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99881 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Aroer.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Aroer — ruins. (1.) A town on the north bank of the Arnon ( Deuteronomy 4:48; Judges 11:26; 2 Kings 10:33 ), the southern boundary of the kingdom of Sihon ( Joshua 12:2 ). It is now called Arair, 13 miles west of the Dead Sea.

99882 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Arpad.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… — ( Isaiah 10:9; Isaiah 36:19; Isaiah 37:13 ), also Arphad, support, a Syrian city near Hamath, along with which it is invariably mentioned ( 2 Kings 19:13; 2 Kings 18:34; Isaiah …

99883 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Arphaxad.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 11:10-13; 1 Chronicles 1:17, 1 Chronicles 1:18; Luke 3:36 ). He dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the progenitor of the Chaldeans …

99885 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ashdoth-Pisgah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… Joshua 10:40 and Joshua 12:8. It has been identified with the springs under Mount Nebo, now called ‘Ayun Musa.

99886 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ashkenaz.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Genesis 10:3 ), and founder of one of the tribes of the Japhetic race. They are mentioned in connection with Minni and Ararat, and hence their original seat must …

99887 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ashtaroth.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 9:10 ). It was in the half-tribe of Manasseh ( Joshua 13:12 ), and as a Levitical city was given to the Gershonites ( 1 Chronicles 6:71 ). Uzzia, one of David’s valiant men …

99888 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ashtoreth.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4; 1 Samuel 12:10 ). These names often occur in the plural (Ashtaroth, Baalim), probably as indicating either different statues or different …

99889 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Asia.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 19:10, Acts 19:22; Acts 20:4, Acts 20:16, Acts 20:18, etc., and probably Asia Minor in Acts 19:26, Acts 19:27; Acts 21:27; Acts 24:18; Acts 27:2. Proconsular Asia contained the …

99890 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Asnapper.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 4:10 ), was the son and successor ( 668) of Esar-haddon (q.v.). He was “luxurious, ambitious, and cruel, but a magnificent patron of literature.” He formed at Nineveh a library …

99891 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Ass.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 22:10 ). (3.) The ass’s colt (Heb. ˒air), mentioned Judges 10:4; Judges 12:14. It is rendered “foal” in Genesis 32:15; Genesis 49:11. (Comp. Job 11:12; Isaiah 30:6 .) The ass is an unclean …

99892 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Asshur.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Genesis 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:17 ). He went from the land of Shinar and built Nineveh, etc. ( Genesis 10:11, Genesis 10:12 ). He probably gave his name to Assyria, which is …

99893 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assurance.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ” ( Hebrews 10:22 ) is a fulness of faith in God which leaves no room for doubt. The “full assurance of understanding” ( Colossians 2:2 ) is an entire unwavering conviction …

99894 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assurance.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 1:10 ), and from the fact that it has been attained ( 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:8; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 4:16 ).

99895 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assurance.4 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Hebrews 10:22; 2 Peter 1:5-10 ). The attainment of this grace is a duty, and is to be diligently sought.

99896 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assyria.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Genesis 10:22 ), but in process of time non-Semite tribes mingled with the inhabitants. They were a military people, the “Romans of the East.”

99897 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assyria.5 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 10:22, Isaiah 10:24, Isaiah 10:34 ). Mention is next made of Sennacherib ( 705), the son and successor of Sargon ( 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19 …

99898 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Assyria.6 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 4:10 is referred to as Asnapper. From an early period Assyria had entered on a conquering career, and having absorbed Babylon, the kingdoms of Hamath, Damascus …

99899 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Astrologer.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 2:10, Daniel 2:27, etc.) Heb. ‘ashshaph’, an enchanter, one who professes to divine future events by the appearance of the stars. This science flourished among the …

99900 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Atad.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 50:10, Genesis 50:11 ). It was probably near Hebron. The word is rendered “bramble” in Judges 9:14, Judges 9:15, and “thorns” in Psalm 58:9 .