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4421 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. King, Christ As.37

… Divine choice and appointment, and this was the ideal in the case of his successors. The figment of "Divine right"--by virtue of which modern kings have claimed …

4422 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. King, Christ As.39

… Free Choice of His People: Except in the most autocratic form of kingship, some place has been given to the suffrage of the people, and the other phases of the …

4423 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. King; Kingdom.32

… . The choice of Yahweh in the case of Saul is implied by the anointing of Saul by Samuel and through the confirmation of this choice by the holy lot ( 1 Samuel 10 …

4424 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. King; Kingdom.35

… his choice he was doubtless restricted to the Aaronites ( 1 Chronicles 16:37, 39; 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:27, 35 ). The priesthood was under the king's supervision …

4425 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Know; Knowledge.2

… will (choice, love, favor, or, conversely, repugnance, dislike, etc.). Knowledge is distinguished from "opinion" by its greater certainty. The mind is constituted …

4427 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Liberty.2

… of choice, but in deliverance from the darkening of the mind, the tyranny of sinful lusts and the enthrallment of the will, induced by a morally corrupt state …

4428 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Libraries.28

… ) preserving choice books for posterity by a local series of inscriptions.

4429 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Libraries.39

… the choice and proclamation of Saul as king was the writing of a constitution by Samuel and the depositing of this in the sacred archives ( 1 Samuel 10:25 ). This …

4430 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Like; Liken; Likeness; Liking.5

… American) "choice"). In 1 Esdras 4:39, "All men do well like of her works" is a further obsolete use.

4431 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lord's Day.6

… . A choice of a special day must have become necessary, and this day would, of course, have been Sunday. Doubtless, however, certain individuals and communities …

4432 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lord's Prayer, The.12

… few choice sentences. For those who are not able to bring their struggling desires to birth in articulate language it provides an instructive form. To the …

4433 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lot (1).10

… the choice of the land--from the nomad's point of view. In the "we are brethren" ( Genesis 13:8 ), the whole force of the scene is crystallized. Lot, who believes himself …

4434 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mark, the Gospel According To, 2.31

(2) Outside the synagogue: parabolic teaching of the multitude, choice and training of the Twelve and their Great Confession: Mark 3:7 ff through Mark 8:30 .

4435 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Masrekah.2

… of choice vines," but there is nothing to show in what locality it must be sought.

4436 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mibhar.2

… (mibhchar, "choice"(?)): According to 1 Chronicles 11:38, the name of one of David's heroes. No such name, however, occurs in the parallel passage ( 2 Samuel 23:36 ). A comparison …

4437 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ministry.47

… his choice--the congregation was told to elect a reader, and provision was made for a ministry of women. It was possible to obey such instructions, because the …

4438 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Myrtle.2

… the choice plants of the land ( Isaiah 41:19 ). "Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree" ( Isaiah 55:13 …

4440 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Names, Proper.28

… to Choice. The people in general gathered names for their children freely from all parts of this wide field, but in certain circles influences were at work …