called Xicopolis.— 3. A village on the .shore of the Sea of (lalilee, S. of Tiberias, the same as Hammath (hot baths). EM'MOR. See Hamor (Acts vii. 16). EN. ain Hebrew for fountain . The word means an eye. See AiN. ENA JIM. Enam. An open place (Gen. xxxviii. II, 21), in the gate of Enani. E'NAM (double spring). Judah, in the Shefelah (Josh. XV. 34). The residence of Tamar. (Gen. xxxviii. 14). WSi Mi (having eyes or fountains). Ahlram Ben Enan was a chief of the tribe of Naphtali, at Sinai (Num. i. 15). a, §, 1, "i, ii, y, lon(,'; ii, 6,1, 6, u,f , short; care, f;ir, last, fivll, wli.-it; there, veil, term; pi que, firm; done, for, do, ■wolf, fo"od, frfbt; EL'ZAPHAN (yroted'-d hj El). Cousin to Moses, and son of Uzziel (Ex. vi. 22). 1I<' was one of the two bearers of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. x. 4). Elizaphan. EMBALMING (errirba-ming) . Preserving by spices, gums, etc., dead bodies from decay. Two instances are mentioned m the O. T. : Jacob's and Joseph's ENCAMPMENT 91 ENGRAVER ENCAMPMENT (Heb. mahaneh). The camp i of the Lord's host, with the Lord himself symboh- 1 cally resident amonu tliem. .Tlie wliole cainp was ; a sacred phice, ami all iuipurities both actual ami j ceremonial must so outside of its limits (Dent, xxiii. 14). Criminals were also executed outside, as also of the cities. It was managed and guarded in a military style, with sentinels, etc. See Wijj- DKiixESs OF THE W.vNUEKiNG. The modern Beda- 1 wins now camp in any lit place, near water, if ' possible. The Sheikh n'larksnis place by his spear standing in front of his tent. The walled cities ' were fortified camps. above the level plain; the water is sweet and wann (81° Fahr. ■) . Ruins of the ancient city are scattered tered over (he hills and plain. The soil is rich and fertile, and the variety of trees even now produced gives evidenc* of its ancient fruitfulness. The vine- vards mentionetl in (Jant. i. 14. are still represented by line vines. Its history is 4000 years, but may be told in a few words. The Amorites dwelt here (Gen. xiv. 7; 2Chr. xx. 2). David cutoff the skirt of Saul's robe in a cave at E. (l Sam. xxiv. 1-4). The early hermits of Palestine, the Essenes, had their chief seat at Engedi, and not far from there is the convent of Mar Saba (Saint Saba), in the gorge of Kidioa. FIRST DIVISIOK. EAST. JUDAH. 186,400. 15 2 a ISSACHAR. 54,400. NAPHTALI, 53.400. DAN, 62,700. ASHER, 41,500. BENJAMIN, 35,400. JUDAH, 74,600. Moses, A ATtON. Priests. MeRARITES, I O I ! KOHATHITES, 3,200. }■§ I 2,750. I o * ' GERSHOMITE3, 2,650. EPHRAIM, 40.500. ZEBUXON. 57,400. SIMEON, 59.300. REUBEN, 46,500. GAD, 45,650. MANASSEH, .32,200. THIRD DIVISION EPHRAIM. WFST. 108,100. ENCKANTMENTS. Several Hebrew words are I EN GINE. In military affairs, machines for R0translat(>d.— 1. LATiM (Ex. vii. 11); secret arts. I throwing things, first mentioned of Uzziah's —2. CESHAi'HiM (2 K. ix. 22); witchcrafts, sor- j time (2 Chr. xxvi. 15). They were: 1. bali--'ptian :Museum, New York. furl, rflde, p^sh; e, £, 0, silent; 9 as a; ^h as sh; f STAXUAUUlj. as a boat, an animal, a bird, or the king's name. The Hebrew banners are described by the Rabbis as follows : Judah, a lion ; Keuben, a man ; Ephraim, an ox; Dan, an eagle. It is more pro- bable that each tribe and each company iu a tribe had a particular ensign for its own use — as a figure or inscription. The Romans made images on tlieir standards of ceiiain gods and of deified men, which they worshiped. The Assyrian standards were very similar to those represented here as Egyptian and Roman. ENSCi:'. In 1 Pet. iii. 11, ensue means to follow after and overtake— a meaning now obsolete. ENTAPTUAH {citron^ 8p7'i/(g) . Boundary of Manasseh, near Shechem (Josh. xvii. 7). Tap- PUAH. ENTRE'AT. Intreat. Treat. To be entreated means in Scripture to be persuaded, as in 1 Chr. v. 20; Is. xix. 22, etc. EPCEN'ETTIS. EPENE- Tus ( jyraised ) , Disciple at Rome, mentioned in Rom. xvi. 5, as the first fruit of Asia unto Christ. Ti-adition says he was first bishop or Carthage. EP'APHEAS {lavdy). Paul's assistant at Colos- sse (Col. i. 7), of which he was a native, and very kind to Paul, who was in prison in Rome. EPAPHRODI'TUS {favored hj Veimi). A disciple at Pliilippi, who was sent to Paul at Rome with contributions (Phil. ii. 25). He preached in North Greece and Macedonia. E'PHAH {davkMAiii). Son of Midian (Gen. xxv. 4; Is. xl. G, 7). There is a town in Arabia, near Bilbeys, called Ghejrfer (ja-fer), which is sup- posed to be Ephah.— 2. Woman in Caleb's family, in the line of Judah (1 Chr. ii. 46).— 3. Son of Johdai, in the same line (ib. 47). — 4. See Measures. E'PHAI {weary). Ophai {languid). Of No- topha, wliose sons were officers left iu Judah dur- ing tlie Captivity (Jer.xl. 8). Killed with Gedaliah by_Ishmael (xli. 3 — compare xl. 13). Ishmael (5. EPHER {calf). Son of Miilian (Gen. xxv. 4). The Arabs have a town named Ghifr {jlj}\i\ a calf), but trace to AnuUek and Ishmael, and not to Midian.— 2. Son of Ezra, of Judah, in Caleb's line (1 Chr. iv. 17).— 3. Chief in Manasseh, E. of Jordan (1 Chr. v. 24). E PHES-DAM'MIM {end of blood). Between So- coh and Azekah, where the Philistines encamped the evening before David slew Goliath (1 Sam. xvii. 1). Pas-dammim (1 Chr. xi. 13). EPHE'SIAN. Trophimus, the Ephesian (Acts xxi. 2y). EPHE'SIANS. Citizens of Ephesus, who wor- shiped Diana (Acts xix. 28, etc.). The Epistle to the Ephesians is described in the History of the Books. EPH'ESUS. About the middle of the W. of Asia Minor, opposite the island of Samos. The capital of Asia, wliich province under the Romans in- cluded only the W. part of the peninsula. Built partly on hills and partly on the plain. The cli- mate was excellent. The country around the city was very fertile, and its position most convenient for traffic with other regions of tlie Levant. In the time of Augustus it was the great metropolis of this section of Asia Minor. Paul's journeys indi- cate the facilities for travel by sea and land. The harbor was elaborately constructed, and at its head stood the famous temple of Diana. The first temple was burnt ou the night Alexander the Great was bom; the second, which stood in Paul's time, was built by the contributions of all Asia: 425 feet long by 220 wide, with 127 marble columns, each 60 feet hiorh. Built in the Ionic order, per- fected here first. The magnificence of this great temple was a proverb throughout the world. Here the people held an "uproar" against Paul for two hours (Acts xix. 23. See Paul). Public games were held in the month of May, which was Snr. OK KPHESUS. sacred to Diana, and Paul was probably tliere at that time (1 Cor. xvi. s). Plutarch mentions the charms and amulets which were made and sold here, and accounts of faith in their value reach as far down as the 6th century. The coins of E. have many allusions to the Diana worship. Josephus says the Jews were numerous there. Disciples of furl, rpde, push; e,i, O, irilent; ;as s; fb a8sh:hask; gas j; gas in get; gasz; {asgz; g as in linger, link; tli as in tiiiue. EPHLAL 94 EPiCUEEANS John the Baptist were found here after the ascen- 1 attempts to conquer E. were ever made, and Shal- sion of Christ (Acts xviii. 25; xix. 3). Paul es- \ raaneser only succeeded through the internal divis- tablished a church here, of which TiuKjthy was at [ ions of the kingdom of Samaria (721 B.C. See one time the head. It is supposed that St. John Shechem; Samakia).— 2. A city on a hill ^^ E of the Divine wrote his Gospel and Epistles here; the I Jerusalem, 10 nis. See Ophrah.— 3. A forest E Apocalypse being written on Patmos. E. was one : of Jordan, near Mahanaim, where Absalom was of the .-^even churches, and is named first; and its ' caught by his hair in a tree and killed, when light- ^,,-.^.=^-, ing against his father I>a- .--'-~<-^ H^e=K^^^*^isStesv -a^ ^ vid, the king (2 Sam. _,^ xviii. 6). Jl' . 7. E'PHRADST. Ephros ■^^ (2Chr.xiii. 19). Supposed • *-- . ;/ to be Ophrah. "; ( ETHR AIM, THE GATE OF^ See Jerusalem. EPHSMM, MOUNT, means the whole hill country of the district bet\\ee'n Jordan and the plain of Sharon. ETHRAIM, THE WOOD 01", EPliRAIM 3. E'PHRAIMITE. Ephra- thite (Judg. xii. [>), of E. EPH'RATAH, EPH'- BATH. The ancient name of Bethlehem. Ephra- tites, cities of Bethlehem- Judah (Ruth i. 2). The second wife of Caleb, tlie son of Bezrom, mother of Hur, and grandmother oi' Caleb the spy, was named Ephrath (1 Chr. ii. 19;, Eplu'atah in verse 50. Ca- leb- ephra tab in verse 24. E'PHRON (fawn). Son of Zohar (Heb. zochar). a Hittite, who sold the field to Abraham (Cen. xxiii. 8, etc.). E'PHRON. E. of Jordan, a strong city between Carnaim and Bethshan (1 Mace. v. 46-52; 2 Mace, xvi. 27). Lost. E'PHRON, MOUNT, Cities of, were landmarks THEATRE AT EPHESUS. "candlestick" has been removed surely, for all is desolation now where the city once stood. The fine columns have been carried to other cities, chiefly Constantinople and Italy. Ruins cover the hills and a swamp the plain, "inhere is a tradition that the mother of Jesus was buried here, and also Timothy and St. John. There is now a railroad from Smyrna to Aidin, with a station near the ruins of Ephesus, called Aysaluk (a-sa-look, city of th-j moan). The whoL district covered by the ancient city and subiu-bs are ' (Josh. xy. 9). Said to be Ain Lifta (Nephtoah), now desolate. The map was copied from one con- structed on the spot by Prof. Eddy, 1870. S<;e Life of Paul, of Joitn, Diana. EPH'LAL (judgment). Son of Zabad (1 Chr. ii. 37), in the tribe of Judah. and Kui'iet el Enab (Kirjath-Jearim). EPICtJ'REANS. Disciples and followers of the philosopher Epicurus (lived B. C. 342-271), who taught at Athens. He tiled to find in philosophy a practical giude to happiness. True pleasure, and EPH'OD (girded on). Part of the high- priest's ' not absolute truth, was his aim. He endeavored dress — the peculiar badge of his office. to remove superstitious fears, and made the study £'PHOD (oracle-giving). Father . .^^^-.s:- i=i-^^c:=t~-,, , of Hanniel, chief in Manasseh (Num. xxxiv. 23). E'PHRAIM (double fruitfidness). . *_^W Second son of Joseph by his wife i^m^S. Asenath. Blessed by Jacob above r'^^f" '" his elder brother, Manasseh (Gen . - xlviii.). Joshua, the son of Nun, was of E. The portion of E. in Canaan was 55 ms. from E. to W. and 70 ms. from N. to S. in ex- tent; elevated, hilly, and having the plain of Sharon, a narro\v strip, on the W., Esdraelon on the N. , and the Jordan valley on the E. , in the centre of the coimtry, the whole called Mt. E. (1 Snm.i. 1, vii. 17; 2 Clu-. xiii., xv. 8). It had the "precious things of the earth, and the fulness thereof, ' ' as blessed bv Moses. The finest and most fruitful of all the land. Afterward called Samaria. Its wealth and importance were in- creased by the presence of the A^kof the Covenant and the Tabernacle at Shiloh within its borders. The people were jealous, and at enmity with the ti'ibe of Judah from the time of David. Very few . , . _ a, ":, i, r., u, f, long; S, 5,1, o, u^, short; cilrc. far, last, fall, -n-hat; th^re, Vfil, term; p'iqne, firm; done, for, do, ■>"olf, fo"od, fo"bt; of physics (nature) useful for the good of mankind. Epicurus was a follower of Diogenes Laertius. His system had degenerated into mere materialism at the time when Paul was at Atheiiis (Acts xvii. 18). The Stoics were their opponents; who were named from a portico (Greek stoa) in which the philos- EPIPHANES 95 fiSAU upher Zeno taught, at Athens, a system of ethics based on prkU\ as Ohristianity is on humility. Tiiia school tauglit tlio Fatlu'rhood of God, the tomnion bonds of nianlvind, and the sovereignity of the soul. Christianity was a practical union of the two schools of Epicureans and Stoics. The same ideas ainonir the Jews produced the sect of .Sadducees. Tiie teaching of the Hebrew patri- archs and prophets was independent of any system Gulf to the mountains in Armenia, and the Mediter- ranean Sea. He is the only AssjTian king who dwelt (a partof the time) at liabylon, where bricks are found bearing his name. It is wiiile living there (13. C. (j«0-iiU7),thatManasseh, kingof Judah, was brought before liim at Babylon (2 Cnr. xxxiii. 