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4061 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Gideon.2 (William Smith)
… of Baal’s altar, are related in Judges 6. After this begins the second act of Gideon’s life. Clothed by the Spirit of God, Judges 6:34; comp. 1 Chronicles 12:18; Luke …
4062 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Gur-baal.1 (William Smith)
Gur-baal
4063 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Gur-baal.2 (William Smith)
… of Baal ), a place or district in which dwelt Arabians, as recorded in 2 Chronicles 26:7. It appears from the context to have been in the country lying between Palestine …
4064 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Hermon.2 (William Smith)
… called Baal-hermon, Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 5:23, possibly because Baal was there worshipped. (It is more than probable that some part of Hermon was the scene …
4065 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Hivites.2 (William Smith)
… Mount Baal Hermon to the entering in of Hamath.” Judges 3:3; comp. 2 Samuel 24:7 .
4066 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Israel Kingdom of.4 (William Smith)
… of Baal-worship led to a reaction in the nation, to the moral triumph of the prophets in the person of Elijah, and to the extinction of the house of Ahab in obedience …
4067 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jeho-iada.6 (William Smith)
… of Baal-worship and the restoration of the temple were among the great works effected by Jehoiada. He died b.c. 834.
4068 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jehoram.4 (William Smith)
… of Baal. A prophetic writing from the aged prophet Elijah, 2 Chronicles 21:12, failed to produce any good effect upon him. The remainder of his reign was a series …
4069 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jehu.3 (William Smith)
… of Baal, he called all the Baalites together at Samaria. The vast temple raised by Ahab, 1 Kings 16:32, was crowded from end to end. The chief sacrifice was offered …
4070 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jerubbaai.2 (William Smith)
Jerubba’ai, or Jerub’ba-al ( contender with Baal ), the surname of Gideon, which he acquired in consequence of destroying the altar of Baal, when his father defended him from the vengeance of the Abiezrites. Judges 6; Judges 6:32 .
4071 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Jezebel.2 (William Smith)
… of Baal and 400 of Astarte. 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 16:32; 1 Kings 18:19. The prophets of Jehovah were attacked by her orders and put to the sword. 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings …
4072 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Joash.3 (William Smith)
… of Baal and Ashtaroth. When he was rebuked for this by Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, Joash caused him to be stoned to death in the very court of the Lord’s house …
4073 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Kirjath-baal.1 (William Smith)
Kirjath-baal
4074 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Kirjath-huzoth.2 (William Smith)
… Bamoth-baal. Comp. vs. Numbers 22:36 and Numbers 22:41 .
4075 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Kirjath-jearim.2 (William Smith)
… deity Baal, namely Baalah and Kirjath-baal. At this place the ark remained for twenty years. 1 Samuel 7:2. At the close of that time Kirjath-jearim lost its sacred …
4076 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Kishon.2 (William Smith)
… of Baal by Elijah. 1 Kings 18:40. The Nahr Mukûtta, the modern representative of the Kishon, is the drain by which the waters of the plain of Esdraelon and of the …
4077 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Knife.3 (William Smith)
… of Baal were doubtless pointed knives. 1 Kings 18:28 .
4078 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Mattan.3 (William Smith)
1. The priest of Baal slain before his altars in the idol temple at Jerusalem. 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17. He probably accompanied Athalia from Samaria.
4079 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Melech.2 (William Smith)
Me’lech, the second son of Micah, the son of Merib-baal or Mephibosheth. 1 Chronicles 8:35; 1 Chronicles 9:41 .
4080 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Mephibosheth.4 (William Smith)
… Merib-baal. 1 Chronicles 8:34. His life seems to have been, from beginning to end, one of trial and discomfort. When his father and grandfather were slain on Gilboa …