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hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me.

Psa. 49.5. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Psa. 73.13. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. 15. If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God.

Psa. 77.3. I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. 7. Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? 8. Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? 9. Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?

Pro. 24.10. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

Isa. 40.27. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 28. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. Isa. 50.2.

Isa. 49.14. Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Jer. 8.18. When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

Jer. 15.18. Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

Jer. 45.3. Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Lam. 3.8. When I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 17. Thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. 18. And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord.

Lam. 5.20. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? Lam. c. 1-5.

Hos. 10.3. We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?

Mat. 8.26. Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Mar. 4.40. Luk. 8.25.

Mat. 14.31. O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Mat. 17.17. O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? Mar. 9.18,19,28. Luk. 9.40. Mar. 4.38. Master, carest thou not that we perish?

1 Pet. 1.6. Ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations.

DOUBT, EXAMPLES OF. Abraham, Gen. 12.12,13. Gen. 17.17. Gen. 20.11. Sarah, Gen. 18.12-14. Isaac, Gen. 26.6,7. Lot, Gen. 19.30 Moses Ex. 3.11. Ex. 4.1,10,13.

Ex. 5.22,23. Ex. 6.12,30. Num. 11.21-23. Israelites, Ex. 6.9. Ex. 14.10. 1 Sam. 17.11,24.

Gideon, Jud. 6.13,15. Samuel, 1 Sam. 16.1,2. David, 1 Sam. 21.12,13. 1 Sam. 27.1. David's men, 1 Sam. 23.3. Obadiah, 1 Kin. 18.9-14. Elijah, 1 Kin. 19.13,14,18. Joash, 2 Kin. 13.18,19. Jeremiah, Jer. 1.6. Jer. 32.24,25. Lam. c. 1-5. The disciples, Mat. 8.25,26. Mat. 17.16,20. Mar. 4.38,40. Mar. 9.18. Mar. 16.10-14. Luk. 8.25. Luk. 9.40. John the Baptist,

Mat. 11.2,3. Peter, Mat. 14.29,31. Ananias, Act. 9.13,14.

See UNBELIEF-MURMURING-FEAR OF MAN.

DOVE, TURTLE DOVE, and PIGEON, Isa. 59.11. Isa. 60.8. Nah. 2.7. Mat. 10.16. Used in sacrifice by Abraham, Gen. 15.9. By the poor at the purification of women, Lev. 12.6. Luk. 2.24. And of Nazarites, Num. 6.10. And lepers, Lev. 14.22.

Num. 6.11.

trespass-offering, Lev. 5.7-10. A sin-offering,
Used as a burnt-offering, Lev. 1.14-17. A
Sold in the temple, Mat. 21.12.
Sent from the ark, Gen. 8.8-11.
Jno. 2.14.
Illustrative, Mat. 3.16.

DOWRY. See MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
DRAG. See FISHES.

DRAGON. The original signifies-A poisonous serpent, Deu. 32.33. A serpent of the desert, Psa. 91.13. Isa. 34.13. Jer. 9.11. Jer. 51.37. Mal. 1.3. Of the sea, Isa. 27.1. Psa. 74.13. A crocodile (symbolical of Egypt),

Eze. 29.3. Eze. 32.2.

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A wolf, Mic. 1.8. A name of Satan, Rev. 20.2. Symbolical, Rev. 12. Rev. 13. Rev. 16.13. The Hebrew is translated great whale' in Gen. 1.21. Job 7.12. Serpent, Ex. 7.9.

DRAM, a Persian gold coin, value about 14s., 1 Chr. 29.7. Ezr. 2.69.

DREAMS, Job. 20.8. Ecc. 5.3,7. Sent from God, to Abimelech, Gen. 20.3. Jacob, Gen. 28.12. Gen. 31.11-13. Gen. 46.2. Laban; Gen. 31.24. Joseph, Gen. 37.5-10. The Midianite, Jud. 7.13. Solomon, 1 Kin.

3.5-15.