11). He proved his great clemency by restoring Manasseh to his throne in Jerusalem, and by giving territory on the Persian Gulf to a son of f philosophy, and it is curious that Greek philos- ^lerodach-Baladan, whom he had conquered, and ophy arose just after the Hebrew jirophets closed who submitted to him and became a refugee at his their oracles, Malachi being cotemporary with Soc- court. He was a builder of great works, such as Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Mace. rates EPIPHANES. i. X.) £P IPHI. The 11th month of the Egyptian year, the third of the "sea.s(m of waters," inundation. Named from the goddess Apapt. The Hebrews his i>alace at Babylon, and three others, in differ- ent cities, for himself and his son ; and one inscrip- tion mentions thirty temples in Assyria and Meso- potamia. These works were ornamented highly with silver and gold. The palace at Nimroud is tlie best preserved of any. Mr. Layard found it:i derived from this their name Abib, the 1st sacred, plan to agree quite clo.sely with that of Solomon'.s and the 7th civil mouth in tlieir calendar. | palace (1 K. vii. 1-12), but much lai'ger, the great EPIS TIES. See Histokv of the Books. EQUAL. Means to make equal in Lam. ii. 13. £r (wak/iful). First-born of Judah, son 6f)Bath-Shuah, a Ca- naauite. "I , a state wiierein he is a Holy Teuiple for the Holy Spirit, and could prophesy, and advancing to 7, could per- form miraculous cures, raising the dead, attaining finally to the lofty state of Elias, tlie forerunner of the Messiah, and no longer subject to death. Jesus alludes to the Essenes in Matt. v. 34, "swear not at all," and in xix. 12, "who abstain from marriage for the kingdom of heaven's sake," and Paul in 1 Cor. vii., which is hardly intelligible witiiout a knowledge of the tenets of the Essenes, and by James in v. 12, and the first cluu'ch held all things in conunon as they did (Acts iv. 32-34). Their number was never larger than 4000. See Josei>hus and Eusebius. They disappeared after the destruction of Jerusalem, and are not heard of again, although various orders of monks follow more or less strictly their rules and practices. ESTHER {the planet Venus, Aster, Astarte, AsHTOUETH, meaning (/ood fortune) . The Persian form of the Hebrew name Hadassah {a myrtle). She was daughter of Abihail, son of Shiniei, a Benjamite, cousin of Mordecai. Her i)arents did not return from captivity, but died, leaving her in care of her relative (cousin?) Mordecai. The Per- sian king having divorced his queen, Vashti (a beauty) , lor contempt, the royal choice fell on Es- ther, after passing many others by. In this posi- tion she delivered her people, who were still very numerous, from a threatened calamity, which was the origin of the yearly feast of Purim. See His- tory OP THE Books, listher and Apocrypha. E'TAM {'placs oftcild beasts). Simeon (1 Chr. iv. 32). — 2. J udah; fortified and garrisoned by Reho- boam (2 Chr. xi. 6) Near Bethlehem and Tekoah. E'TAM (the rock). To which Samson retired after liis slaughter of the Philistines (Judg. XV. 8, 11). Probably in tlie valley of Ur- tas. ETER'NAL (Heb. OLAM, hidden, time long past, and of fu- ture to the end) . ETER'NITY (Heb. ad), only once, in Is. Ivii. is, meaning duration in time. ETHAN (li^nit of the sea). Station in the Exodus, near the Red Sea, east. ETHAN (firmness) 1. Tlie Ezrahite, son of Mahal, a wise man, only excelled by Solomon (1 K.iv. 31; Ps. Ixxxix).— 2. David's time (1 Chr INK BOTTLE. Son of Kish, a Levite in vi. 44). Played cymbals with Heman and Asaph (xv. 17, 1!)).— 3. Levite ancestor of Asaph, the singer (1 Chr. vi. 42), ETH ANIM. Month. ETH BAAL (withBaal). Of Jezebel (1 K. xvi. 31). king of Tyre and Sidon Ithobalus, a priest of Astarte, killed Pheles and usurped the throne, reigning 32 years, B. C. 940- 908. E'THER (abundance). Judali, in the Shefelah (Josh XV. 42), in Simeon. Now Attarah near Gaza. ETHIO'PIA (Inirnt) . The country called in He- brew cusH. S. of Egypt, fronx Syene (Ez. xxix. 10). Libyan desert W., Abyssinian highland E. and S. The Hebrews traded with E. (Is. xlv. 14) in ebony, ivory, frankincense, gold and precious stones (Job xxviii. 19; Jos. Ant. viii. (5, § 5). Set- tled by a Ilamitic race (Gen. x. (>), dark (Jer. xiii. 23), men of stature (Is. xviii. 2), and fine-looking (xxxviii. 7). The Saba3ans were the most noted tribe. There are ruins of many temi)les in E. built during the reigns of the Hyksos kings of Egypt. Queen Candace is mentioned in Acts viii. 27. The official title of the queen was Candace, and there was a line of queens who governed the coun- try about the time of Christ, who successfully re- sisted even the Romans. A king of Sidon, father Josepiuis said he was Menander says tliat ETHIOPIANS. ETHIOPIAN (Heb. cushite). Black man (Jer. xiii. 23). Zereli (2 Chr. xiv. 9) and Ebed-melech (Jer. xxxviii. 7, etc.,) Avere Ethiopians. ETHIOPIAN WOMAN. Wife of Moses. A Cush- ite (Num. xii. 1). She is also said to be a Midian- ite, and so supposed to be a second wife. ETHIOPIANS. In several passages meaning Cushites. ETHIO'PIC LANGUAGE. See Language. ETHIO'PIC VERSION. See History of the Books, page 4. ETH'NAN ( gift) . Son of Hela, the wife of Ashur (1 Chr. iv. 7). ETH'NI (giving). Ancestor of Asaph (1 Clir. vi. 41). EUBU'LTJS (prudent). Disciple at Rome (2 Tim. iv. 21). EUER'GETES (benefactor). Title of honor among the Greeks. Two of the Ptolemies were so hon- ored— Ptoleiny HI and VII. EUME'NES (friendly). Eumenes II, king of Pergamus, succeeded liis father, Attalus I, B. C. 197. He served the Romans against the Greeks in the battle of Magnesia (B. C. 190), for which he was rewarded with the provinces of Mysia, Lydia, Ionia, Phrygia, Lycaonia and Thracian Chersonese. Died probably B. C. 159 (1 Mace. viii. 8). EUNICE (victorunis). Mother of Timothy (2 Tim. i. 5); a disciple of pnre faith (Acts xvi. 1). EUNUCH (Heb. sarus). Officer, chamberlain. The word indicates the incapacity which certain mutilation produces — a practice contrary to the law in Dent, xxiii. 1. The origin of the custom is ascrilied to queen Semiramis, but is probably as old as Eastern despotism itself, which delights in ser- vants who excite no jealousy. It is supposed that the proi)h(>t Daniel and his companions were so treated, because it was so prephesied (2 K. xx. 17). Tlie Ethiopian eunuch was probably an officer of the queen, perhaps a Jew. furl, rude, push; e, t, 0, sileut; f ass; ;hasBh;-c,'Chask; gas j; gas in get; sasz; xasgz; n as in linger, link; tiiasin tMne. "1 ' EUODIA 98 EXCOMMUNICATION ETJO'DIA. ETJO'DIAS {good journey). Disciple, a woman of Pliilippi (Pliil. iv. 2). EXJPHRA'TES {the good river). Now called Frat. Called in Scripture the river. The largest, longest, and most important river in W. Asia. Rises in the mts. of Armenia, near Erzeroum and Mt. Ararat. Of two branches: one is called Frat, and Black River {Kara sxi), and is 400 ms. long; the other, Murad Chai {chief), 270 ms. long; and both unite at Kebban Meden, in a stream 360 ft. wide, and from this point to the Persian Gulf it is 1,000 ms. making in all nearly 1,800 ms., 1,200 of which is navigable for steamers. Nebuchadnezzar dug ca- nals to carry the water of the annual inundation across the wide plains of Chaldea. Herodotus de- scribes the river and its traffic (i. 185). First men- tioned in Gen. xv. 18, in the description of the promised land (Deut. i. 7, xi. 24; Josh i. 4). Ful- filled partially by Reuben (1 Clir. v. 9), and com- pletely by David (Ps. cxxxvii. 1) . EUPdL'EMTJS {good warrior). Son of John the son of Accos, koz (Neh. iii. 4, etc.). Envoy sent to Rome by Judas, about B. C. 161 (1 Mace. viii. 17). He was a well known historian, mentioned by Eu- sebius and Josephus. ETmoc LYDON. Name of a wind from a certain quarter (Acts xxvii. 14). See Paul. EUTY'CHTJS {fortunate). The youth who was resuscitated by Paul after having fallen out of a window at Troas (Acts xx. 9). EVAN'GELIST {publisher of glad tidings). An order of men in the Christian Church. They were not attached to any particular locality, but worked wherever there was a field, by preaching or writing. Philip (Acts xxi. 8), and Timothy (2 Tim. iv. 5), and the four, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John are ex- aniples. EVE (Heb. chaw ah, living). Name of the first woman. It is the feminine form of the noun which means life. There are two accounts of her creation 21 to 25, give the account of Eve's formation out of the rib of Adam. The story— or two stories— may mean simply that God holds both man and woman equal in duty and accountability, and one in nature and origin. Eve is not mentioned after the birth of Seth, and her death is not recorded. E'VENING. Chronology. EVER, AND FOREVER. Eternal. Eternity. Tlie whole period. E'VI {desire.) Prince of Midian (Num. xxxi. 8). Evidence, in Jer. xxxii. lO, etc., means bill of sale, in the prophet's petition; purchase of a field. This symbolic act meant that though deso- lation must come, God's promise was sure, and houses, fields and vineyards should again be pos- sessed in Palestine by the Hebrews. EVIL MERO'DACH {Merodak' s fool) . Son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, B. C. 561; murdered and succeeded by Neriglissar, B. C. 659. Joachin was kindly treated by him (2 K. xxv. 27). The historian Berosus says that his change of policy from severe to mild caused his death by the vio- lent men of his party. EVIL-SPIRIT. Devil. Demon. EXCELLENCY OF CARMEL (Is. xxxv. 2). See Carmel. EX'CELLENT. Surpassing (Dan. ii. 31). Ex- cellent glory (2 Peter i. 17). "Most excellent" was a title of rank and honor given to Theophilus (Luke i. 3), and to Felix (Acts xxiii. 23; xxiv. 3); and to Festus (Acts xxvi. 25). EXCHAN'GERS. Money changers (Matt. xxv. 27). EXCOMMUNICA'TION. Putting one out of church society. The Jews had three modes: 1. For twenty-four minor offenses an offender was under niddui. Keeping a fierce dog, swearing, etc., were instances. The penalty was to abstain WHITTEN VAI.I.KY. WADY MOKATTFB. in Genesis. 1. Gen. i 27: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them;" 2. ii. 18: "And the Lord God said 'It is not good that the man should be alone,'" (his creation is noticed in verse 7), "'I will make him a help meet for him.' " Then, in verses 19 and 20, is the account of the creation of the beasts, and that amongtheni there was not found a help meet for Adam. Verses from the use of the bath, the razor, wine, etc., and to keep at 6 feet (4 cubits) distance from every one. He could not worship in the temple in the usual manner, and this lasted 30 days.— 2. The second was CHEREM. He could not teach or be taught to work for or buy any object not intended for food. —3. The SHAMMATHA, an entire cutting off from the congregation. Moses did not make this law, but the natural right of societies for self-preserva- &, §, X, 5, u, y, long:; S, 6, i, 5, u, ^, short; ca,re, far, last, fftU, what; tli8re,Tgil, term; p'iqne, firm; done, f6r, do, wolf, fo"od, fo'btj EXECUTIONER 99 EXODUS tion cave rise to it. Tlie cases in Num. xvi. (of Koran, etc.), Judg. v. 23 (Meroz), Ezr. vii. 2(5; X. 8; Ex. XXX. 33, and Lev. xiii. 46; xvii. 4, are Srecedents. One instance is recorded in tlie N. T., olni ix. , of the young man wlio confessed tliat Jesus was the Ciirist. The fear of the result prevented some from such a confession (xii. 42). The bless- ing in Luke vi. 22, refers to the three forms of this law. The excommunication founded by Jesus was to be executed only after due trial, and a set- tled contempt for the churcli in refusing to atone for a trespass which the person has committed (Matt, xviii. 15-18). The final act of exclusion W'as to be done only after two warning. Paul commanded the same (1 Tim. 1. 20; 1 Cor. v. 11 Tit. iii. 10), and frequently used the power. Res- toration was possible, and is urged in 2 Cor. ii. 6. The censure of the church was not to include enmity, curses, and persecution, as among some sects, but rather to look upon the excluded "as a heathen and a publican," that maybe brought in af^ain. It is a spiritual penalty, not physical, separating from the com- munion of the church, aiming to benelit the person and the chiu-cli, by excluding lieresy, immorality, and only put in force by the au- thority of the church at large (by a vote?) and the sanction of the high- est officer, whose sentence was de- clared in the congregation to which the offender belongecl; and that pen- itence is a condition of restoration, which is to be as public as the ex- clusion. _ EXECUTIONER (Heb. tabbach, slaughter). The duties w'ere both those of an executioner and of the leader of the body-guard of the king, as in Egnit (Gen. xxxvii. 