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99601 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine Exploration, 2b.3
… to 12-15 AD. The plan of the Herodian temple consisted of a stairway, a portico, a vestibule and a cella with a corridor on each side. The staircase was about 80 …
99602 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine Exploration, 2b.5
… 1911-12, in which from 36 to 167 workmen were employed, Dr. D. Mackenzie uncovered a massive double gate and primitive walls 12-15 ft. high, with mighty bastions …
99603 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine Exploration, 2b.8
… ,VI, 12), modifying these only slightly for home purposes. They were a small race 5 ft. 4 inches to 5 ft. 7 in. in height, slender in form, with rather broad heads and thick …
99604 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine Exploration, 2b.9
… and 12 ft. 10 inches broad, which led to a long sloping passage of equal dimensions, with the arch having a vaulted roof and the sides well plumb. This led into …
99605 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine Exploration, 2b.15
… of 12 witnesses, one of whom is the Egyptian governor of the new town, another an Assyrian noble whose name precedes that of the governor, and still another …
99606 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.47
The word properly means "Philistia," but appears to be first used in the extended sense, as meaning all the "Land of Israel" or "Holy Land" ( Zechariah 2:12 ), by Philo and by Ovid and later Roman authors (Reland, Palestine Illustr., I, 38-42).
99607 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.61
… ( Genesis 12:10; 26:2; 41:50; Leviticus 26:20; 2 Samuel 21:1; 1 Kings 8:35; Isaiah 5:6; Jeremiah 14:1; Joel 1:10 - 12; Haggai 1:11; Zechariah 14:17 ), and droughts are also noticed in …
99608 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.63
… " ( Genesis 12:6; 35:4; Joshua 24:26 ). Samaritan tradition showed the site near BalaTa ("the oak") at the foot of Mt. Gerizim. The "Canaanite was then in the land" (in Abraham’s …
99609 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.64
… ( Genesis 12:16 ), he settled in the pastoral region, between Beersheba and the western Kadesh ( Genesis 13:1; 20:1 ), called in Hebrew the neghebh, "dry" country, on the …
99610 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.68
… 26:12 ), and the vicinity is still capable of such cultivation. Thence he retreated Southeast to Rehoboth (Rucheibeh), North of Kadesh, where ancient wells like …
99611 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.73
… , 5, 12 ), the latter being in a pastoral valley where Judah met his "sheep shearers." Tamar sat at "the entrance of Enaim" (compare Genesis 38:14, 22 the English Revised …
99612 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 1.78
… commanded (12:3) to overthrow the Canaanite altars, to break the standing stones which were emblems of superstition, to burn the ’asherah poles (or artificial …
99613 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 2.5
… 8:12 - 13; Nehemiah 11:34 - 35 ). Tirzah is mentioned ( Joshua 12:24 ) in Samaria, whereas the future capital of Omri is not. Ai is said to have been made "a heap forever" ( Joshua …
99614 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 2.6
… " of 12 stones was erected. Jericho was not at the medieval site (er Richa) South of Gilgal, or at the Herodian site farther West, but at the great spring `Ain es SulTan …
99615 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 2.9
… ( Joshua 12:20 ), now Semmunieh, in which case the "waters" were those of the perennial stream in Wady el Melek, 3 miles to the North, which flow West to join the lower …
99616 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 2.10
… the 12 tribes. Judah and Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh), being the strongest, appear to have occupied the mountains and the shephelah, as far North as Lower Galilee …
99617 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 2.13
… Merarites (12). The six Cities of Refuge were included in the total, and were placed 3 each side of the Jordan in the South, in the center, and in the North, namely …
99618 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 2.14
… 1:12-15), which is described (compare Joshua 15:15 - 19 ) as lying in a "dry" (the King James Version "south") region, yet with springs not far away. The actual site (edh Dhaheriyeh …
99619 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 2.18
… ( Judges 12:1 ) indicates the northern position of Mizpah. Aroer ( Judges 11:33 ) is unknown, but lay near Rabbath-ammon ( Joshua 13:25; 2 Samuel 24:5 ); it is to be distinguished …
99620 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine, 2.20
… 18:12 ). This agrees with the former mention of the site ( Judges 13:25 ) as being near Zorah; and the open valley near Beth-shemesh is visible, through the gorges of …