Eliphaz, Job 4.12. Daniel, Dan. 7. Joseph, Mat. 1.20. Mat. 2.13,19,22. Pilate's wife, Mat. 27.19. Paul, Act. 16.9. Act. 23.11. Of Pharaoh's officers and Pharaoh, interpreted by Joseph, Gen. c. 40 & 41. Of Nebuchadnezzar, interpreted by Daniel, Dan. 2. Dan. 4.

Prophets received revelations in, Num. 12.6. Job 33.15. Jer. 23.28. 1 Sam. 28.6. Joel 2.28. False prophets pretended to revelations in, Deu. 13.1-5. Jer. 23.25-32. Jer. 27.9. Jer. 29.8. Zec. 10.2. Interpretation of, from God, Gen. 40.8. Gen. 41.16. Dan. 2.18-23, 28-30. See VISIONS.

DRESS. First clothing of skins, Gen. 3.21 (10 Hebrew and Greek words are translated as follows): (1.) Mantle, 1 Kin. 19.13. 2 Kin. 2.13. Translated garment, Gen. 25.25. Jos. 7.21. Robe, Jonah 3.6.

(2.) Mantle, 1 Sam. 15.27. Ezr. 9.3. Job 1.20. Worn by women, Isa. 3.22. Translated cloak, Isa. 59.17. Coat, 1 Sam. 2.19. Robe, 1 Sam. 18.4. 1 Chr. 15.27. And worn

by women, 2 Sam. 13.18. Robe of the ephod, Ex. 29.5. Lev. 8.7.

(3.) Mantle, Jud. 4.18 (marg. rug). (4.) Garment in which a poor man slept, Ex. 22.27. (5.) Coat, Gen. 3.21. Gen. 37.3. Job 30.18. Worn by priests, Ex. 28.4,40. Translated robe, Isa. 22.21. Garment of women, 2 Sam. 13.18. (6.) Coats, Dan. 3.21. (7.) Hosen (under-garments), Dan. 3.21. (8.) Upper garment, translated cloak, Mat. 5.40. Robe, Jno. 19.2,5. Garment, Mat. 9.20. Mat. 23.5. Mar. 10.50. Jno. 13.4. Jno. 19.23. Act. 9.39. Act. 12.8. Act. 18.6. Raiment, Mat. 17.2. Mat. 27.31. Act. 22.20. Rev. 4.4. Clothes, Mat. 21.7. Mat. 24.18. Mat. 26.65. Luk. 8.27. Act. 7.58. Act. 22.23. Vesture, Mat. 27.35. Rev. 19.13. Apparel, 1 Pet. 3.3.

(9.) Cloak, 2 Tim. 4.13. (10.) Coat, Mat. 5.40. Luk. 6.29. Jno. 19.23. Act. 9.39. Translated garment, Jude 23. (Female attire, Isa. 3.18-24.)

[Twenty different words are variously rendered apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, covering, garments, lap, raiment, vestment, vesture, wardrobe. It is impossible to make the distinction between them apparent.] See EMBROIDERY-EPHOD-FRINGESGIRDLE HABERGEON MOURNING. PRIEST, DRESS OF.-PROPHETS, DRESS OF.PURSE SHOE STOMACHER-TOWEL. Not to be of mixed materials, Deu. 22.11. Men and women not to exchange, Deu. 22.5. Purification of, from leprosy or plague, Lev. 13.47-59. From ceremonial defilement, Lev. 11.32. Num. 31.20. Rending of, see MOURNING. Moderation in, enjoined, 1 Tim. 2.9. 1 Pet. 3.3.

CHANGES OF RAIMENT. Stores of kept, Job 27.16. Isa. 3.6. Jas. 5.2. 2Kin. 10.22. And presents of made, Gen. 45.22. 1 Sam. 18.4. 2 Kin. 5.5. Dan. 5.7. Est. 6.8. At marriages, Mat. 22.11. Jud. 14.12.