3G), whose official residence was the prison. It was a post of high dig- nity. The Septuagint says Potiphar was chit'f-cook. EXILE. Captivity. EX'ODUS {(joing out). For the book, see History of the Books, The date of the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt, led by Moses, is fixed by different writers : as Poole, B. C. 1652, Hales, 1648, Usher, 1491, Bnnsen, 1320. The patriarch- al institution ended and the era of the Law began at the Exodus — the family had become a nation. The departure was begun at Raamses (Rameses) in the early morning of the 15th of Xisan, which was from that time called the first month. Three stages brought them to the Red Sea, where they were overtaken by Pharaoh and delivered by Moses, as celebrated in the songs of Moses and Miriam (Ex. xv.). The great difficulty in tracing the route of the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan has called out a large number of travelers in our day, who have minutely examined the district (or a part of it, omitting the region of the 38 years wandering, because there arc no records from which to form a base of exploration), and from their researches it is "possible by the internal evidence of the coun- try itself to lay down not indeed the actu£(l route of the LsTaelites in every stage, but in almost all cases, and in some cases the very spots them- selves." The question of the passage of the Red Sea is referred to Mikaclks. Etham was a distriet on both sides of the N. end of the Red Sea. The place of crossing might have been anywhere between Suez and Jebel Ata- kah, which Is a steep, high promontory standing out into very deep water. Shuu (wall) is a name for the whole desert from Suez to Beersheba, N. of the plain Er Ramleh, also called Pakan. The first water found was at Makah {bitter), and the rest at Elim (stags,) where there were twelve fountains, and a kind of desert paradise, among a grove of palm trees. Wady Ohurundel has several fine fountains, a perennial stream, and more trees, shrubs and bushes than any other place in the desert. Here the mountain district begins. The next camp was by the Red Sea, where, m a wild and lonely plain, there is a sublime view of Sinai's granite peaks on one side, and the blue sea on the other. The WiLDKRNESs OF StN is a contmuation of MAP OF SINAI. this valley on the south, widening into the broad- est plain in the whole region. Here they first mur- mured, and the quails were sent in answer to their cry, and the first fall of manna. Dophka and and Alush were probably in the same plain. Re- PHiDiM {supports) is located in Wady esh Sheikh, the most sfDacious valley in this region, and the most fertile. Here the people found no water to drink, and Moses brought water out of a rock (Ex. xvii. 5, 6). The Amalekites attacked the people, and were routed. Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, visited him here and counseled him. They next pitched in the plain of Rahah {rest, Ex. xix.) in front of SiNAi. Jebel Musa (Mount Moses), the Sinai of recent tradition, is in the midst of a group of mountains, and is 7,000 feet high. Katerin is 8,700, and Om Shomer is 9,300 feet high. On the summit of Jebel Musa is a platform nearly 100 feet across, partly covered with ruins, a chapel at the cast end, and a small mosque. Ras es Sttfsafeh (peak of the willow) is the Sinai of many scholars, because from it the plain can be seen, and every other requirement of the text answered, ana every incident illustrated by the features of the (arl, rede, push; e,i, 0, silent; ;ass; ;hag sb;^,^!! ask; g as J; g'asin g«t; gasz; xasgz; n asin linger, link; tfaasin tiiJne. EXODUS 100 EXOKCISM surrounding district. They stayed almost a year at Sinai. While Moses was on the mount, receiv- ing the two tables, Aaron (his brother) made a calf of gold, probably in imitation of the Egypt- ians. Aaron's sons offered strange fire (Lev. x.), and were destroyed, and the second passover was held. On leaving Sinai a certain order of march and of camping was adopted (Num. x.), and Hobab was engaged as a guide, to be unto them "instead of eyes" (ver. 31), as is the custom now in crossing the desert. From Sinai to Kadesh the route can- not be clearly laid down. After three days they pitched in Paran, at a place afterwards called Ta- BERAH {burning, Num. xi. 3). Quails were sent here (ver. 31), the people suffered from a plague after eating them, and the place was named a second time Kibroth-hattaavah {graves of lust, ver. 33). The next station, Hazeroth, has been identified with Ain Hudherah, a Uttle fountain in a wild, dreary waste, among naked hiUs, 40 miles from Sinai. The place was noted for the foolish rebellion of Miriam and Aaron (xii.). The foun- tain of El Ain, north of Hudherah, is the most im- portant watering-place in the district.. The next station that can be located is Ezion-geber, at the head of the Gulf of Akabah. Between this station and Kadesh, in the Arabah, there were many stations, and, as appears from the two accounts in Num. xxxiii. and in Deut. ii. 8, x. 6, they wan- dered up and down the valley several times. Kadesh {holy), next to Sinai, was the most im- portant of all the resting-places in the wilderness. From here the twelve spies were sent into the pro- mised land, and from Kadesh the rebellious peo- ple were turned back into the wilderness by the way of the Eed Sea (Deut. i. 40) to wander for 38 years. And when they attempted to go up (by the pass Es Sufah) against the command of the Lord, they were defeated at Hormah with dis- grace and slaughter (Num. xiv. 40). Of the "great and terrible wilderness" of the wandering not one station is recorded, nor even a hint of its locality, and the only events no- ticed are (besides the ceremonial law) the execu- tion of the man who gathered sticks on the Sab- bath day (Num. xv.), the rebellion of Korah (xvi.), and (either during that time or soon after) the writing of the ninetieth Psalm by Moses. The great desert from Akabah to Gaza, is now called Et Tyh (the wandering), and it may be the very region; but having no names to locate or com- pare, there is nothing left us but conjecture. HOTTSE IN DAMASCTS. They visited Kadesh a second time, where Mi- riam, the sister of Moses, died and was buried (Num. XX. 1). Moses brought water out of the rock, and the people and their beasts drank. Their flocks had survived through 38 years. Then they sent messengers to the king of Edom, asking permission to pass through his country, and mak- ing the fairest proposals, but they were denied their request (xx. 14), They then left Kadesh and moved to Mt. Hor, where their first high-priest, Aaron, died and was buried, and Eleazar his son was invested with the " holy garments" and the office of his father. See Aaron. The next place that Is identified is the pass through the east wall of the Arabah, up into the Arabian desert — Wady Ithm — by the way of the Eed Sea (to compass the land of Edom, xxi. 4). Here the fiery serpents were sent, killing many; and the brazen serpent was set up, which became a type of the greater salvation. Ije Abarim was reached, and then the willow brook (Zered), and and soon also the Arnon, and they were out of the desert. Sihon, king of the Amorites, op- posed their advance, and Israel smote him, and pos- sessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok. They next conquered Og, the king of Bashan. His " giant cities " are still standing, deserted but not ruined, all over the vast plain of the Hauran. The king of Moab sent the prophet Baalam to curse Israel as they were encamped in the plains of Moab, and he blessed them, but laid a snare which caught them, and caused the loss of thou- sands of lives (xxxi. IG). INTERIOR OP HOTTSE. Moses numbered the pleople in the plain of Moab, and found 601,730 men above the age of 20 (being only 1820 less than the number at Sinai, 39 years before), and of all these only three were among those who came out of Egj^pt, all the rest having fallen in the desert (Num. xiv. 29) , leaving only Moses, Caleb and Joshua. After looking at the land from the hights of Nebo, Moses died, and was buried (by the Lord), "but no man knoweth of his sepulchre" (Deut. xxxiv. 6). With his death the wanderings ended. EX'OECISM. The formal ejection of evil spu-its from persons or places. Those who do this are called Exorcists. This pretense is usually accom- panied with incantations and magical arts of various kinds, and was common to all nations of antiquity (Jos. Ant. viii. 2, 6, Wars, vii. 6, 3). Jesus implied tliat such a power did exist, and miglit be used after peculiar preparation (Matt. xii. 27; Luke ix. 49). There was an order of Exorcists in the Chris- tian church in the 3d century, which led to a great increase of superstition, fraud, and imposture. Some introduced forms of exorcism into baptism, saying, " as the soul before baptism is in bondage to the devil, so at baptism it should be formally released from the evil spirit." The priest was instructed to breathe tliree times on the face of the subject, and say, Depart from him, foul spirit — give place to the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Then another breathing on the face, with the words, Keceive the Holy Spirit. The order still is in the Koman ritual. It was originally practiced by the Lutherans, but it is now disused. John wrote his Gospel in Asia, where medical science was ad- vanced, and he seems to have known that the dis- eases attributed to demons were merely natural S,e, 1, 5, u,y,loiig; S, 5,i,5, fi. y, short; cl,re, far, last, f3.ll, what; thSre, veil, term; p'ique, f Trm; done, fir, do, wolf, fo~od,f H O FESTUS 105 FIRMAMENT tlie Feast of the Dedication, in memory of the fresh consecration of the temple after it had been profaned by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Mace. iv. 52 -59), B. C. ltJ4 (Jolni x. Tl). It was lield begin- ning on the 15tli day of the l)th montli (December) and histed eight days. The modern Jews light one light on the first day, two on the next, etc. (8 on the last), making it a "Feast of Lights" (Ant. xii. 7, 7). Business and jollity going on as usual. The FE.iST OF PuRiM is kept on the 14th and 15th of the 12th month, Adar (March). See Book OF Esther in the IIistoky. Feasts of Charity or Love Feast. See Agape. FES'TTJS PORCruS. The successor of Felix as governor of Judaia, A. D. 60. His term was short, for he died in a little while (A. D. 62). lie was superior to Felix, and would have S(!t Paul at liberty, if he had understood the case, which Paul seeing, he appealed to Ciesar (Acts xxiv. 27). He gave the apostle a hearing ni the presence of Agrippa and Berenice, and was astonished at his l)reailiing, but supposed it came from a heated imagination aided by the peculiar dreamy specula- tions of the East, lie got into a quarrel with the priests at Jerusalem by building a dining room in the governor's house, .which overlooked the temi)le courts, when the priests built a high wall, cutting otf tlie view. The emperor afterward sus- tained the priests (Ant. xx. 8). He was a good man and governor, but indifferent to religion. FETTERS. Chains to confine the feet, made of bronze or iron (Judg. xvi. 21; brass, iron in Ps. ev. \h). FEVER (Heb. kaddachath). Burning ague in Lev. xxvi. 21. Dalleketh is translated in- llanunation in Dent, xxviii. 22, and chakchur, extreme burnings. Greek purdos, fever in Matt. viii. 15, etc. Malignant fevers are still met with in Palestine, near water, in the spring' and autumn, especially about the Sea of Gahlee {Land and Book, i. 547). FIELD (Heb. sadeh). A field which is not fenced; an open field (Num. xxii. 23, 24). Sepa- rate plots were marked by stones (Dent. xix. 14), which might be removed (Job. xiv. 2) ; and it was necessary to watch the flocks and herds day and night to prevent trespass. Fuli£r's Field, Pot- ter's Field. FlG (Heb. TEENAH; Arab, tin, the ficus carica tree; Gr. s?de, fig-tree; suka (sycamore) figs. Three kinds are cultivated: 1. The early fig (Heb. BOKKORE, early fig; biccxjrah, first ripe), ripe in June, green in color. — 2. The summer fig (ker- Mous), ripe in August, is sweet and the best, purple in color; and the green fig (pag) which remains on the tree all winter. {J^etfirp'hdge, place of figs). Debelah, cake of figs in 1 Sam. xxx. 12. It is still used in the East as the most convenient and the best poultice (2 K. xx. 7; Is. xxxviii. 21). It is one of the tew plants which grow wild all over the country. The fig tree puts forth its earliest fruit buds before its leaves, and the foliage forms a very dense shade. " To sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree," indicates in the East the fullest idea of peace, security and prosperity. Jeremiah (as well as several other prophets) uses the fig thnmgh all of his books as an emblem of good or evil, and particularly in chap. xxiv. Jesus made frequent use of the tree or its fruit as an emblem or a means of instruction, especially in the case of the barren fig tree, as a lesson against deceit. It grows best near a fountain or stream. The sycamore fig grows to a large size in Palestine and Egypt— sometimes .50 feet in circumference — and is evergreen. The fruit is purple, smaller than the other kinds, sweetish, and not so valuable. They ripen from November to June. The wood is used for many purposes, as it is almost the only large tree in Egypt. FiLE (Heb. PET8IR8AH). In 1 Sam. xiii. 21, translated file. The woi'd means notched. FINGER (Ileb. etsaba). The priest sprinkled with his forefinger (Lev. iv. 6). A certain ges- ture of the finger indicated contempt (Is. Iviii. 