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AB - A>@ - (father), an element in the composition of many proper names, of which Abba is a Chaldaic form, having the sense of "endowed with," "possessed of."

AB - A>@ -
See MONTH.

ABADDON - A>@ -
See APOLLYON.

ABAGTHA - A>@ - (God-given), one of the seven eunuchs in the Persian court of Ahasuerus. kjv@Esther:1:10)

ABANA - A>@ - (perennial, stony), one of the "rivers of Damascus." ( kjv@2Kings:5:12) The Barada and the Awaj are now the chief streams of Damascus, the former representing the Abana and the latter the Pharpar of the text. The Barada (Abana) rises in the Antilibanus, at about 23 miles from the city, after flowing through which it runs across the plain, of whose fertility it is the chief source, till it loses itself in the lake or marsh Bahret-el
- Kibliyeh.

ABARIM - A>@ - (regions beyond), a mountain or range of highlands on the east of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, facing Jericho, and forming the eastern wall of the Jordan valley at that part. Its most elevated spot was "the Mount Nebo, ’head’ of ’the’ Pisgah," from which Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death. These mountains are mentioned in kjv@Numbers:27:12 kjv@Numbers:33:47-48) and kjv@Deuteronomy:32:49

ABBA - A>@ -
See AB.

ABDA - A>@ - Father of Adoniram. (Kings:4:6) Son of Shammua, kjv@Nehemiah:11:17) called Obadiah in ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:16)

ABDEEL - A>@ - father of Shelemiah. kjv@Jeremiah:36:26)

ABDI - A>@ - (my servant). A Merarite, and ancestor of Ethan the singer. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:44) (B.C. before 1015.) The father of Kish, a Merarite, in the reign of Hezekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:29:12) (B.C. before 736.) One of the Bene
- Elam in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:26) (B.C. 659.)

ABDIEL - A>@ - (the servant of God), son of Guni and father of Ahi, one of the Gadites who were settled in the land of Bashan, ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:15), in the days of Jotham king of Judah. (B.C. 758.)

ABDON - A>@ - (servile). A judge of Israel, kjv@Judges:12:13-15) perhaps the same person as Bedan, in ( kjv@1Samuel:12:11) (B.C. 1233-1225). Son of Shashak. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:23) First-born son of Jehiel, son of Gideon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:30 kjv@1Chronicles:9:35-36). Son of Micah, a contemporary of Josiah, ( kjv@2Chronicles:34:20) called Achbor in ( kjv@2Kings:22:12) (B.C. 628.) A city in the tribe if Asher, given to the Gershonites, kjv@Joshua:21:30; kjv@1Chronicles:6:74) the modern Abdeh, 10 miles northeast of Accho.

ABEDNEGO - A>@ - (i.e. servant of Nego, perhaps the same as Nebo), the Chaldean name given to Azariah, one of the three friends of Daniel, miraculously save from the fiery furnace. kjv@Daniel:3. (B.C. about 600.)

ABEL - A>@ - (i.e., breath, vapor, transitoriness , probably so called from the shortness of his life), the second son of Adam, murdered by his brother Cain, kjv@Genesis:4:1-16) he was a keeper or feeder of sheep. Our Lord spoke of Abel as the first martyr, kjv@Matthew:23:35) so did the early Church subsequently. The traditional site of his murder and his grave are pointed out near Damascus.

ABEL - A>@ - the name of several places in Palestine, probably signifies a meadow .

ABELBETHMAACHAH - A>@ - (meadow of the house of oppression), a town of some importance, (2 Samuel 20:15) in the extreme north of Palestine, which fell an early prey to the invading kings of Syria, (Kings:15:20) and Assyria. ( kjv@2Kings:15:29)

ABELMAIM - A>@ - (Abel on the waters), also called simply Abel, (2 Samuel 20:14,18) another name for Abel-bethmaachah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:16:4)

ABELMEHOLAH - A>@ - (meadow of the dance), in the northern pat of the Jordan valley, (Kings:4:12) to which the routed Bedouin host fled from Gideon, kjv@Judges:7:22) Here Elisha was found at his plough by Elijah returning up the valley from Horeb. (Kings:19:16-19)

ABELMIZRAIM - A>@ - (meadow of Egypt), the name given by the Canaanites to the floor of Atad, at which Joseph, his brothers and the Egyptians made their mourning for Jacob. kjv@Genesis:50:11) It was beyond (on the east of) Jordan.
See ATAD. (Schaff and others say it was on the west bank, for the writer was on the east of Jordan. It was near Jericho, or perhaps Hebron.)