COLOURS OF. White, Ecc. 9.8. Est. 8.15. Purple, Jud. 8.26. Pro. 31.22. Jer. 10.9. Eze. 27.16. Act. 16.14. Scarlet, 2 Sam. 1.24. Pro. 31.21. Lam. 4.5. Dan. 5.7. Blue, Est. 8.15. Eze. 23.6. Eze. 27.24. Party-coloured, Gen. 37.3. Jud. 5.30. 2 Sam. 13.18.

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Pro. 23.20. Be not among winebibbers. 21. The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. 29. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30. They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. v. 33-35.

Pro. 31.4. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5. Lest they drink, and forget the law.

Isa. 5.11. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! 12. And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord. 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink.

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Isa. 28.1. Woe to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 3. The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet. 7. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Isa. 56.12. I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink.

Hos. 4.11. Wine and new wine take away the heart.

Hos. 7.5. The princes have made him sick Materials used in. See CAMELS' HAIR- with bottles of wine: he stretched out his GOATS' HAIR-LEATHER-LINEN-SACK- hand with scorners. 14. They assemble themCLOTH SILK-SKINS-WOOL.

HEAD-DRESS. Worn by priests; bonnet or turban of linen, Ex. 28.40. Ex. 29.9. Ex. 39.28. Lev. 8.13. Eze. 44.18. Worn by men; hats or turbans, Dan. 3.21. Worn by women; bonnet, Isa. 3.20. Hood, Isa. 3.23. Kerchief, Eze. 13.18,21. Head-bands, Isa. 3.20. See CAUL, HAIR, MUFFLER, TIRES, VEIL, PHYLACTERY.

DRINK-OFFERING. See OFFERING.
DRINK, STRONG. See WINE.

DROMEDARY. See CAMEL.
DROUGHT, Psa. 32.4. Gen. 31.40.
28.23. Hag. 1.10,11. 1 Kin. c. 17 & 18.
RAIN.

Deu.

See

DRUNKENNESS. Deu. 21.20. This our son is a glutton and a drunkard. 21. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die : so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

selves for corn and for wine.

Joel 1.5. Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Joel 3.3. Sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Amos 2.8. They drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. 12. Ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink.

Amos 6.6. That drink wine in bowls: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. Mic. 2.11. Do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

as

Nah. 1.10. While they are drunken drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Hab. 2.15. Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also.

Mat. 24.49. drunken.

To eat and drink with the 50. The Lord of that servant

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shall come in a day when he looketh not for him.

Luk. 21.34. Lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and so that day come upon you unawares. Rom. 13.13. Not in rioting and drunken

ness.

1 Cor. 5.11. If any man that is called a brother be a drunkard, with such an one no not to eat.

1 Cor. 6.10. Nor drunkards shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Cor. 11.21. One is hungry, and another is drunken.

Gal. 5.21. Drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Eph. 5.18. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess.

1 The. 5.7. They that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8. But let us, who are of the day, be sober.

DRUNKENNESS, EXAMPLES OF. Noah, Gen. 9.21. Lot, Gen. 19.33. Nabal, 1 Sam. 25.36. Elah, 1 Kin. 16.9. Benhadad, 1 Kin. 20.16. Ahasuerus, Est. 1.10,11. Belshazzar, Dan. 5.1-6. See SENSUALITY.

DRUSILLA, wife of Felix, Act. 24.24.

DUKE, a title of the Edomite chiefs, Gen. 36.15-43. 1 Chr. 1.51-54. Of the Amorites, Jos. 13.21. Translated governor, Zec. 9.7. DULCIMER (Chal. symphonia, a bagpipe?), Dan. 3.5,10,15.

DUMAH, a tribe of Ishmaelites, Gen. 25.14. 1 Chr. 1.30. Prophecy of, Isa. 21.11,12. DUMB, THE. Zacharias struck dumb, Luk. 1 20,64. See DEAF.

DURA, PLAIN OF, near Babylon. The golden image set up in, by Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 3.1.

DUST. Casting of, in anger, 2 Sam. 16.13. Act. 22.23. Shaking off from the feet, Mat. 10.14. Act. 13.51. Rain of that is, clouds of sand-Deu. 28.24. See Ex. 8.16. 78.27. See ASHES.