9). The FINGER OF God, is his power (Ex. viii. 19). FIR (Heb. BKROSH, beroth, to cut up into boards). Pine, cypress, juniper, or various evergreen trees. Found in the mountains. The timber was supplied to King Solomon by Hiram for the temple, for the floors and doors. It was used for musical instruments (2 Sam. vl. 6). The tree is next in size to the cedar. It is used by the poets and prophets among their figuies. BYCAMORR FIO. FIRE (Heb. esh). The symbol of Jehovah's presence, and first kindled by the Lord (Lev. vi. 9; 2 Chr. vii. 1). Sacred fire could only be had from the altar, and the crime of Nadab and Abihu was in using "strange fire" from some other source. No fire could oe kindled on the Sabbath, except by the priests for holy purposes. Fire for cooking is made with sticks, grass and dried dung. To set fire to a grain field is a capital offense. Aiiy damage by a careless fire must be made good (Ex. xxii. 6). Fire was used to burn certain criminals and pris- oners, and in some cases to destroy an enemy's city, and in the art of metallurgy. Fire was a sym- bol of fierce passion, calamities etc., and an emblem of healing spiritually (Mai. iii. 2) . A baptism by fire. FIRE-PAN (Heb. machtah). Snuff-dish, or some utensil used about the altar. FIRKIN (John ii. 6; Greek metretes). The firkin is a larger vessel than the one meant in the text. FIRMAMENT (Heb. rakia). The expanse; the sky over our heads. On the second day the ex- panse was made; on the fourth, in the expanse was made the sun, moon and stars. furl, rj:de, push; e, i, 0, ailent; 9 as b; ;h as sh; -c.-ch as k; g as j; g as in get; n as z; x as gz; g as In linger, link; tb as in thin*. FIEST-BORN 106 FLOWEES FIRST-BOBlf (Heb. bechor). See Birthright. The religious bearing was the most important. Christ is the first born of all creation (Col. 1. 16, 18), and the first born from the dead. FIRST-FRUITS (biccurim). Among fruits what the first-born is among men and beasts. The first or best of the oil, of tne wine, of the wheat, of ail the harvest, was sacred to the Lord, to be given in a quantity, accordinging to the will and inclination of each person. The faithful priest reaped a rich reward from the holy zeal that he instilled into the hearts of his people. The doctors limited the gifts to the 60th part as the least that woxdd be accepted. In the later times the Jews turned the gifts into money. This custom was not peculiar to Israel. The first-fruits were often sent to Jerusalem from foreign countries. FISH (Heb. dao, dagah; Gr. icthus). No par- ticular kind of fish is mentioned by name in tlae Bible; but there are frequent references to fish gen- erally. It is a little remarkable that the apostles, who were professed fishermen, did not designate by name any kinds of fish, saleable or unsaleable, and especially tlie one bearing the tribute-money. It would have been interesting to know the name of the fish, as well as that of the coin. Even the law of Moses does not mention names (as among animals), but character only, as fins and scales for pure or clean, that might be eaten. Solomon's treatise on fishes (1 K. iv. 33), is lost. The Greek fiirnishes 400 names for varieties of fishes, but the Hebrew has not one. Jacob knew how rapidly they increase, for he alludes to this fact in his blessings (Gen. xlviii. 16), "multitude," etc., meaning in the original "as fishes do increase." Fish were eaten from the earliest times (Num. xi. 22), and one of the gates of Jerusalem was called Fish Gate. In Egypt, the monuments show many pictures of fish and fishing. The historians speak of the vast quantities of fish taken, from which the royal revenue was derived for the queen's special use, for jewelry, perfumery, etc., of $560,000 a year. The Assyrian sculptures also show men fishing. The Egyptians also dried and salted fish, as shovsTi in the sculptures. FITCHES (Heb. ketzach). "The fitches are beaten out with a staff," (Is. xxviii. 27). The fen- nel-flower, a coarse kind of pea, hard, but nutri- tious. In the great famine in England in 1555 wild fitches saved many people from starving. It grows all over Europe and Asia. The " fitches" in Eze- kiel's symbolized bread (iv. 9), was spelt (Heb. kussemeth), a grain sometliing like wheat. FLAG (Heb. suph, and achu). The ark of Mo- ses was floated among the flags (Ex. ii. 3) , suph. Isaiah predicts that the reeds and flags shaU wither (xix. 6) in Egypt: "Can the flag grow witliout water?" (achu. Job. viii. 11). It is rendered meadow or marsh in Gen. xli. 2, 18. Any water- plant would answer the case. The Edible Eush, and Flowering Eush grow both in Egypt and Pal- estine. The name of the Eed Sea is Yam Suph. FLAG'ON (Heb. ashishah). In 2 Sam. vi. 19; Cant. ii. 15, and Hosea ill. 1, it is a cake of raisins. —2. (Heb. nebel). In Is. xxii. 24 is a bottle of skin or pottery. FLAx (Heb. PiSHTAp, peeled). Very few plants are so beautiful and so useful as the slender flax, with its tall, taper leaves, large purple flowers, and its strong fibre from which the most delicate lawn or coarsest canvas is made. The holy garments of Aaron, and the curtains of the tabernacle were partly of linen. Its whiteness, in Unen, was a symbol of purity. The ancient sculptures repre- sent the manufacture of linen (Prov. xxxi. 13). FLEA (Heb. parosh). "The king of the fleas holds his court in Tiberias," now as ever in old times. Frequent change of linen is the only means of keeping clear of them in the East. They almost disappear in the heat of summer. They swarm on travelers, when scarcely touching natives. They are said to produce a healthy irritation in the skin. David says: "After whom is the king of Israel come out? * * * after one flea?" (loam. xxiv. 14, xxvi. 20). FLESH (basar). All that is of flesh and blood (Gen. vi. 13) ; and the human race (Luke iii. 6, etc.). The weakness, and frailty of man is also flesh (Eom. iv. 1). Flesh is also the antipathy to- spirit (viii. 1). FLIES FLY (Heb. zebub, arob). Common house-flies swarm in great numbers in the East. The peculiar gray fly (Ar. thebab) which comes with the rise of the Nile is productive of disease in both man and animals. The arob was the fly, or swarm of insects of one of the plagues in Egypt. Flies in the East are veiy persistent in settling on persons, never quitting until dark, and are the means of carrying diseases from one to another. The Philistines had a god, Baal-zebub, whose spe- cial duty it was to take care of flies. Judging from their number they are well cared for. The " oint- ment (perfume) of the apothecary" (Eccles. x. 1) was attractive to flies, and their dead bodies spoiled its odor, and so would little f oUies spoil the reputa- tion of a wise man. The man is the perfume, his little folly the dead fly, his disgrace the bad odor. FLINT (challamish). Used in Dent. viu. 15; and Psalms cxiv. 8, in reference to God's bringing water and oil out of the naturally barren rocks for the sake of his people. In Is. i. 7, it is a metaphor of the firmness of the prophet in resisting his ene- mies, as also in Ez. iii. 9. FLOOD. Deluge. FLOOR. Pavement. FLOUR. Bread. FLOWERS. Flowering plants and shrubs are found in great numbers and variety all over Pales- tine, except in the highest regions of the moun- l,e, 1, o, u, y,long; S,5, 1,0, ti, y,short; care, far, last, fall, what; thSre, veil, term; pique, firm; done, for, do, wolf, fobd,f4^^ FLUTE 107 FOOT tains, and in the shifting sands of the desert. 2500 have been named and classified, 500 of wliich are well known in Europe. The most abundant families of plants are Leguminous, pod-bearing, such as peas, beans, pulse; the Astragalus and the Acacia. A vast number of thistles, centauries, and other like plants, cover the richest plains and the stony hills. Many sweet flowering shrubs, such as marjoram, thyme, lavender, calaminth, sage, and others similar. A vast number and va- riety of weeds, mustard being the king of all. Fennel, Bupleurum, and Eryiigium form dense rows of foliage and flowers along the border of woods, and in damp hollows. Soap plant is con- spicuous, and the Boraginece, annual weeds, be- sides which are the Echiums, Anchusas, and other fine species. Scrophularia, Veronica, Linaria and Verbascum (mulleins) are very abundant. Grasses are very numerous, many species bearing silky plumes of flowers of great beauty and grace. The variety and beauty of the family of lilies is no where exceeded. The lily springs up everywhere, and the Amaryllids are of great size, beauty, and variety. Fritillarias and squills are in abundance, and bear pretty flowers. Violets and geraniums are very numerous and finely colored. Koses are a subject of profitable cultivation for attar, and a valley near Jerusalem is called the Valley of Roses (Wady el Werd). The Narcissus is very beauti- ful, abundant and in several varieties, and is be- lieved to be the flower alluded to by the poet in Cant. ii. 1, and the prophet in Is. xxxv. 1. Several other Amaryllids are found in great numbers, and almost the "most showy plants" in the field. Iris, crocus, and gladiolus grow very large and showy. Broom, ivy, dog-rose, elder, honeysuckle, berberry, hawthorn, and jasmine are found in Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, at and above 4000 feet elevation. Rhododendrons, primrose, and a great variety of plants, from 5000 to 7000, and some kinds are found even up to the limits of the snow line; at 8000 Vicia fonns tufts of pale blue, at 9000 there are Arena- ria, Arabis, Urabas, Festuca, and Potentilla, while the little Nooea and the Oxyria grows on the very summit of Khodib, 10,200 feet high. From the sands of the desert to the snows of the mountain summits ther^ are flowers of many varieties, blooming in every month of the year. FLTITE (Chaldee, mashrokitha). Made of one or more pipes. Pipe in 1 K. i. 40. One of the sim- plest and oldest of musical instruments. Used at banquets (Is. v. 12), at public worship (Dan. iii. 5, etc. ) , marriages, funerals, and by pilgrims on the way to the yearly meeting. FLUX. Dysentery of a very severe kind in the East, attended with fever (Acts xxviii. 8). The Oriental custom of wearing a bandage around the bowels is a preventive of Dowel disorder by pro- tecting against the sudden changes from hot to cold winch always follows sundown. When bloody the dysentery is less dangerous. King Jehorum had a chronic dysentery, with prolapsus ani (2 Chr. xxi. 15). FOOD. Some kind of prohibition in what may be eaten or may not has been known from the earliest times. The human race can eat " every herb bear- ing seed, ' ' and ' ' every tree in which is the fruit of a tree" (Gen. i. 29), and also "every moving thing that liveth," but flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood, was prohibited (Gen. ix. 3, 4). And other rules made distinctions of clean and unclean among animals, fowls and fishes, for food. (See Clean.) The climate influences the diet all over the world. Animal food is not needed, and cannot be used, during the greater part of the year, nor can it be kept m a healthy state for any length of time in the hot season. The sacrificial feasts oc- curring at long intervals when animal food was eaten, were very acceptable, on account of the ab- stinence precedine them. Bread is the chief food besides fruit and vegetables. Elce is much used. (Bread.) Neither eggs nor fowls are mentioned among gifts of fir.st-fruits, although they are largely used now in the East. Almost every known fruit and vegetable can be had, in plenty and of good quality. Milk, cheese, butter (melted as oil), oil of olives, and honey, or molasses from grapes (dibs) can be found everywhere. Condiments of many kinds are in common use; and much use is made of aromatic herbs in cookery. Nuts cooked with meat adds delicacy to the flavor. Highly sea- soned food, with spices, salt, onions, garlic, lemons, pomegranates, and verjuice, makes a savory dish. Cracked wheat is boiled with meat, "billing, cooking, and eating in rapid succession is a very old custom " {Land and Book, ii. Itj2). The Arabs have many caustic terms of contemjit for the man who neglects to honor a guest with a "sacrifice " of a lamb, kid, or calf, as required by the laws of hospitality. (See Meals, Wine, Water). Milk and honey, and oil with honey, or butter with ho- ney, are clioice dishes, eaten with bread, usually for breakfast. FOOL. Used of moral more than of intellectual deficiencies, of one who does not fear God, and acts without regard to His law (Ps. xiv. 1). FOOT. (See Washing Feet). The foot was used as a symbol of many ideas. Such phrases as "slipping of the foot," "stumbling," and "from head to foot," need no explanation. "To be under the feet," means subject to a king, or as a servant to the master (Ps. viii. 6; Heb. ii. 8) ; derived from the symbolical act of a conquerer who placed his foot on the neck of his subdued enemies in token of triumph (Josh. x. 24), as may be seen in the sculptures on the ancient monuments. To be at any one's feet meant service or pupilage (Judg. iv. 10), and Paul actually sat at the feet of Gamaliel (who sat on a raised seat), as was the custom then (Acts xxii. 3). " Lameness of feet " is affliction or calamity (Ps. xxxv. 15). To set one's foot in a place is to take possession (Deut. i. 36). To water with the foot is to turn the little rills easily (this was a mark of the superiority of Palestine to Egypt, because rain and brooks were there instead of the Nile and the artificial canals); (xi. 10.) To walk with a straight foot "uprightly" in Gal. ii. 14. Na- ked feet (out of doors) was poverty or mourning (Ez. xxiv. 17). Uncovering the feet, or taking off the overshoe in the East, is equivalent to taking off the hat with us. Uncovering the feet was a part of the act of adoration (Ex. iii. 4), as Moses before the burning bush. " How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad ti- dings" (Is. Hi. 7). The Hebrews were modest in their writings, and used the word foot for certain parts and actions furl, rude, push; e, t, o, silent; 9 asp; rha." Bh;-e,-oh ask; jf as j; gas in Jet; r asz; xaigz; n as in linger, link; th as in thine. FOOTMEN which could not be named. "Hair of the foot," "water of the foot," "between the feet" (Deut. xxviii. 