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7601 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Horseleach.2
… a horse-leech. The Arabic `aluqah, which, it may be noted, is almost identical with the Hebrew form, is a ghoul (Arabic ghul), an evil spirit which seeks to injure men …
7602 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Horses of the Sun.1
Horses of the Sun
7603 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Horses of the Sun.2
… :16 ), horses dedicated to the sun, with chariots, had been placed at the entrance of the sacred edifice. These Josiah, in his great reformation, "took away," and burned …
7604 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hosea.41
… upon horses" ( Hosea 14:3 ), thus alluding to the two foreign powers between which Israel had lost its independence.
7605 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Images.30
… and horses of the sun, mentioned ( 2 Kings 23:11 ) as having an honored place at the western entrance of the Jerusalem Temple, represented not a local but a foreign …
7606 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Isaiah, 1-7.60
… Egypt’s horses and chariots, and disregard the Holy One of Israel. Those who do so forget that the Egyptians are but men and their horses flesh, and that mere …
7607 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jehoash; Joash.15
… and horse. The truth was anew demonstrated by the promise which the dying prophet now made to him. Directing Jehoash in the symbolical action of the shooting …
7608 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jehu.7
… chariot horses. When, a little later, her remains were sought for burial, she was found to have been almost wholly devoured by the dogs--a lurid commentary on …
7609 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jerusalem, 1.49
17. Horse Gate
7610 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jerusalem, 2.68
17. Horse Gate: Proceeding North, we come to the Horse Gate. This was close to the entry to the king’s house ( 2 Kings 11:16; 2 Chronicles 23:15; Jeremiah 31:40 ). The expression …
7611 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jerusalem, 4.16
… upon horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem.
7612 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jezebel.5
… the horses tread upon her (reading "they trod" for "he trod" in 2 Kings 9:33 ). When search is afterward made for her remains, they are found terribly mutilated. Thus …
7613 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jordan Valley.5
… our horses, we descended below the clouds and the snow to the brink of the eastern mountain wall overlooking the upper valley of the Jordan. It was a sight ever …
7614 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Joshua (2).48
… and horses were employed against them apparently for the first time on Canaanite soil. The pursuit was maintained as far as Sidon, and Misrephoth-maim, perhaps …
7615 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Judah, Kingdom of.36
4. Traffic in Horses
7616 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Judah, Kingdom of.77
… the horse was looked upon with suspicion by the prophets ( Deuteronomy 17:16; Zechariah 9:10 ). When the horse is spoken of in the Old Testament, it is as the chief …
7617 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Leopard.3
… : "Their horses also (of the Chaldeans) are swifter than leopards." The spots of the leopard are referred to in Jeremiah 13:23 : "Can the Ethiopian change his skin …
7618 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Libraries.22
… and horse of the warrior, the ushabti servants, children’s playthings, the models of food objects, and so on. This same motive led also to the burying of books …
7619 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Litter.2
… ; the horse litter (phorion) is mentioned in 2 Maccabees 9:8; compare 3:27. (2) miTTah, "palanquin" or "litter of Solomon" ( Song of Solomon 3:7; compare Song of Solomon 3:9 …
7620 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Locust.3
… a horse’s bit); compare also Arabic Tann, used of the sound of a drum or piece of metal, also of the humming of flies). (11) akris (genitive akridos; diminutive akridion …