DWELLINGS. See HOUSES

PALACES.

DYEING. Ex. 25.5. 23.15. Nah. 2.3 (marg.)

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Psa.

TENTS

Ex. 26.14.

EARNESTNESS. See PRAYERFULNESS

SPIRITUAL DILIGENCE.

EAR-RINGS. See RINGS.

2 Pet.

EARTH, THE. Primitive state of, Gen. c. 1 to 3. Form and condition of, Gen. 1.6,7. Job. 26.7. 1 Sam. 2.8. Ecc. 1.4. Isa. 40.22. Destroyed by a flood, Gen. c. 7 & 8. Early divisions of, Gen. c. 10 & 11. Deu. 32.8. Not to be destroyed again by water, Gen. 9.11. To be dissolved by fire, and renewed, Isa. 51.6-16. Psa. 102.26. Isa. 65.17. 3.7-13. Rev. 21.1. See JUDGMENT. Creation of. See GOD CREATOR-CHRIST CREATOR-HOLY SPIRIT CREATOR. EARTHENWARE. See POTTER. EARTHQUAKES. Description of, Job 9.6. Psa. 18.7,15. Psa. 46,2,3. Psa. 60.2. Psa. 104.32. Isa. 13.13,14. Isa. 24.19,20. Jer. 4.24. Nah. 1.5. Zec. 14.4. At Sinai, Ex. 19.18. Psa. 68.8. Psa. 77.18. 114.4-7. Heb. 12.26.

Psa.

At the destruction of Korah, Num. 16.31,32. At Gibeah, 1 Sam. 14.15. When Elijah fled from Jezebel, 1 Kin. 19.11. In Uzziah's reign, Amos 1.1. Zec. 14.5. At Christ's death, Mat. 27.51; and resurrection, Mat. 28.2. At Philippi, Act. 16.26. Symbolical, Rev. 6.12-14. Rev. 11.13. Rev. 16.18,20.

EAST SEA. See DEAD SEA. East wind, see WIND.

EASTER, Act. 12.4. The Greek word is paska, everywhere else translated passover; as Mat. 26.2.

EBAL, a mountain in Samaria, on which six of the tribes stood to say Amen to the curses, Deu. 11.29. Deu. 27.4,13. Joshua's altar on, Jos. 8.30,33.

EBED-MELECH, the Ethiopian, rescues Jeremiah, Jer. 38.7-13. Prophecy respecting,

Jer. 39.16-18.

EBENEZER, a name given by Samuel to a memorial stone near Mizpeh on the defeat of the Philistines, 1 Sam. 7.12. Israelites deArk brought from, feated at, 1 Sam. 4.1. 1 Sam. 5.1.

EBER, or HEBER, a descendant of Shem, and ancestor of the Hebrews, Gen. 10.21-25. Gen. 11.14. 1 Chr. 1.19,25. Luk. 3.35. ProEze. phecy respecting, Num. 24.24.

EAGLE, Lev. 11.13. Mat. 24.28. Its swiftness, Deu. 28.49. Pro. 30.19. 2 Sam. 1.23. Care of its young, Deu. 32.11. Ex. 19.4. Moulting of, Psa. 103.5. Nest of, Jer. 49.16. The bald eagle, or vulture, Mic. 1.16. Giereagle, a kind of vulture, Lev. 11.18. bolical, Eze. 1.10. Eze. 10.14. Dan. 7.4. Rev. 4.7. Rev. 12.14. EAR, boring of, as a sign of servitude, Ex. 21.5,6. See Psa. 40.6.

Sym

Eze. 17.3.

EARING (ploughing), 1 Sam. 8.12. Gen. 45.6. Ex. 34.21. Isa. 30.24.

EARNEST. Illustrative, 2 Cor. 1.22. 2 Cor. 5.5. Eph. 1.14.

EBONY. Eze. 27.15.

ECONOMY. See INDUSTRY.

EDAR, TOWER OF, near Bethlehem. Jacob sojourned near, Gen. 35.21. Mic. 4.8 (marg.)

