Search for: the aged years
3321 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Daniel.4 (William Smith)
… in “the third year of Cyrus” (b.c. 534) he saw his last recorded vision, on the banks of the Tigris. Daniel 10:1, Daniel 10:4. In the prophecies of Ezekiel mention is made …
3322 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. David.9 (William Smith)
… of the kings of Judah, was pointed out in the latest times of the Jewish people. The edifice shown as such from the Crusades to the present day is on the southern …
3323 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Eli.2 (William Smith)
… at the advanced age of 98 years, 1 Sam. 1 Samuel 4:15, overcome by the disastrous intelligence that the ark of God had been taken in battle by the Philistines, who …
3324 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Food.4 (William Smith)
… meat. The animals killed for meat were—calves, lambs, oxen not above three years of age, harts, roebucks, and fallow deer; birds of various kinds; fish, with the exception …
3325 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 …
3326 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 …
3327 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 …
3328 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 …
3329 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 …
3330 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 …
3331 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 …
3332 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 …
3333 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 …
3334 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 …
3335 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 …
3336 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 …
3337 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 …
3338 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 …
3339 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 …
3340 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 …