57), "he covereth his feet" (Judg. iii. 24 for "dismisses the refuse of nature.") FOOTMEN (Heb. ragli). 1. Soldiers; not horse- men. — 2. (Heb. ROOTz.) Swift runners (1 Sam. viii. 11; xxii. 17). Paul refers to them (1 Cor. ix. 24). Ehjah ran before Ahab as a footman. FORDS. Places for crossing a river by wading. See Jordan. 108 FOX FOUN'DEE (Judg. xvii. 4; Jer. vi. 29). Metals. FOTJlf'TAIN (Heb. ayin, to flow; mayan, a gush- ing; bor, a cistern; mabbua, to bubble out; makob, to dig) . These several words are translated fount- ain, but only one, ayin, really means a spring of water. The springs of Palestine are remarkable for their great number, and some of them for their immense volume. Water there is f ertihty and life, and the whole land is full of great fountains, such as those of the Dog River; of the Eiver of Beirut; FORE'HEAD (Ez. ix. 4) . It was (and is now in India) the custom in the East to mark or color the forehead, to distinguish the holy from the pro- fane (Rev. xiii. 16), the devotees of certain idols, and also slaves. "Jewels for the forehead" (Ez. xvi. 12), means nose-rings, or, it may be, strings of coins. FOREST (Heb. yaar, abundance, forest; cho- RESH, thick wood; pardes, orchard). Since the historical era, Palestine has had few forests, the trees being mostly fruit or ornamental. The high- lands were probably once well wooded. Several forests are mentioned: of Lebanon, which must have been one of great extent (see Cedar, Fir); of Hareth; of Carmel; of Ephraim, etc. There are now extensive forests in Persia, of oak, terebinth (Is. ii. 13; Ez. xxvii. 6). "The house of the forest of Lebanon ' ' was built of cedar and fir from Lebanon, with many pillars like a forest, in Jeru- salem (1 K. vii. 2). The forest supplies the poets and prophets with many fine figures. FORKS (1 Sam. xiii. 21). Hay-forks with three or more prongs; used, also, in winnowing grain. FORNICATION. Adultery. FORTIFICA'TION. Fenced Cities (Micah vii. 12). FOR'TRESS (2 Sam. xxii. 2; Ps. xviii. 2; Is. xxv. 12). Fenced Cities. FORTTJNA'TUS. Disciple at Ephesus, native of Corinth (1 Cor. xvi. 17). He is also mentioned in Clement's_Epistle. FOTJNDA'TION, GATE OF THE (2 Chr. xxiii. 5). Jerusalem. Damur; Owely; Zahrany; Litany at Baalbek; Zahleh; Ainjar, and Mushgarah; Ras el Ain at Tyre; Kabery and Naamany near Acre; of the Kishon at Janin, Lejjun, and Wady Kusaby ; Zerka near Csesarea; Aujeh at Antipatris, and the Ras in Sharon. And so we might go all through Pales- tine, on both sides of the Jordan. Some are hot, as at Tiberias, Gadara, and Callirrhoe; others are intermittent as the Fuarr, the source of the Sab- batic River, and the Menbej, east of Beit Jenn, Mt. Hermon {Land aiul Book, i. 405). The fountain at Nazareth has a traditional antiquity and import- ance. Wealthy men in the East build handsome structures over fountains for their preservation, and the benefit of residents and travelers. FOUNTAIN-GATE. Jerusalem (Neh. xii. 37). FOWL (Heb. barburim (IK. \v.23) fatted fowl). Barn-door fowl, or geese. The Egyptian paintings represent catching, keeping, feeding, killing, salt- ing, cooking, and eating of fowl. FOX (Heb. SHUAL, to dig through). The Arab name for jackal is sJuImI, but a little different from the Hebrew shual, and it is evident from the habits of the animal referred to that tlie jackal is meant. They are plenty now in Palestine, and are night-prowlers, lying concealed in the day-time, in caves, holes, or among the ruins. They go in packs of hundreds. They eat any carcase of either animal or man (Ps. Ixiii. 9, 10). The Orientals never spare pain in men or animals, and Samson, who was revengeful and unscrupulous, tied a fire- brand between two jackals and sent them into the dry wheat-fields of the Philistines, destroying vast &, e, 1, o, u, y.long; i, B, i,5, u,y,«hort; c4re, far, last, fall, what; there, veil, tSrm; piyue, firm; done, for, do, wolf, fo'od, fob-t; FRANKINCENSE 109 GAD To terrify. Not fields probably. (See Fire. ) Jackals are very fond of grapes (Matt. viii. 20; Luke ix. 58). FKANK'INCENSE (Ileb. lebonah). Resin of the BoKwdlia tiuy, which grows 40 feet high in In- dia and Arabia Felix. It has a balsamic smell, and burns with a white flame and fragrant odor. Its burning was symbolical of the holiness of Je- hovah (1 Chr. ix. 29) and of prayer (Ps. cxli. 2; Luke i. 10; Rev. viii. 3). FRAY (Deut. xxviii. 26, etc.) used now. FREEDOM. Citizen. Slave. FREE-WILL OFFERING (Lev. xxii. 18). Free gifts. Sacrifice. FRET (Lev. xiii. 55). A plague spot in a leprous garment. FRINGES (Heb. zithzith, flowish). Bobs, tas- sels or fringes (Num. xv. 38). They are shown on many ancient figures. Assyria; Dress; Em- broidery. FROG (ITeb. zephardea, marsh-leaper) . Men- tioned but three or four times in tlie Bible (always of the plague), but verv common in Palestine and Egypt (Ex. viii. 2-14; Ps. Ixxviii. 45; cv. 30; Wis- dom xix. 10) . It is believed that the frogs of the plague were the edible variety.' Their noise is heard from one end of the land to the other (L. & B. i. 368). In Egypt they were regarded as a type of the Creator (Pthah). FRONT 'LET (Heb. totaphoth). Something bound on the forehead, "between the eyes," and as a sign or token in the hand (a ring?). Origi- nally the meaning of the law or direction was to keep in memory, as in Prov. vi. 21: "Bind them on the heart, and tie them on the neck." But after the return from captivity the Jews made the law literal, and wrote it out (Ex. xiii. 2-10, 11-16; Deut. vi. 5-9; xi. 13-21) on bits of i^archment, called Phylacteries, which were put in little cases of leather (metal in our day), and tied on the fore- head and left arm. The ribbon for tying them was colored purple by the Pharisees, and made showy and broad (Mark vii. 3, 4), and were worn by all Jews except Karaites, women and slaves. The Rabbis made many rules about their uses. They were not worn on the Sabbath, be- cause the Sabbath was itself a sign; the person reading them in the morning must stand; in the evening he may sit; the color of the thread might be changed, to red in times of persecution; both hands must be used in writing them; the parch- ment must not have a hole in it; only one blot or error was permitted ; a person wearing them must keep six feet off from a cemetery— and many others. They were a means of religious vanity, hypocrisy and display, and were so denounced by Jesus. The Rabbis said (by a kind of pious fraud) that God wore them, arguing from Is. xlix. 16; Ixii. 8; Deut. xxxiii. 2. They were a kind of amulet, such as the modern Arabs use. Amulet. FROST (^Heb. hanamal, hail-stones, Ps. Ixxviii. 47); KERACH, ice (Gen. xxxi. 40); KEPHOR, hoar-frost (Ex. xvi. 40). There is a great difference between the temperature of the day and night in the East. Climate. FRUIT (Heb. peri, fruit in general; kayits, summer fruits). Their great variety and excellence would fill a volume. FRYING-PAN. Bread. FUEL. Dung. FULLER. Business of cleaning and whitening cloth. It was carried on outside the city of Jeru- salem, where was the Fuller's Field, mentioned three times in the Bible (2 K. viii. 17; Is. vii. 3; xxxvi. 2), so close, that one speaking in the field could be heard by one standing on the city wall. Perhaps near the pool of Gihon, or it might have been at En Rogel. Rabshakeh and his great host must have come on the north side. FUNERAL. Burial. See cuts on pages 7 and 110. FURLONG. The stadium ; Roman, 201 -^^^ yards; English, 220 yards (Luke xxiv. 13). FURNACE. Several kinds are mentioned: 1. takner, oven (Gen. xv. 17); kibshan, lime-kiln (Gen. xix. 28) ; kur, furnace for smelting metals; ATTVM, furnace (Dan. iii. 6); Gr. kaminos, baker's oven (Matt. xiii. 42). FUR'NITURE (Heb. keli, apparatus, Ex. xxxi. 7). The furniture of Eastern dweUings is very simple. Many articles deemed necessary with us would find no place there.— 2. Heb. kar, a camel's saddle and its canopy (Gen. xxxi. 34). G GA'AL (loathing). Son of Ebed (Judg. ix). A brigand who was ready to sell his services to the higliest bidder. GA'ASH {earthquake). Mount Gaash on the north side of which was Timnathcheres, the city given to Joshua at his request (Josh. xix. 49, 50), and where he resided and was buried (Josh. xxiv. 30; Judg. ii. 9). Lost. GA'BA. Geba. GAB'AEL (God's highest). 1. Descendant of To- bit (Tob. i. 1).— 2. A poor Jew (Tob. i. 17), to whom Tob it lent money. GABBAI (tax-gatherer). An important person in the family of Benjamin (Neh. xi. 8). GAB'BATHA. Pavement (John xix. 13). Out- side the Prsetorium (judgment hall), where Pilate delivered Jesus to death. The b&ina was an ele- vated pavement, the usual place of justice. GARDES. Gaba (1 Esd. v. 20). GA'BRIAS (man of Jehovah, Tob. i. 14). Brother of Gabael. GABRIEL (man of God). Angel (Dan. viii. 16; Luke i. 19). In Jewish and Christian traditions the archangel of God. GAD (troop). Jacob's seventh son, first-born of Zilpah, Leah's maid; brother to Asher (Gen. xxx. 11-13; xlvi. 16, 18). The country given to the EGYPTIAN FULLER. tribe was the centre of the east of Jordan (Deut. iii. 12), from Heshbon to Mahanaim. On the east was Aroer, that faces Rabbah (Josh. xiii. 25) ; west was Jordan (v. 27), and including the Arabah, from the Jabbok to the Sea of Chinnereth. The most beautiful district in Syria. It is a high range of purple-tinted mountains, cut down by deep ra- (arl, r^de, pnsh; $, ^ 0, silent; ^ass; 9ba8sh;«,'oliask; gnsj; gksinget; gas 7; xasgi; n as in linger, UqIc; tfa as ia thine. GADAKA 110 GAMES vines, partially clothed with forests of oak, tere- binths, sycamores, ilex, beech, fig, and evergreen shrubs. The climate is fine and soil fertile, afford- ing the best pasturage. At one time the tribe pos- sessed the land as far east as Salcah (1 Chr. v. 11, 16). Jephthah was a Gadite of Mizpah (Judg. xi. 34). Carried into captivity, and its cities inhabited by Ammonites (1 Chr. v. 26; Jer. xlix. 1). was called Soter {sauour) for the success, and were finally subdued by the EomanMaulius, B. C. 189, when they gathered into a district in the cen- tral region of Asia Minor. Visited twice by Paul (Acts xviii. 23). The Epistle to the Galatians was written after the second visit. GALA'TIANS (1 Mace. viii. 2; 2 Mace. viii. 20; Gal iii. 1). People of any race, or Jews, or Gauls from France, living in Galatia. For Epistle to the Galatians, see History of the Books. GAL'BANUM (helbenah). A perfume used in the preparation of the sacred incense (Ex. xxx. 34). Kesinous, yellow-brown, but it is not known from what plant or tree it is derived. GAL'EED {heap of witness). The name which Jacob gave to the heap which he and Laban made on Mount Gilead (Gen. xxxi. 47, 48, xxiii. 25). je- GAR-SAHADUTHA. GALGALA (1 Mace. ix. 2). Magdala? GALILE'AN. Native of Galilee (Mark xiv. 70). GALILEE (galil, a circle). At first applied to a small district about Kedesh, on the N. W. shore of the Sea of Galilee (Is. ix. 1). Afterward, during the Roman rule, the name of the whole country north of the Kishon river and Mount Gilboa, to the Leontes and Ilermon, from the Jordan to the sea (Josephus Life, 12, Wars, iii.). Divided into Up- per, as far as the N". W. angle of the Sea of Gali- lee, and Lower, as far south as Ginea (Jenin), in- cluding the great plain of Esdraelon. The hills are now wooded, with gentle slopes, and are fruit- ful of all that man uses, and luxuriant in flowers of every variety (Deut. xxxiii. 18; Gen. xlix. 20). The chief towns were Capernaum, Kedesh, Beth- saida, Tiberias, Nazareth, Cana, besides many other smaller, the ruins of which are scattered over nearly every hill-top or hill-side. Here was the scene of the greater part of the works and life of Jesus, which are the subject of the first three Gos- pels almost wholly. The Sea of Galilee, Gen- NESARET. GALL (Heb. mererah, bitter; rosh, poison-hem- lock, or poppies). Gall means the bitter nature of the drink olfered Jesus (Matt, xxvii. 