EDEN, LAND OF, near the confluence (not source) of the 4 rivers Euphrates, Gen. 2.10-14. See PARADISE.

HOUSE OF, or Beth-eden, a place in Syria, Amos 1.5.

36. Dukes of, Gen. 36,9-43. Ex.15.15. 1Chr. EDOMITES, descended from Esau, Gen. 1.51-54. Kings of, Gen. 36.31-39. Num. 20. 14. 1 Chr. 1.43-50. Eze. 382.29. Amos 2.1. See HADAD. Territory of, Gen. 32.3. Deu.

2.4,5,12.

Israel forbidden to hate or spoil, Deu. 2.4-6. Deu. 23.7. Refuse passage to Israel, Num. 20.18-21. Received into the congregation at the third generation, Deu. 23.8. Defeated by

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Saul, 1 Sam. 14.47. Subdued by David, 2 Sam. 8.14. 1 Kin. 11.16. 1 Chr. 18.11-13. Psa. 60 (title). Psa. 108.9. Hadad, of the seed-royal, flees to Egypt, 1 Kin. 11.14-22,25.

Under a regent, 1 Kin. 22.47. Jehoshaphat defeats them, 2 Chr. 20.22. They join him in war with Moab, 2 Kin. 3.9, 26. Revolt against Joram, and are defeated, 2 Kin. 8.20-22. 2 Chr. 21.8-10.

Defeated by Amaziah, 2 Kin. 14.7,10. 2 Chr. 25.11,12. Invade Judah, 2 Chr. 28.17. Aid Babylon against Israel, Éze. 35.5. Amos 1. 9-11. Obd. 11-16. Hatred of, to Israel, Psa. 137.7. Eze. 25.12-14. Eze. 35.3-10.

Towns of, see BOZRAH, ELATH, EZIONGABER, SELAH. Mountains of, see HALAK, HOR, SEIR. Wilderness of Edom, 2 Kin. 3.8. Districts and tribes of, see HORITES, TEMAN,

Uz.

EDOMITES. Idumea and Esau, prophecies of, Gen. 25.23. Gen. 27.29,37-40. Num. 24. 18. Isa. 11.14. Isa. 21.11,12. Isa. 34. Isa. 63.1-4. Jer. 9.25,26. Jer. 27.1-11. Jer. 49.7-22. Lam. 4.21,22. Eze. 25.12-14. Eze. 32.29,30. Eze. 35. Eze. 36.5. Joel 3.19. Amos 1.11,12. Amos 9.12. Obd. v. 1-21. Mal. 1.2-5.

EDREI. a town of Bashan, where Joshua defeated Og, Num. 21.33-35. Deu. 1.4. Deu. 3.1-3. Given to Manasseh, Jos. 13.31.

EGLON, king of Moab, subjugates Israel; is slain by Ehud, Jud. 3.12-30.

EGYPT (Heb. Mizraim), called Pathros, Isa. 11.11. Rahab, Psa. 87.4. Land of Ham, Psa. 105.23. Peopled by Mizraim's descend ants, Gen. 10.6,13,14. Boundaries of, Jos. 15. 4. 2 Kin. 24.7. Isa. 27.12. Eze. 29.10.

Fertility and productions of, Gen. 13.10. Num. 11.5. Isa. 19.5-9. Irrigation of, Deu. 11.10. Commerce, Gen. 37.25,36. 1 Kin. 10. 28,29. Eze. 27.7. Armies, Ex. 14.7. Isa. 31.1. The Magi; their learning, Gen. 41.8. Ex. 7.11. 1 Kin. 4.30. Act. 7.22. Priests of, Gen. 41.45. Gen. 47.22.

