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3301 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament.19
… the habits and culture of that age would produce must have been welded together within 10 or 20 years by the external necessities" (The Growth of the Gospels …
3302 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tirhakah.4
… of the sons, and apparently the favorite, of Piankhy II. He left his mother, and the city Napata, at the age of 20; and when she followed him northward, she found him …
3303 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tobit, Book of.18
… for the night the angel instructs the bridegroom to burn the heart and liver of the fish he had caught in the Tigris. The smoke that resulted acted as a countercharm …
3304 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tribute.2
… with the 14th year in the case of men and the 12th in the case of women, the obligation remaining in force up to the 65th year in the case of both. For purposes of …
3305 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Uzziah; (Azariah).3
… to the throne at the age of 16. The length of his reign is given as 52 years. The chronological questions raised by this statement are considered below. His accession …
3306 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Uzziah; (Azariah).8
… 40 years of age at this time, we are brought for the year of Uzziah’s accession to 783. His death, 52 years later, would occur in 731. (On the other hand, it is known …
3307 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Wanderings of Israel.39
… of the Wilderness: There is no reason to think that the conditions at the time of the Exodus differed materially from those of the present time. The Arabs have …
3308 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Weaving.2
… from the above only in the devices for accelerating the process. The first of these improvements dates back some 5,000 years to the early Egyptians, who discovered …
3309 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Woman.35
… /2 years of age had the right to give herself in marriage. Vows made by a daughter, while under age, could be annulled by the father ( Numbers 30:3 - 5 ) or by the husband …
3310 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Woman.59
… . the superintendence of the rest of the women, and the charge of the widows and orphans supported at public expense. Dean Alford (see the Commentary in the place …
3311 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zoan.14
… : In the 14th century BC the city was rebuilt by Rameses II, and was then known as Pa-Ramessu. The Hyksos rulers had held it for 500 years according to Manetho, and …
3312 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Abraham.2 (William Smith)
… in the 86th year of his age. Genesis 16. [ HAGAR; ISHMAEL .] But this was not the accomplishment of the promise. Thirteen years elapsed, during which Abram still dwelt …
3313 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ahaz.2 (William Smith)
… . But the allies inflicted a most severe injury on Judah by the capture of Elath, a flourishing port on the Red Sea, while the Philistines invaded the west and …
3314 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ahaziah.4 (William Smith)
… one year, b.c. 884. He is called AZARIAH, 2 Chronicles 22:6, probably by a copyist’s error, and JEHOAHAZ. 2 Chronicles 21:17. He was 22 years old at his accession. 2 Kings …
3315 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Alexander III.2 (William Smith)
… this year he founded Alexandria. In the same year he finally defeated Darius at Gaugamela, who in b.c. 330 was murdered. The next two years were occupied by Alexander …
3316 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Amaziah.3 (William Smith)
… to the throne at the age of 25, on the murder of his father, and punished the murderers. In order to restore his kingdom to the greatness of Jehoshaphat’s days …
3317 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Army.2 (William Smith)
… the year. 1 Chronicles 27. It does not appear that the system established by David was maintained by the kings of Judah; but in Israel the proximity of the hostile …
3318 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Asa.3 (William Smith)
… destroyed the works which he had begun at Ramah. In his old age Asa suffered from gout. He died, greatly loved and honored, in the 41st year of his reign.
3319 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assyria Asshur.10 (William Smith)
… by the discoveries lately made there, which confirm and illustrate the Bible. The most important of them is the finding of the stone tablets or books which …
3320 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Cedar.2 (William Smith)
… near the highest point of the range westward to the Mediterranean, and enters the sea at the port of Tripoli. The grove is at the very upper part of the valley …