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2661 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).46
… of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Amos 4:11 ) is only intelligible on the supposition that the story of that catastrophe was a matter of common knowledge; and it would be …
2662 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amraphel.3
… Against Sodom and Gomorrah: This name, which is identified with that of the renowned Babylonian king Hammurabi (which see), is only found in Genesis 14:1, 9, where …
2663 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amraphel.4
… of Sodom and Gomorrah, with their allies, fled, and fell among the bitumen-pits of which the place was full, whilst those who got away took refuge in the mountain …
2664 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amraphel.5
… in Sodom. A fugitive, having escaped, went and announced the result of the engagement to Abram, who was at that time living by Mamre's oak plantation. The patriarch …
2665 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amraphel.8
… against Sodom, as the ally of Chedorlaomer, before he became king, and was simply crown prince. In that case, like Belshazzar, he was called "king" by anticipation …
2666 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.19
… destroy Sodom ( Genesis 19:13 ); when David numbers the people, an angel destroys them by pestilence ( 2 Samuel 24:16 ); it is by an angel that the Assyrian army is destroyed …
2667 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.21
… for Sodom; Genesis 22:11 ff--the angel interposes to prevent the sacrifice of Isaac; Genesis 24:7, 40 --Abraham sends Eliezer and promises the angel's protection …
2668 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 1.28
… Jerusalem, Sodom, and its rulers, those of Gomorrah. For Berial (Belial) had great wrath against Isaiah because he had revealed the coming of Christ and the mission …
2669 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apples of Sodom.1
Apples of Sodom
2670 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apples of Sodom.2
… , article "Sodom," col. 4669, note 2). This colocynth is supposed to be the "wild vine" mentioned 2 Kings 4:39. The "vine of Sodom" of Deuteronomy 32:32 has been supposed …
2671 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Archaeology; Archaeology and Criticism.54
(7) Sodom and Gomorrah:
2672 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Archaeology; Archaeology and Criticism.97
… of Sodom and Gomorrah, the three Amorites, Melchizedek; in my view, also, Abram and Lot, and probably the four overwhelmed cities). (2) The expedition of the kings …
2673 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Arioch.3
… against Sodom, Gomorrah and other states ( Genesis 14:1, 9 ). Assyriologists generally, and probably rightly, identify Arioch with Eri-Aku (which see), king of Larsa …
2674 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Attitudes.10
… at Sodom ( Genesis 19:1 ). Joshua fell on his face before the prince of the host of Yahweh ( Joshua 5:14 ). This attitude was a common one to Ezekiel as he saw his wonderful …
2675 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ben-ammi.2
… of Sodom. The account of his birth as well as that of Moab was commonly regarded as an expression of Israel's intense hatred and contempt toward these two …
2676 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bera.2
Bera - be'-ra (bera`, "gift"(?); compare HPN, 74 note): King of Sodom ( Genesis 14:2 ) who in the battle of Siddim was subdued by Chedorlaomer.
2677 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Botany.39
… of Sodom of Josephus, which he describes as looking like tempting fruit but which on examination prove to contain but dust. A much more likely theory is that …
2678 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Botany.41
Another abundant herb is the Solanum coagulans (Arabic khadak), whose apple-like fruit has also received (without serious claim) the name of "apple of Sodom."
2679 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Captain.3
… of Sodom" the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), "judges of Sodom" the Revised Version, margin ( Isaiah 1:10 ), used of Jephthah in sense …
2680 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Chedorlaomer.11
… against Sodom and Gomorrah, and the other cities of the plain ( Genesis 14:1 ff). The Greek (Septuagint) form of the name is Chodollogomor, implying a different …