The king's property in the land, Gen. 47. 18-26. Embalming practised in, Gen. 50.3. Shepherds abhorred in, Gen. 46.34; and sacrifice of cattle, Ex. 8.26. People of, would not eat with Hebrews, Gen. 43.32. Not to be hated by Israelites; to be received into the congregation in the 3d generation, Deu. 23.7,8. Israelites, alliances with, forbidden, Isa. 30.2. Is. 31.1. Isa. 36.6. Eze. 17.15. Eze. 29.6. Relations of, with Abraham, see PHARAOH I.; with Joseph, Jacob, &c., PHARAOH II.; with Moses, &c., PHARAOH III.; with David, PHARAOH IV.; with Solomon, PHARAOH V.; with Jeroboam and Rehoboam, SHISHAK; with Hoshea, So; with Hezekiah, PHARAOH VI.; with Assyria, Josiah, Jehoahaz, PHARAOH NECHO; with Zedekiah and the Jews, PHARAOH HOPHRA. Joseph takes Christ to, Mat. 2.13-20. Towns and districts of, Eze. 30.13-18. See ALEXANDRIA, AVEN, BAAL-ZEPHON, GOSHEN, MEMPHIS, MIGDOL, NO, NOPH, ON, PATHROS, PITHOM, RAMESES, SUCCOTH, SYENE, TAHPANES, ZOAN.

Prophecies of, Gen. 15.13,14. Isa. 19. Isa. 20.2-6. Isa. 45.14. Jer. 9.25,26. Jer. 43.8-13. Jer. 44.30. Jer. 46. Eze. c. 29-32. Joel 3.19. Zec. 10.11. RIVER OF, Southern boundary of Palestine (not the Nile, see NILE), Gen. 15.18. Num. 34.5. Jos. 15.4,47. 1 Kin. 8.65. 2

Kin. 24.7. Isa. 27.12. Eze. 47.19. Eze. 48.28. Called Sihor, Jos. 13.3. 1 Chr. 13.5. See SIHOR.

EHUD, a judge of Israel, slays Eglon, Jud. 3.12-30. Jud. 4.1.

EKRON, the most northern city of the Philistines, Jos. 13.3. Conquered by Judah, Jos. 15.11,45. Jud. 1.18. Given to Dan, Jos. 19.43. Possessed by the Philistines; the ark sent to Israel from, 1 Sam. 5.10. 1 Sam. 6.1-8. Baalzebub's temple in, 2 Kin. 1.2.

ELAH, 4th king of Israel, son and successor of Baasha, drunkenness and idolatry of; murdered with all his relatives, by Zimri, 1 Kin. 16.6-14. 2 Kin. 9.31.

VALLEY OF, David slays Goliath 1 Sam. 17.2,19. 1 Sam. 21.9. in, and the Israelites rout the Philistines,

Gen. 10.22. 1 Chr. 1.17. Chedorlaomer, king ELAM. Elamites descended from Shem, of, invades Canaan, Gen. 14.1. A province of Persia, Dan. 8.2. Eze. 4.9. Elamites in Jerusalem at Pentecost, Act. 2.9. Prophecies of, see PERSIA.

ELATH, a city of Idumea, near the Red Sea, Deu. 2.8. 1 Kin. 9.26. Taken from the Edomites by Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26.2. Taken by the Syrians, 2 Kin. 16.6.

ELDAD AND MEDAD, prophesy in the camp of Israel, Num. 11.26-29.

ELDERS. Of the family, Gen. 50.7. 70 Elders of Israel, Ex. 24.1,9,14. Num. 11.16,24,25. Elders of Israel or the tribes, Ex. 3.16. Ex. 4.29. Lev. 4.15. Deu. 27.1. Deu. 31.28. Jos. 8.33. Jos. 23.2. 1 Sam. 30.26. 2 Sam. 5 3.

Jer.

Of the Jews, Ezr. 6.14. Of the city, Deu. 25.7. Jud. 8.14. 1 Kin. 21.11. Of the priests, 2 Kin. 19.2. 1 Chr. 24.31. Ezr. 8.29. 19.1. Mat. 2.4. Of the Sanhedrim, see SANHEDRIM. Of the synagogue, see SYNAGOGUE. Jewish teachers or rabbis, Mar. 7.3-5.