34). GAL'LERY (Heb. rahit, ceiling; rafters in Cant, i. 17; rahat, braided, in Gen. xxx. 28, glitters; ATTiK, pillar for the support of a house, Ez. xli. 15). GAL'LEY. Ship. GAL'LIM {heaps). Twice mentioned (1 Sam. xxv. 44; Is. X. 30). It was probably near Dan, Laish, but is lost. GAL'LIO, JUNmS ANNJEUS. Elder brother of the philosopher Seneca, who dedicated to him his treatise De Vita Beta, and in another work de- scribes him as a man universally loved, and who especially abhorred flattery. He was the proconsul of Achaia, and by his prudent course much assisted Paul (Acts xviii. 12-17). He was a victim to Nero's cruelty. GAMA'LA {camel). Built on a hill, near the middle of the E. shore of the Sea of Galilee. De- scribed by Josephus as an important town. GAMA'LIEL {benefit of God). 1. Son of Padah- zur (Num. i. 10, ii. 20), head of the tribe of Ma- nasseh, in the Exodus. — 2. A Pharisee, and a cele- brated doctor (Acts v. 34 ; xxii. 3) ; a Rabbi, teacher of Paul. He was grandson of the famous Hillel, and son of Rabbi Simeon, and president of the Sanhedrin during the time of Tiberius, Calig- ula, and Claudius. He lived 18 years after the de- struction of Jerusalem. GAMES. The ancient (and modern) Orientals are represented as very fond of games of many kinds, private and public, frequently mentioned in Scripture. The sculptures and paintings of an- tiquity exhibit these in every variety. Job alludes GAD'AEA. Five miles southeast of the Sea of Galilee, three miles from the river Hieromax. There were warm springs near the river, called Amatha. Josephus says it was a Greek city, and the capital of Persea (Jos. B. J. iv. 7, § 3; Mark v. 1; Luke viii. 26-37). Here the Lord healed the de- moniacs (Matt. viii. 28-34; Mark v. 1-21; Luke viii. 26-40). The most interesting ruins at CJadara are the tombs, which are very numerous in the cliffs around the city, cut in the solid rock, being rooms ten to twenty feet square, and some larger, with small recesses out of them for bodies, the doors being stone, turning on stone hinges. The space over which the ruins are scattered is about two miles, on a narrow, high ridge, sloping east, an- ciently walled all around. There was a straight street from end to end, with a colonade on each side, and two very large theatres, now in ruins. Not a house or a column is standing. GADARENES'. People of Gadara. GAD'DI {fortunate). Son of Susi (Num. xiii. 11). GAD'DIAL {fortune of God). A Zebulonite spy. GA'DI. A Gadite. Father of King Menahem (2K. XV. 14, 17). GADITES. Of the tribe of Gad. GA'H AM. {swarthy). Son of Nahor, brother of Abraliam (ar Aduuuuim, the same as Gilgal (Josh, xviii. 17). GEMAL'LE {camel-driver). Father of Ammlel. A si)y (Xum. xiii. 12). GI^MKRl' AS. {Jifioeah has made perfect). 1. Son of Shophan, a noble of Judah, wlio had a cham- ber in the house of the Lord ( Jer. xxxvi. ) . — 2. Son of llilkiah (xxix.). GEMS. Pkecious Stones. GENEAL'OGY. The Orientals are peculiar in keeping genealogies of their families, and also of horses and camels. They made them the means of proving titles to property and offices. No list is so long or complete as that of Jesus. GEN'ERAL (1 Chr. xxvii. 3i). Army. GENERATION (Ileb. Tion, a period of time). Now about thirty years. The Hebrews liad no fixed limit. One term is mentioned as 86 years (Gen. XV. 16), another 130 (v. 3), and one 500 years (v. 32). Its average was 30 to 40, probably, as now. GEN'ESIS. History of the Books. GENNES'ARET, Sea op {the garden). The Sea of Tiberias; the Sea of Chinnereth; the Sea of Gali- lee (Num. xxxiv. 11; Josh. xii. 3). Named from a to%vnof the same name (Josh. xix. 35), which is lost, if it is not the site between Tiberias and the hot baths (Josh. xi. 2; Deut. iii. 17). Most of the Ufe of Jesus was passed near this lake. Caper- naum was on its shore, " His own city " (Matt. iv. 13). He called his first disciples from among its fishermen (Luke v.). Near it were spoken many of his parables, the Sermon on the Mount, and a number of the miracles were performed. Tlieife were 9 cities on its shores, and many others near. It is about 13 ms. long and 6 ms. wide, and the sur- face is 700 feet below the level of the ocean. The water is, in some places, 250 feet deep. The E. shore is 2,000 feet high, bare of trees, and cut down by deep ravines, quite flat and uniform on the summits. The W. banks are similar, but not so regular in hight, and being opened for the plain of G. The whole basin has a scathed, volcanic look. The climate is quite tropical. Palms and all kinds of trees and vegetables grow luxuriantly, and indigo is cultivated. The beach is pebbly everywhere, and is covered by small, twisted shells, purplish grey. Only one of the 9 cities now re- mains, Tiberias, almost in ruins, and even the sites of the others are disputed and in doubt. GENNl'TIS {hir/hnborn). Father of Apollonius IV (2 Mace. xii. 2). GENTILES (Heb. goyim, foreigners, not Jetos; Gr. cthnos, people; hellene, Greeks). Any peo- ple not Hebrews, and who do not worship Jehovah. GENUBATH {theft). Son of Iladad 4, a mem- ber of Pharaoh's court (1 K. xi. 20). GE'ON. GiHON. One of the four rivers of Par- adise (Gen. ii. 13). Perhaps only used as a poetic figure (Eccl. xxiv. 27). GEEA {a grain). Descendant of Benjamin (Gen. xlvi. 21). Son of Bela (1 Chr. viii. 3). GE'RAH {berry). Weights and ]Measures. GE'RAR. A very ancient city S. of (^aza (Gen. X. 19; XX. 1; xxvi. 1). Near Kedesh in Shur; peo- pled by pastoral Philistines. Isaac was born there (xxi. 2, 3), and found it a very fertile land (xxvi. 12), and grew so rich that the Philistines envied him (14). GER'ASA. In Matt. viii. 28, mistaken for Gada- renes. On the E. border of Persea (Jos. Wars iii. 3, § 3), in the Mts. of Gilead, 20 ms. E. of the Jor- dan, 25 N. of Kabbath Anmion, Philadelphia. It was once one of the proudest cities of Syria, as its abundant ruins testify. The Saracens have never occupied it. Built in a narrow valley, on both the sloping sides, 6 miles from tlu! Jabbok. Through it a small creek winds, fringed with many trees and shrubs. There was a colonnade from end to end of the city, with a circular forum at one end. Hundreds of columns are still standing. It was one of the cities of the Decapolis, but is not mentioned by name in the Bible. The present people are active and prosperous. GERGESENES. People of Gergesa on the E. of the Sea of Galilee (Matt. viii. 28). Gadarenes. GERIZ'IM {desert or shorn). S. of Shechem. The law was given on Mt. Sinai, and the blessing and cursing on the two mountains Ebal and Geriz- im. (See Ebal). Jotham stood on G. when he denounced Abimelech (Judg. ix.). When Alexan- der took Palestine he gave Sanballat (the Persian governor under Darius) permission to build a tem- ple on Mt. G. ; and Manasseh, brother of Jaddua the high priest at Jerusalem, was made high priest at Shechem, about 420 B. C. This temple was de- stroyed by the Jews, 129 B. C. The ruins are still shown. The Samaritans worship here yet, without temple or altar. The view from the summit is one of the finest in Palestine, commanding the deep blue of the Great Sea, snowy Mt. Hermon, purple Gilead and Moab, and the lovely green valley of Mokhna at its foot. GESi'TLlTE^ {dwelling in a desert land). Gerzi- TES. GERRHE'NIANS, THE (2 Mace. xiii. 24). habitants of Gerar. In- GER'SHOM. 1. Son of Moses (Ex. ii. 22, xviii. 3).— 2. Son of Levi (1 Chr. vi. l(i, 17, 20).— 3. A member of the family of Phinehas (Ezr. viii. 2. Gekson. furl, rude, push; e, i, 0, silent; 9 as b; ;h as sh; -c.-ch as k; g as J; g as in get; g as z; x as gz; n as in linger, link; tii as in tUne. 8 GEESHOiq^ 114 GIBEAH GEE'SHON {expulsion). Son of Levi (Gen. xlvi. GERSHO'NITES, THE. Descendants of Gershom (1 Chr. xxvi. 21) . They had charge of the coverings, curtains, hangings, cords, etc., of the Tabernacle, and of transporting them. GEE'SON (1 Esd. viii. 29), Error for Gershon. GEE'ZITES (dwelling in a desert), people who oc- cupied the land S. of Palestine and Egypt (1 Sam. xxvii. 8). GE'SEM. Goshen. (Jud. i. 9). GE'SHAM (Jilthi/). Son of Jahdai (1 Clir. ii. 47). GES'HEM {carcase). An Arabian (Neh. ii. 19, y.^- ^^- ^ 4.^\ inveterate enemy of the Jews in the tune of Nehemiah. GETHSEMANE. GfiSH'TJE (bridge). KE. InBashan (Deut. iii. 14). David married Maachah, tlie daughter of Talmai, king of G. (2 Sam. iii. 3), mother of Absalom. Joab found Absalom in this place (2 Sam. xiii. 37, XV. 8) . It is supposed to be the district now caUed El Lejah. GESHTJEI and GESHTJEITES. People of Geshur (Deut. ni. 14).— 2. Ancient tribe, in the desert between Arabia and Pliilistia (Josh. xiii. 2). GETH'EE (fear). Son of Aram (Gen. x. 23). GETHSEM'ANE (oil-jjress garden— wine -press, GATH, wine:). "A small farm." In the Kidron valley, on the lower slope of Olivet, 850 feet from St. Stephen's Gate, and 800 feet from the closed Gate, at the angle between the direct road up Oli- vet and that leading to the right around the hill (both leading to Bethany) . Tradition only locates the "garden" (John xviii. 1) here; the "place" (Matt. xxvi. 36; Mark xiv. 32) was "over the brook Kidron, on Olivet somewhere, perhaps nearer Bethany on the road to the right; or rather away from any road. From the days of Eusebius, Jerome, and Adamnanus, some such place has been spoken of as "a place of prayer for the faith- fiU" (Jerome), and having a church built on it. The place might have been selected by the Em- press Helena (as many others were), to represent that mentioned in the Gospels. It is now walled m, enclosing eight very old olive-trees, and orna- mented with beds of flowers. One of the trees is 25 feet m girth. The city walls and the top of the dome on the Great Mosque are in plain view. The Tm-ks have pleasure-grounds, or gardens, further up the valley, where they resort to enjoy the cool shade of the olive-trees, some of which are quite as large as those in ' ' Gethsemane. ' ' The antiquity of these trees is argued from the tax of one medina for each tree, which rate was fixed for trees that stood at the time of the conquest; all those planted since being taxed one-half their produce (Chateau- briand) . This would carry the date back to A. D. 634, when Omar took Jerusalem; or, if the tax was decreed after the Turks took the city, to A. D. 1087. Pilgrims pay the guide for showing this place, with others at the Holy City. GEU'EL (God's majesty). Son of Machi; a spy (Num. xiii. 15). GEZ'ER. City of Canaan, not far from Beth- horon, the west limit of the tribe of Ephraim, (1 Chr. vii. 28). Horam, king of Gezer, came up to help Lachish, and was killed by Joshua (x. 33). David smote the Philistines from Geba to Gezer (2 Sam. V. 25). Site lost. GEZ'EITES. Inhabitants of Gezer (1 Sam. xxvii. 8). GHOST (Spirit). Holy Spirit. GI'AH (breaking forth) (2 Sam. ii. 24). To distinguish the position of the hill Am- mah. GIAXTS. (Heb.NEPHiLiM, eephaim). Persons of great strength. The Nephilim were living in Canaan at the time of the Exodus (Num. xiii. 33). The sons of Anak were afterwards identified with the same race, living at Hebron. The Eephaim were a tribe living in Canaan, Og being a king of tlie branch on the east of Jordan (Deut. iii. 11). The same name was in later times given to any large and strong people. The • Emim and Zamzummim were also of the giants (ii. 10, 20). These merely strong men gave way before the skilful, and disappear from the history of the cultivated people. Goliath and his brother are the last men- tioned. GIB'BAE (hero). 95 of this family returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr. ii. 20). Gibeon in Neh. vii. GIB'BETHON (hill). Town in Dan (Josh. xix. 44) . Levitical. GIBEAH (roundedr—a hill). 1. G. of Saul (1 Sam. XV. 34). The native place of Saul (1 Sam. x. 26; 2 Sam. xxi. 6), where he was a farmer. He made it his capital (xxii. 6). Seven of his de- scendants were hanged by the Amorites (Is. x. 29). The site is pointed out, four miles north of Jerusa- lem, atTuleil el Ful (little hill of beans, where there is an ancient ruin on the top of a conical hill. — 2. G. OF Jud AH (Josh. xv. 67). Jeba, in Wady Ma- surr, near Hebron. — 3. G.' in Benjamin (Josh, xviii. 28), near to Kirjath Jearim, where the Ark of God was kept for a while (2 Sam. vi. 3), in the time of Saul. — 4. G. OF Phineas (Josh. xxiv. 33). Where Eleazar, son of Aaron, was buried, in Mt. Ephraim, 12 miles north of Jerusalem, near a glen of the same name. — 5. G. of Benjamin (Judg. xix., XX.). A city, having a square, and 700 "chosen men," near Bethel; mentioned during the Philis- tine wars of Saul and Jonathan (1 Sam. xiii., xiv.). Jcba in the Wady 8-moeinit. — 6. G. in the Field (Judg. XX. 31). On one of the highways leading from Gibeah of Benjamin. Lost. — 7. Several other ■places are also called Gibeah. 