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3281 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Generation.2 (William Smith)
… the same which has been adopted by modern civilized nations, viz., from thirty to forty years. Job 42:16. Generation is also used to signify the men of an age or …
3282 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Herod.3 (William Smith)
… Judea the following year, he fled to Rome, and received the appointment of king of Judea. In the course of a few years, by the help of the Romans he took Jerusalem …
3283 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Hezekiah.3 (William Smith)
… occupy the greater part of the Scripture records concerning the reign of Hezekiah. The first of these took place in the third year of Sennacherib, b.c. 702 …
3284 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. High priest.2 (William Smith)
… a year, on the great day of atonement, when he sprinkled the blood of the sin offering on the mercy seat, and burnt incense within the veil. Leviticus 16. The manslayer …
3285 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Isaac.2 (William Smith)
… , at the age of 180 years. He was buried by his two sons in the cave of Machpelah. In the New Testament reference is made to the offering of Isaac, Hebrews 11:17; James …
3286 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Ishmael.3 (William Smith)
… at the burial of Abraham. He died at the age of 137 years. Genesis 25:17, Genesis 25:18. The sons of Ishmael peopled the north and west of the Arabian peninsula, and …
3287 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jehoram.4 (William Smith)
… on the throne of Judah at the age of 32, and reigned eight years, from b.c. 893–2 to 885–4. As soon as he was fixed on the throne, he put his six brothers to death, with …
3288 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jesus Christ.6 (William Smith)
… the instruction of the young was neglected.’ ‘The world is only saved by the breath of the school-children.’ ‘Even for the rebuilding of the temple the schools …
3289 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Joash.3 (William Smith)
… the high priest, had stolen him from among the king’s sons, he was hidden for six years in the chambers of the temple. In the seventh year of his age and of …
3290 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Joshua.3 (William Smith)
… the people, kept the passover, and was visited by the Captain of the Lord’s host. A miracle made the fall of Jericho more terrible to the Canaanites. In the great …
3291 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Josiah.3 (William Smith)
… upon the general character of the Jews in his day. He began in the eighth year of his reign to seek the Lord; and in his twelfth year, and for six years afterward …
3292 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Kohath.2 (William Smith)
… . In the journeyings of the tabernacle the sons of Kohath (Kohathites) had charge of the most holy portions of the vessels. Numbers 4. Of the personal history …
3293 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Maccabees Books of.3 (William Smith)
… of the book begins with the enumeration of the Maccabæan family, ch. 1 Maccabees 2:1-5, which is followed by an account of the part which the aged Mattathias took …
3294 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Magi.3 (William Smith)
… the golden age and take away sin. (3) This expectation arose largely from the dispersion of the Jews among all nations, carrying with them the hope and the promise …
3295 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Manasseh.3 (William Smith)
… , ascended the throne at the age of twelve, and reigned 55 years, from b.c. 698 to 642. His accession was the signal for an entire change in the religious administration …
3296 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Marriage.5 (William Smith)
… on the part of the bridegroom and by the parents on the part of the bride; it was confirmed by oaths, and accompanied with presents to the bride. The act of betrothal …
3297 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Melchizedek.2 (William Smith)
… to the sacred writings for a thousand years. Jewish tradition pronounces Melchizedek to be a survivor of the deluge, the patriarch Shem. The way in which he …
3298 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Mephibosheth.4 (William Smith)
… five years old. At this age he met with an accident which deprived him for life of the use of both feet. 2 Samuel 4:4. After this he found a home with Machir ben-Ammiel …
3299 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Moses.7 (William Smith)
… the eleventh month of the fortieth year of the wanderings, in the plains of Moab. Deuteronomy 1:3, Deuteronomy 1:5. Moses is described as 120 years of age, but …
3300 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Nebuchadnezzar.4 (William Smith)
… the final siege of Jerusalem in the ninth year of Zedekiah—his own seventeenth year (b.c. 588)—and took it two years later, b.c. 586. Zedekiah escaped from the city …