Elders (Gr. Presbuteros) of the church, Act. 11.30. Act. 14.23. 1 Tim. 5.17,19. Tit. 1.5. Jas. 5.14. 1 Pet. 5.1. In Jerusalem, Act. 15.2,4,6,22,23. Act. 16.4. Act. 21.18. Ephesus, Act. 20.17.

In

Elders (Gr. Presbuterion) of the Jews, Luk. 22.66. Act. 22.5. Of the church, translated presbytery, 1 Tim. 4.14. Apostles call themselves, 1 Pet. 5.1. 2 Jno. 1. 3 Jno. 1. Old Testament saints, Heb. 11.2. Symbolical, Rev. 4.4,10. Rev. 5.5-8,14. Rev. 7.11,13. Rev. 11.16. Rev. 14.3. Rev. 19.4.

ELEALEH, a town of Reuben, cast of Jordan, Num. 32.3,37. Possessed by the Moabites, Isa. 15.4. Isa. 16.9. ELEAZAR, OR

ELIEZER, high-priest; Levi, Ex. 6.23,25. Aaron's 3d son, and chief of the tribe of Made Num. 3.2-4,32. priest, Ex. 28.1. Takes up the censers of Korah, &c., Num. 16.39. Succeeds Aaron as high-priest, Num. 20.26-28.

Assists Moses to number Israel, Num. 26.63. Divides Palestine with Joshua, Num. 34.17. His death, Jos. 24.33. Descendants, 1 Chr. 24.1-19.

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ELECTION. See PREDESTINATION.
EL-ELOHE-ISRAEL (God the God of
Israel), the name of Jacob's altar at Salem,

Gen. 33.20.

18.36,37. 1 Kin. 19.14.
11.2. Jas. 5.17.

Luk. 1.17. Rom.

Mat. 17.3,4. Mar. 9.4. Luk. 9.30. Prophecy Appears in the Mount of Transfiguration, respecting John the Baptist under the name ELEPHANT. See IVORY. of, Mal. 4.5. Mat. 11.14. Mat. 17.10-12. ELHANAN, one of David's captains, slays Mar. 9.12,13. Luk. 1.17. The Jews mistake John for, Jno. 1.21-25; and also Jesus, Mat. 16.14.

a giant, 2 Sam. 21.19. 1 Chr. 20.5.

ELI, judge and high-priest. Of the line of Ithamar, 1 Sam. 1.9. 1 Chr. 24.3,6, with 1 Kin. 2.27. Blesses Hannah, 1 Sam. 1.14-17. 1 Sam. 2.20. His inefficient restraint of his sons, 1 Sam. 2.22-25,29. 1 Sam. 3.13. Is rebuked, and the extinction of his family predicted by a prophet, 1 Sam. 2.27-36; and by Samuel; his submission, 1 Sam. 3. filled, 1 Kin. 2.27. Trembles for the ark; his age and death, after being judge 40 years, 1 Sam. 4.13-18.

ELIM, an encampment of the Israelites; its wells and palm-trees, Ex. 15.27. ELIMELECH, the husband of Naomi, Ruth 1.1-3. Ruth 4.9.

ELIPHAZ, the Temanite. His converse with Job, Job 2.11. FulJob c. 4, 5, 15, & 22. Commanded to offer a sacrifice, Job 42.7-9. ELISHA, or ELISEUS. His call to follow Elijah, 1 Kin. 19.16-21. Serves Elijah; his fidelity; witnesses Elijah's translation; receives 2 Kin. 3.11. a double portion of his spirit, 2 Kin. 2.1-15. Divides Jordan, 2 Kin. 2.14. Heals the waters of Jericho, 2 Kin. 2.19-22. Children mock him, and are destroyed by bears, 2 Kin. 2.23,24. Prophesies to Jehoshaphat the defeat of Moab, 2 Kin. 3. Multiplies a widow's oil, 2 Kin. 4.1-7. Predicts a son to the Shunemite, 2 Kin. 4.8-17. Restores the Shunemite's child to life, 2 Kin. 4.18-37. 2 Kin. 8.5.