1. (Josh. v. 3), called afterward Gilgal.— 2. The hill of Moreh (Judg. vii. 1).— 3. Gibmth-ha-Elohim., the hill of God (1 Sain. X. 5). Lost.— 4. G. of Hachilah (1 Sam. S, S, 1, o, u, 7, long; S, 5, 1, 5, ii, f , short; c^re, far, last, fall, what; thSre, veil, term; p'ique, firm; done, for, do, wolf, fo-od, fdbt; GIBEATH 115 GILGAL xxiii. 19, xxvi. 1).— 5. G. of Ammah (2 Sam. ii. 24-) _^_ Q, of Garcb (Jer. xxxi. 39). GIBEATH (Josh, xviii. 28). Gib'eathite (1 Clir. xii. ;{). GIBEON (belonging to a hill). (Josh. ix. 3-15). One of tlie 4 cities of the IIivites, the people who made a leapue with Joshua by an artifice, and so escaped the fate of Jericho and Ai. It was in Ben- jamin (xviii. 25). TULEIL EL FUL (hill of beans). The contest of the two parties of 12, of David and Qf Ishbosheth, was by the pool of Gibeon. Joab killed Amasa (2 Sam. xx. 10) at the great stone m Gibeon; and Joab himself fled to Gibeon for sanc- tuary, when condemned by Solomon, and was killed by Benalah (1 K. ii. 34). GIB'EONITES (Josh. ix. 17). IIivites who played a trick on Joshua, savins; their lives, but accepting a life of servitude (v. 23, 27). Saul attempted their destruction (2 Sam. xxi.), and his sons were "cru- cified" to appease them. GIB'LITES. Natives of Gebal (Josh. xiii. 5). The "laud of the Giblites" was, among the Pro- mised Land, to be governed by Joshua. They were noted as ship-carpenters in Solomon's time, and as stone-masons. Their chief city, Byblus, was the seat of the worship of Adonis (Ez. viii. 14). GIDDAL'TI (Thave made great). Son of Heman (1 Chr. XXV. 4). GID'DEH {giant). 1. Children of G., returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr. ii. 47).— 2. Children of G. were "servants of Solomon" (Ezr. ii. 56). GIDEON (destroyer), also, Jertjbbaai. (striver agaiuxt Bnal). The 5th Judge. He destroyed the Midianite host, with the "300 men that lapped" (Judg. yiii. 10). GIDEO'NI (cutting down). Father of Abidan (Num. i. 11). GI'DOM. Near Rimmon (Josh. xx. 45). GIFT. This is a formal business in the East. You are compelled by custom to accept and to re- turn a gift from any person, or take the conse- quences" of an insult by refusing. There are 15 names for gift: minhah, is a gift from one to a su- perior (Judg. iii. 15) ; masoth, from a king or any superior (Esth. ii. IS); nisseth, is similar (2 Sam. xiv. 42); BERACHAH (blessing), complimentary; SHOCHAD, bribe ; mattan, mattanah, present (Gen. xxv. 6); mettath, false gift (Prov. xxv. 14); Greek doma, gift (Matt. vii. 11); dorea, do- rema, doron, gift or offering; anathema, devoted; charisma, gift; charis, grace; and several others. It was no less an insult to neglect to give a present when custom led one to expect such a mark of re- spect (1 Sam. x. 27). GI'HON. The second river of Paradise (Gen. ii. 13). — 2. Near Jerusalem, where Solomon was anointed and proclaimed king (1 K. i. 33, 38, 45). The waters of Gihon were "stopped" by Heze- kiah; that is, were conducted "straight down to the west side of the city of David" (2 Chr. xxxii. 30). See Jerusalem. GIL' AlAI (heavy) . The son of a priest at the con- secration of the w-all of Jerusalem (Neh. xii. 36). GIL'BOA (bubbling fountain) . A mountain range between the plain of Esdraelon and the Jordan, near which is the city of Jezreel (1 Sam. xxviii. 4; xxix. 1). Mentioned only in connection with ths death of Saul and Jonathan (xxxi. 1; 2 Sam. i. 6, xxi. 12; 1 Chr. x. 1, 8). The fountain from wliicli it was named is at its northern base, and was called the well of Harod (Judg. vii. 1), and the spring of Jezreel (I Sam. xxix. 1). The modern name is Jebd Fukuah, and it is 600 feet high above the §lain, and there is on its highest summit a village and ruin called Oelbiis by Eusebius, and Wezar by the .Arabs. GIL'EAD (rugged), MOUNT, THE LAND OF (Gen. xxxi. 21). First known in Jacob's time. It next appears when the Israelites were on the march from Egypt, as divided in two sections and gov- erned by Og and Silion. It is rich in pastures and forests, well watered, and the great number of ruins bear witness of a fornu-r numerous popula- tion. It was occupied by Beuben and Gad. The whole extent, from Babbath Amnion to the Iliero- max, is one broad, elevated region or mountain (Deut. iii. 12). The same elevati(m is called Bashan, north of that river. The Lord showed Moses, from the top of Pisgah, all the land of Gilead unto Dan. Probably a popular phrase, as was " from Dan to Beersheba " (Jo.sh. xx. 8). The Gadites are supposed to have imitated the habits of the people they displaced, which are now pre- served by the Bedawins in the same district. Thus Jephthah appears like an Arab sheikh of our day (Judg. xi.); and some of David's captains were trained there (1 Chr. xii. 8, 15). Ramoth Gilead was its chief city (1 K. xxii. 4). Gilead first fell before the Assyrians (2 K. xv. 29). It was an asylum for refugees (2 Sam. ii. 8), David fleeing there" from Absalom. It is now known south of the Jabbok as Jebel Mod, and north of that river as Jebel Ajlun, and the capital is Es Salt, on the site of the ancient Ramoth Gilead. The whole coun- try is like a fine park. Graceful hills, rich vales, luxuriant herbage, bright wild-flowers, noble for- ests, wooded heights, and winding glens clothed with tangled .shrubberv, open glades and flat mea- dows of richest green, all so strongly in contrast with the general barren aspect of Western Pales- tine.- GIL'EADITE, THE (Judg. x. 3) . A branch of the tribe of Manasseh. BALM OF GILEAD. GIL'GAL (circle), (Josh. iv. 19). Near Jericho; the first encampment of the Israelites in Palestine, where they set up twelve stones as a memorial of the pa.ssage of the Jordan. An ancient city (Deut. xi. 30). It was for centuries the ereat place of the nation's assembly (ix. 6, x. 6, 43). The Taber- nacle was pitched here until it was removed to Shiloh (xviii. 1). It was visited by Samuel and Saul and David (1 Sam. x. 8, xi. 14, xiii. 4, xv. 12, xix. 15). There was a high place there for idola- f&rl, r^de, pash; e,i,0, silent; ; as s; ^h as sh;«,«h as k; g as j; g as in get; g as z; z at gz; n as in linger, liak; tli as in thins. GILOH 116 GOAT ters (Hos. iv. 15; Amos iv. 4, v. 5). As prophe- sied, the place is utterly desolated. It is impos- sible now to find where the city was. It was probably not far from Jericho.— 2. A royal city of the Canaanites, near Dor (Josh. xii. 23). Jilju- leh (?) 4 miles south of Antipatris.— 3. G. in the Mountains (2 K. ii. 1), JiljUia, 6 miles north of Bethel. GI'LOH (Josh. XV. 51). Judah. Native place of Ahithophel (2 Sam. xv. 12). Lost. GI'LONITE (2 Sam. xv. 12). GIM'ZO (2 Chr. xxviii. 18). Judah, near Dan. Jimzu, a large village on a hill, well shaded with trees, 3 miles S. W. of Lydda, where the two roads from Jerusalem (by the Beth-horons and by the Wady Suleiman, which parted at Gibeon) join and go on to Jaffa. There are some large underground granaries here. GIN. A trap for birds and beasts (Is. viii. 14; Amos iii. 6). Gi'NATH (protection). Father of Tihni (1 K. xvi. 21, 22). He disputed the throne with Omri. GIN'NETHO. A priest who returned with Zer- ubbabel (Neh. xii. 4). GIN'NETHON (gardener). A priest (Neh. x. 6) . GIR'DLE (Heb. hagor, ezor, aiezah, abnet; Gr. zone). Dress. GIR'GASHITES, THE (Gen. x. 16, xv. 21). The descendants of the fifth son of Canaan, who settled on the east of the Sea of Galilee. Called Gerge- senes in Matt. viii. 28. GIS'PA (caress). An overseer of Nethinim (Neh. xi. 21). GIT'TAHHEPHER— GATH-HEPHER. (Josh. xix. 13). GIT'TAIM (tico wine-presses). (2 Sam. iv. 3). A place built by the Gibeonites after they had been expelled from Beeroth (Josh. ix. 17). Inhabited by Benjamites, after the return from captivity. GIT'TITES. People of Gath. 600 men who went with David from Gath (2 Sam. xv. 18, 19). GIT'TITH. A musical instrument. (Ps. viii., Ixxvi., iv.). GI'ZONITE (pass, ford) (1 Chr. xi. 34). Gouni. GUNI. GLASS BLOWEKS. GLASS. So many specimens of ancient glass ves- sels have been found lately, there is no longer any doubt as to the remote antiquity of the manufac- ture of glass. It was practiced in Egypt, where the ancient paintings represent men at work over the furnaces, and in the laboraton? blowing ves- sels of glass, at least 1400 B. C. Images, beads, cups, vases, bottles, even coffins, and a great variety of viseful and ornamental articles, were made of this material, which are now shown in the Museums at New York and in Europe. The em- peror Hadrian was presented by an Egyptian priest with some glass vases, so rare and excellent as to be reserved for unusual occasions of display. Clear glass was not valued, but colored, every variety of tone and tint were sought after. The allusions to glass in the Bible are never to a trans- parent substance, but to a shining, brilliant, col- ored mass (Rev. iv. 4). But two colorless, trans- parent drinking cups were bought by Nero, at a great price. Glass was not used in windows; a thin stone, mica, or talc being used until long after our era. Mirrors (looking-glasses in Ex. xxxviii. 8) were made of metal, not of glass. (Mirror). The Egyptians (and other ancients) practiced the art of grinding, engraving, and inlaying it with gold enamel, and of working elaborate designs in colors (as an image of a duck with the feathers imitated in form and color) in the midst of masses of clear glass. Pi'ecious stones were very success- fully imitated by colored glass. GLEAN'ING. CORNER. The poor had rights of gleaning fruit and grain-fields. GLEDE (RAAH). Kite. Probably the buzzard. (Deut. xiv. 13). GLORY. The heart, soul, intelligence, feeling, will, and so the glory of a man as a living, rational being. Of God, it is the manifestation of the divine attributes and perfections, or such a visible efful- gence of light as indicates these (Ex. xxxii. 18; John i. 14) . The chief end of the Christian is, to live ' ' to the glory of God. " " Give God the gloiy, ' ' is to confess the truth (Josh. viii. 19; John ix. 24). " My glory" is my soul, in Ps. xvi. 9, xxx. 12, etc. GLOSS. Explanation. A glossary is a collection of notes intended to illustrate or explain the text. Many words in the Scriptures and the Gospels were obscure to the common people, and needed to be explained, in a theological, historical, geograph- ical, or biographical, allegorical and mystical man- ner. Some glosses were written in the margin (marginal notes), or between the hncs in a smafier letter. These were sometimes transferred into the body of the text by ignorant or careless copyists, a few instances being pointed out. Only the most competent scholars can detect these errors. The great exegetical thesaurus of the middle ages was collected by Walaf rid Strabo from Augustine, Am- brose, Jerome, Gregory, Isidore, Beda, Alcuin, Rhabanus Maurus, and his own writings. GNAT (NAT, Greek konops). Mosquito. One of the smallest of insects (Matt, xxiii.24). The bite in the East often produces sores, with fever. Sleeping on high ground, away from water or trees, is one way of avoiding them. GOAD (Heb. malmad, a pole (Judg. iii. 31); DORBAN, the spike point (1 Sam. xiii. 12). Agri- culture. GOAT (akko, yeelim, aze- LAH, ^cild goat, attud, zafir, SAiR, hairy, he-goat (Greek satyr), ez, she- goat, or goat, TAiSH, gedi, kid, Gr. eriphion (Matt. XXV. 33). Goats are an important part of pastoral wealth in the East. Neither Abraham or Job had them, unless they were included in the "flocks." Jacob tend- ed them (ATTUDiM, he-goats, is rendered rams in Gen. xxxi. 10, 12). The goat was used in sacrifice as the type of the Christ, and the pas- chal-lamb could be from the sheep or the goats (Ex. xii. 5), as also the burnt-offering (Lev. i. 10), the peace-offering (iii. 12), the sin-offering (iv. 23), and the trespass-offering (ver. 6); the scape- goat (see Atonement) was a peculiar type o1 Christ as the sin-bearer (xvi). Tlie flesh of the kid is excellent ; of the old goat not very palata- ble. An old Karaite gloss says: "The idolaters seethed a kid in its mo- ther's milk, and sprinkled the broth on their trees, gardens, etc., and Moses therefore condemned the practice. Goat s milk is • very valuable (Prov. xxvii. 26, 27), and is milked at the door of customers every morning. The skin is used for bottles. The hair for cloth, for cloaks, or GEM. FLORENCE. 5,5,1, 3, u, y,Ung; 3., 5,i,5,u,y, short; ca,ro, far, last, fall, what; there, veil, tSrm; piquo, f Trm; done, for, do, wolf, fo'od, fo'ot GOAT 117 GOPHER tents (Cant. i. 5; Ex. xxxvi. 