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4641 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Redeemer; Redemption.25
… free choice. He will show men His own feeling of holiness and love. In the name of a holy love which they can forever aspire after, but which they can never fully …
4642 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Revelation, 1-2.25
… Yahweh's choice of it rested solely on His gracious will. Nor was this people permitted to imagine that it was for its own sake alone that it had been singled …
4643 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Revelation, 3-4.5
… to choice on his own part, but to a call of God, obeyed often with reluctance; and he prophesies or forbears to prophesy, not according to his own will but as the …
4644 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Royal.2
… ," literally, choice morsels of the king, meaning fit for a king ( Genesis 49:20 ); "besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty," literally, which he gave …
4645 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rufus.2
… . "that choice Christian" (Denhey). Since all Christians are "chosen," this title must express some distinction. The mother of Rufus had played the mother's part …
4646 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rump.2
… other choice portions were waved before the Lord and wholly burnt on the altar as a sweet savor unto Yahweh.
4647 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Salvation.50
… individual choice, yet the individual who accepted it entered into social relations with the others who had so chosen. So salvation involved admission …
4648 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Samaria, City of.4
… the choice he made.
4649 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Samuel.9
… the choice of David the son of Jesse, the Bethlehemite. And, in a later chapter (19:18-24), a second occasion is named on which the compelling spirit of prophecy …
4650 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanctuary.39
… the choice lay between interpreting the Law in this way or abandoning public worship altogether; for the synagogue with its non-sacrificial form of public …
4651 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Scribes.10
… , of choice, and of conduct. (2) By reducing the practice of religion to the form of law, all acts are placed on a paragraph with each other. The motives are no longer …
4652 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sect.2
… ," i.e. "choice"); compare Septuagint Leviticus 22:18, 21 .
4653 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sermon on the Mount.35
… , the choice of the twelve apostles, the descent with them into the presence of the multitude of His disciples and a great number of people from Judea, Jerusalem …
4654 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shavsha.2
… David's choice of a foreigner for this post. Shavsha's two sons, Elihoreph and Ahijah, were secretaries of state under Solomon; they are called "sons of Shisha …
4655 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sidon (2).3
… these choice articles are found in Homer, both in the Iliad and the Odyssey. Sidon had a monarchical form of government, as did all the Phoenician towns, but …
4656 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Slave; Slavery.20
… willing choice of indefinite slavery. The ceremony at such a time is interesting: "Then his master shall bring him unto the judges (margin), and shall bring him …
4657 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Solomon.37
… famous choice of a "hearing heart," i.e. an obedient heart, in preference to riches or long life. The vision took place at Gibeon ( 2 Chronicles 1:7, but in 1 Kings 3 …
4658 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Son of God, The.16
… gracious choice. Fourthly, it is applied to the kings of Israel, as representatives of the chosen nation. Thus, in 2 Samuel 7:14, Yahweh says of Solomon, "I will be …
4659 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Song of Songs.18
… Yahweh's choice of Israel to be His spouse. The Targum interprets Canticles as an allegory of the marital love of Yahweh and Israel. Origen made the allegorical …
4660 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sorek, Valley of.2
… the choice (soreq) vine" (see VINE ); sorech): "(Samson) loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah" ( Judges 16:4 ). Jerome (OS, 153 f, 6) mentions a Capharsorec …