ELIAB, eldest son of Jesse, 1 Sam. 16.6,7. His displeasure at David, 1 Sam. 17.28,29. Called Elihu, chief of the tribe of Judah, 1 Chr. 27.18. His grand-daughter marries Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11.18.

ELIAKIM, son of Hilkiah, overseer of Hezekiah's household; his conference with Rab-shakeh, 2 Kin. 18.18,26. Prophecy respecting him, Isa. 22.20-25.

See JEHOIAKIM.

ELIAS. See ELIJAH.

ELIASHIB, a high-priest after the captivity, Neh. 3.1. Neh. 12.10. Allied to Tobiah; gives him a chamber of the temple, Neh. 13. 4-9.

ELIEZER of Damascus, Abraham's steward, Gen. 15.2. See Gen. 24.

the second son of Moses, Ex. 18.4.

1 Chr. 23.15,17.

a prophet, predicts the destruction of Jehoshaphat's ships, 2 Chr. 20.37.

ELIHU the Buzite, his converse with Job, Job c. 32 to 37.

ELIJAH, or ELIAS, predicts a drought, 1 Kin. 17.1-7. Jas. 5.17. Is fed with ravens by the brook Cherith, 1 Kin. 17.6. Is fed by a widow; her oil and meal miraculously increased, 1 Kin. 17.9-16. Luk. 4.26. Raises a widow's son, 1 Kin. 17.17-24.

Sends Obadiah to Ahab, 1 Kin. 18.1-16. His sacrifice on Carmel, 1 Kin. 18.17-39. Commands Baal's prophets to be slain, 1 Kin. 18.40. Prays for rain, 1 Kin. 18.41-45. Jas. 5.17,18.

Runs before Ahab, 1 Kin. 18.46.

Flees from Jezebel to the wilderness; prays for death; is fed by an angel; and is 40 days without food, 1 Kin. 19.1-8. An earthquake, &c., at Horeb; God commands him to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha, 1 Kin. 19.11-18. Casts his mantle on Elisha, who becomes his servant, 1 Kin. 19.19-21. 2 Kin. 3.11.

His predictions against Ahab and Jezebel, 1 Kin. 21.17-29. 2 Kin. 9.25-37. Against Ahaziah, 2 Kin. 1.2-4,16,17. His prophecy in writing against Jehoram, 2 Chr. 21.12-15. Brings fire from heaven on Ahaziah's soldiers, 2 Kin. 1.10-12. Luk. 9.54.

Divides Jordan, 2 Kin. 2.8. His translation; unbelief of the sons of the prophets, 2 Kin. 2.1-18. His dress, &c., 2 Kin. 1.8. Character and prayerfulness, 1 Kin. 17.20-24. 1 Kin.

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Prays that his servant's eyes may be opened, 2 Kin. 6.17. Smites with blindness the army sent to take him, 2 Kin. 6.18. Jehoram sends to slay him, 2 Kin. 6.31-33. Predicts plenty during the famine in Samaria, and the death of the unbelieving lord, 2 Kin. 7. And a famine of 7 years, 2 Kin. 8.1-3.

His interview with Hazael, and prediction, 2 Kin. 8.9-13. Sends a prophet to anoint Jehu king, 2 Kin. 9.1-3. Predicts to Jeboash victory over the Syrians, 2 Kin. 13.14-19. His death, 2 Kin. 13.14-20. A dead man restored to life on touching his bones, 2 Kin. 13.21.

ELISHAH, a 1 Chr. 1.7. His name given to islands of the son of Javan, Gen. 10.4. Mediterranean, Gen. 10.5. Eze. 27.7. wife of Aaron, Ex. 6.23. ELISHEBA, daughter of Amminadab, and

Her

ELIZABETH, wife of Zacharias. character, Luk. 1.5,6. Visited by Mary, her cousin; her prophecies of Christ, Luk. 1.40-45,56. Mother of John the Baptist, Luk. 1. ELKANAH, the father of Samuel, 1 Sam. 1.19,20.

ELKOSH, the birthplace of Nahum, Nah.

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