14) , or pillows (1 Sam. xix. 13) . The Angora goat has the longest and best hair for cloth. The long-eared Syrian goat is {)eculiar to Syria. (The ears are sometimes 2 ft. ong). A delicate grey wool under the long hair is the valued stuff for cloth, only three ounces being hud from each goat, but of extreme fineness. The foat was a symool of Macedonia. It is used often y the prophets, poets, and evangelists, as a symbol or type. GOAT, SCAPE. Atonement. GO ATH (to loio, as a cow). Goath, (heifer' a pool). (Jer. xxxi. 39). Near the hill Gareb. GOB (pit). (2 Sam. xxi. 18, 19). The scene of two battles between David's sokUers and the Phil- istines. Ge'zek, in 1 Chr. xx. 4. GOB LET (Ileb. aggan). A vessel for wine or other liciuid (Cant. vii. 2). Basin, cup. GODLINESS, MYSTERY OF (1 Tim. Ui. 16). Jesus, the Christ. GOD-SPEED (2 John 10, 11). Good speed. GOG (mountain). 1. Son of Shemaiah, of Reu- ben (1 Chr. v. 4).— 2. Magog. — 3. In the Septua- gint of Num. xiv. 9, Gog is instead of Agag. Gog, as used by Ezekiel (xxxviii. xxxix), means the head or chief of Magog; and also John (Rev. xx. 8-10), making Gog and Magog persons. GO 'LAN (Deut. iv. 43). A Levitical city of Bashan in Manasseh (Josh. xxi. 27). One of the cities of refuge (xx. 8). The site is lost. The city is not mentioned after the time of Joshua in the Scriptures, but the city and the district of the same name is often mentioned by Josephus. Gamala (El Husn), on the east shore of the Sea of Gali- lee, was in the district (B. J. iv. i. 1). Its princi- pal cities were Golan, Hippos, Gamala, Julias or Bethsaida, Seleucia, and Sogane (Josephus), and about 121 others, nearly all of which are unknown. The country is high (2500 feet), flat, and fertile, well watered, witn good pasture. This is the MiSHOR of 1 K. XX. 23, 25, where the Syrians were defeated near Aphek (now called Fik). The low, rounded hills, called Tells, extending south from Hermon for about 20 miles, are partly covered with forests or groves of oak and terebinth. The wand- ering Bedawins (Anazeh) visit the Jaulan every year in May, with their flocks and herds. GOLD (Heb. zahab; Gr. chrusion, chrusos). Gold has been known from the earliest times, and seems to have been very abundant among the ancients. It was a representative of wealth, and much used for ornaments and for the decoration and utensils of public buildings. Coined money of gold is not mentioned very early. See Money. GOLDSMITH. Alluded to in Prov. xvii. 3; Is. xlvi. 6; Judg. xvii. 4; Neh. iii. 8, etc. GOL'GOTHA (a skull), (Matt, xxvii. 33, etc.). "Where Jesus was crucified, outside of the city gate (Heb. xiii. 12), but near the city (John xix. 20), and a road leading from the country, where there were passers-by {Matt, xxvii. 39); and there was a garden or orchard at the place (Mark xv. 46). The place is not mentioned again until A. D. 355, when a church was built to honor the spot. The city at that time had a wall about Zion, and another about Acra. Beyond these, to the north, the suburbs were enclosed by another wall by Agrippa. This seems to leave no place for the site on that side, and therefore denies the claim of the present Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the centre of the modern city. Another theory places the site on Mt. Moriah, where now stands the great mosque called the Dome of the Rock, which IS claimed to be the real church built by Constan- tine. There is a cave in a rock under this build- ing, which is claimed to be the tomb; and also that it was Araunah's threshing-flooi:. Another theory is, that the site was not far from St. Stephen's gate. Wm. C. Prime has discovered (1871) a wall which he thinks is a part of the ancient 2d wall so long in question, and found it in the right position and direction to exclude the Holy Sepulchre Church, and so arguing lor that as the site which was accepted by Constantine (or Helena) as the true one. Jerusalem. GOLI'ATH (exile) A giant of Gath, who defied the armies of Israel, "morning and evening for forty days," and whose defeat (1 Sam. xvii.) threw such glory around the youthful career of David. GO'MER (Gen. x. 2, 3; Ezek. xxxviii. 6). Eldest son of Japheth. Progenitor of the Cimmerians, whose traces are found in the Cimmerian Bospo- rus, C. Isthmus, Mt. Cimmeriun, Cimmeria, and the C. walls (Herodotus, iv. 12, 45, 100), and also in the modern name Crimea. The Cynu-i of Wales, Cambria, and Cumberland in England are assigned to the same origin. GOMOR'RAH (submersion). One of the 6 cities of the plain or vale of Siddim, whose kings joined battle against four kings (Chedorlaomer and his allies. Gen. xiv. 2-8), when Abram came to the rescue. Four of them were destroyed, leaving only Zoar or Bela, which was spared at Lot's re- quest (xix. 23-29). Their fate is alluded to by the prophets as a warninsr to Israel (Deut. xxix. 23; Is. xiii. 19); to Edom (Jer. xhx. 18; 1. 40), to Moab (Zeph. ii. 9); and again to Israel by Amos (iv. 11); and by Peter (2 Pet. ii. 6); and by Jude (verses 4-7), as a warning to those who should "deny Christ." The site of these cities is a question that it has been impossible to solve. They were said to be in the vale of Siddim, which became (is) the Salt Sea (Gen. xiv. 3), or sea of the plain (Josh. xii. 3). Josephus says the region was not submerged (B. J. iv. 8, 4), out remained visible, and parched. It is now kno^vn that the Dead Sea was a lake from the creation, being a natural formation which has been undisturbed, not even by a volcano, and the water being very deep (500 to 2,300 feet), leaves no place for sites of cities; and although the south bog (below Lisan) is shallow (3 to 12 feet), its bed has been elevated by the rivers which flow north from the Arabah. Not one of the cities has ever been found, except it may be Zoar. Gomorrha in the Aiiocrypha. GO'PHER (pitch). A hard, strong tree, from the wood of which Noah's ark was made (Gen. vi. 14). Cypress or pine. f&rl, rcde, posh; e, i, 0, silent; 9 as a; fh as sh; -e.-oh as k; g as j; g as in get; s as z; x as gz; n as in linger, link; th as in ttiine. GORGIAS 118 GrKEECE CrOS'GIAS. General of Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Mace. iii. 38). GORTY'NA. In Crete (1 Mace. xv. 23). It was the capital of the Island under the Romans. The famous Cretan labyrinth was here, the ruins of which are found at the foot of Mt. Ida. Paid may have preached here, while his vessel was at Fair Havens, where "much time" was spent (Acts xxvii. 9). GO'SHEN. That part of Egypt, east of the Delta, near the way of the land of the Philistines (Ex. xiii. 17), where there was pasture-land, suited to the habits of Joseph's brethren. The only limits that can be indicated from the ancient ac- counts are the present Wadi/ El Tumeylat, and the desert lakes, Temsah and Bitter Lakes. This region is still very productive wherever it is watered, either from the Nile or from wells (Gen. xlv. 10, xlvi. 28, xlvii. 27, 1. 8; Ex. viii. 22, ix. 26). The plagues of Egypt did not effect this land. The soil is capable of tillage to an indefinite extent. GOS'PELS. Good news. See History. SHORT-TOED EAGLE, GOTHO'NIEI. Othniel, father of Chabris (Ju- dith vi. 15). GOURD (Heb. Kikayon; Jonah iv. 6-10). Per- haps the castor-oil plant, which grows like a tree in the East. Some think it was a pumpkin, which gi-ows very large and rapid. The PAitKUOTH (2 K. iv. 39) was a poisonous fruit, gathered by the pupils of Elisha. Thought to be the colocynth. Knops in 1 K. vii. 24. GOVERNOR (Heb. allseph). A sheikh (Zech. ix. 7); duke in some places. — 2. hokek, cadi, a justice (Judg. v. 9). — 3. mehokek (v. 14). — 4. mo- BHEL, pasha, judge (Gen. xlv. 26; ruler in Josh. Xii. 2).— 5. NAGID.— 6. NASI. — 7. PECHAH. — 8. PA- KIA. — 9. SHALLIT. — 10 BAR.— 11. SEGAN. — 12. Gr. ethnarcTieH, ruler. — 13. liegeinon, leader. — 14. oiko- nomos, steward. — 15. arc/iitriklinos, ruler of the feast (Eccl. xxxii). GOZAN {quarry), ( 1 Chr. v. 26). The Gauza- nites of Ptolemy, watered by the Habor, in Assy- ria, where the Israelites were carried captive. Mygdonia. GRACE (/a wr). (Heb. CHEN;Gr. cAara.) Kind- ness towards mankind shown by the Lord Jesus (John i. 14, 16, etc.). GRASS. (Heb. hatzio; Jierbage). (1 K. xviii. 5) ; DASHA, first-shoots, in Jer. i. 11; terek, green (Num. xxii.4); eseb, herbs (Gen. i. 30). Gr. chor- tos (Matt. vi. 30) ; blade in Mark iv. 28. GRASSHOPPER. LocuST. GRAY'HOUND. Gkey-hotind. Alluded to in Prov. XXX. 31, as one of "four things which are comely in going." Some prefer "horse," and others "cock." GRE'CIAN, Believing Greeks from Greece (Acts vi. 1, etc. ) . Also such Jews as had been born in other lands, as well as in Palestine, but who had been educated abroad. GREECE (Greek Hellas; Heb. javan). Greece included the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia (Hellas) and Peloponnesus (Morea). Gen- erally only Hellas and Peloponnesus are meant. The grand features are mountain and sea, which exerted a strong influence on the charac- ter of the people, as appears in their IC- poetry, religion, and history. The climate f!fc=- is very temperate, the air salubrious, and " . the soil fertile. Its history extends back to B. C. 776, in authentic records, and be- yond that in traditions and myths, such as that of ^gialus, who founded Sicyon B. C. 2089, and of Uranus, who settled - there B. C. 2042. The Greeks said they received from Asia Minor, Phoenicia, and Egypt letters and laws, and certain tenets in religion. The Egyptian Inachus found- ed Argos B. C. 1856, and Cecrops led a colony 300 years earlier to Attica, carry- ing with him the worship of the goddess Neith (Athense). The Phoenician Cad- mus founded Thebes in Bceotia, and taught the Greeks letters. (See Moabite Stone. ) The Phrygian Pelops took possession of the south, B. C. 1283, naming it after him- •"''■ — self. The famous expedition of Jason and the Argonauts in search of the golden fleece, is dated B. C. 1263, and the siege of Troy, 1193. From the First Olympiad, B. C. 776, to B. C. 300, Greece was a leader power in politics and religion. It is chiefly from Alexander's time dovra, _-= that the Bible has to do with Greece. ^^ First known to the Jews in the slave- . ~ market of Tyre, where the prophet Joel charges the Tyrians with selling Hebrew children to the Grecians (Joel iii. 6), B. C. 800; andEzekiel says, " traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market" (Ez. xxvii. 13). Greek slaves were highly valued in all the East (Bochart i., c. iii. 175). Daniel mentions Greece (viii. 21, etc.) in his sketch of Alexander and his successors. Alexander visited Jerusalem, and respected its religion (Ant. xi. 8, 3). The Lacedaemonians sent an embassy and a letter to the Jews, B. C. 300 (Ant. xii. 4, 10), when king Areus claims kinship for his people with the Jews. Paul visited Greece (Acts xx. 2), staying there three months. The Greeks, and their lan- guage, were so influential in Paul's time that the name Greek stands in the N. T. as Gentile does in the O. T. Their influence on the spread of the Gospel by a peculiar preparation of the mind for the Gospel teachings was very great, in quickening thought and destroying indifference to religion. (See'GosPELS in the History). The arts of war, and the fine-arts of peace were carried to a great perfection. Their Asiatic empire spread their in- stitutions, and filled half of Asia Minor with tem- ples, theatres, aqueducts, and well-built cities. The Church did not flourish in Athens, but was more eminent in Corinth. S, e, 1,0, ri,y,long; S, 5,1,5, fiy, short; ca.re, far,last, fall, what; thgre, veil, term; pique, firm; d6iie,f6r, do,i»-olf, food, f (Jot; GREEK 119 UADES GEEEK. Educated in the religion find language of Giofce. Barbarian was any one wlio was not a Greek. GREEK VERSIONS OF THE 0. T. See HiSTORT, p. iv. GRINDING. Mill. GROVE ( Ileb. ASHERAH, an image wonhiprd in the f/rocc), (2 K. viii. 6). A wood dedicated to idolatry. The saered symbolic tree of Assyria re- fers to the same idea. The Hebrew word elon also means grove ^translated oak of Mamre, in Gen. xiii. 18, and ot Moreh, in xii. ti, etc.). The grove took the place of the church building in the ancient heathen religions, where altars were erected to the gods. Pliny says trees were the first temples. Aftj^rwards the temples were built HABOR (1 Chr. v. 26). A river and district in Assyria, where Tiglath Pileser placed some of the Jews of tlu! tribes of Keuben and Gad, during the First Captivity; and where, 17 years after, IShalma- neser, his successor, settled captives from ISamaria and Israel (2 K. xvii. 6, xxviii. 11). The Khabur (name of a river) is found iu an Assyrian inscrip- tion of the date of 900 B. c. HACHILI' AH {Jt'homh enlivens) . Father of Ne- heniiah (\eh. i. 1, x. 1). HACHI'LAH, THE HILL (I Sam. xxiii. 13, 19). On the S. of Jeshliiion (the barren district), near Ziph, in a forest, where David and his 600 men hid from Saul, and David in the night took away Saul's spear and bottle of water from his couch, and showed them to Abner, the captain of Saul's in the groves. The Temple of Solomon had • guard, next morning from the opposite bank of the figures of trees on its interior walls for ornaments. I ravnie (xxvi. 5-20). See David. '"^ ■■' "- ' ■-'.-.■.'- — 1 .:-- I HACHMO'NI (