ABELSHITTIM - A>@ - (the meadow of the acacias), in the "plains" of Moab, on the low level of the Jordan valley, opposite Jericho. The last resting-place of Israel before crossing the Jordan. kjv@Numbers:33:49) The place is most frequently mentioned by its shorter name of Shittim.
See SHITTAH TREE, SHITTIM, SHITTIM.

ABEL, STONE OF - A>@ - (the great abel), the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Beth-shemesh. ( kjv@1Samuel:6:18)

ABEZ - A>@ - (lofty), a town in the possession of Issachar, named between Kishion and Remeth in kjv@Joshua:19:20) only.

ABI - A>@ - mother of King Hezekiah, ( kjv@2Kings:18:2) written ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIJAH OR ABIJAM in ( kjv@2Chronicles:29:1)

ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH - A>@ - Son of Becher, the son of Benjamin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:8) Wife of Hezron. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:24) Second son of Samuel. ( kjv@1Samuel:8:2; kjv@1Chronicles:7:28) The son of Rehoboam. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:10; kjv@Matthew:1:7)
See ABIJAH OR ABIJAM, 1. Mother of King Hezekiah. ABI Same as ABIJAH OR ABIJAM, 4.

ABIA, COURSE OF - A>@ - the eighth of the 24 courses or classes into which the priests were divided for serving at the altar. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24; Luke:1:5)
See ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIJAH OR ABIJAM, 4.

ABIAIBON - A>@ - (father of strength).
See ABIEL OR ABIEL.

ABIASAPH - A>@ - (father of gathering, i.e. gathered), kjv@Exodus:6:24) otherwise written Ebi/asaph. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:23 kjv@1Chronicles:6:37 kjv@1Chronicles:9:19) one of the descendants of Korah, and head of the Korhites. Among the remarkable descendants of Abiasaph were Samuel the prophet, ( kjv@1Samuel:1:11) and Heman the singer.

ABIATHAR - A>@ - (father of abundance , i.e. liberal), High priest and fourth in descent from Eli. (B.C. 1060-1012.) Abiathar was the only one of the all the sons of Ahimelech the high priest who escaped the slaughter inflicted upon his father’s house by Saul, in revenge for his father’s house by Saul, in revenge of his having inquired of the Lord for David and given him the shew-bread to eat. ( kjv@1Samuel:22:1) ... Abiathar having become high priest fled to David, and was thus enabled to inquire of the Lord for him. ( kjv@1Samuel:23:9 kjv@1Samuel:30:7; 2 Samuel kjv@2:1; 5:19) etc. He adhered to David in his wanderings while pursued by Saul; he was with him while he reigned in Hebron, and afterwards in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel kjv@2:1-3) He continued faithful to him in Absalom’s rebellion. (2 Samuel 15;24,29,35-36; 17:15-17; 19:11) When, however, Adonijah set himself up fro David’s successor on the throne, in opposition to Solomon, Abiathar sided with him, while Zadok was on Solomon’s side. For this Abiathar was deprived of the high priesthood. Zadok had joined David at Hebron, ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:28) so that there was henceforth who high priests in the reign of David, and till the deposition of Abiathar by Solomon, when Zadok became the sole high priest.

ABIB - A>@ - (green fruits). MONTH

ABIDA, OR ABIDAH - A>@ - (father of knowledge), a son of Midian. kjv@Genesis:25:4; kjv@1Chronicles:1:33)

ABIDAN - A>@ - (father of the judge), chief of the tribe of Benjamin at the time of the Exodus. (B.C. 1491.) kjv@Numbers:1:11 kjv@Numbers:2:22 kjv@Numbers:7:60 ,65; 10:24)

ABIEL OR ABIEL - A>@ - (father of strength , i.e. strong). Father of Kish, and consequently grandfather of Saul, ( kjv@1Samuel:9:1) as well as of Abner, Saul’s commander-in-chief. ( kjv@1Samuel:14:51) (B.C. 1093-1055.) One of David’s mighty men. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:32) In (2 Samuel 23:31) he is called ABI

- ALBON. (B.C. 1053.)

ABIEZER - A>@ - (father of help, helpful). Eldest son of Gilead, and descendant of Manasseh. kjv@Joshua:17:2; kjv@1Chronicles:7:18) (B.C. 1450.) He was the ancestor of the great judge Gideon. GIDEON One of David’s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:27; kjv@1Chronicles:11:28 kjv@1Chronicles:27:12) (B.C. 1014.)

ABIGAIL - A>@ - (father, i.e. source, of joy). The beautiful wife of Nabal, a wealthy owner of goats and sheep in Carmel. (B.C. 1060.) When David’s messengers were slighted by Nabal, Abigail supplies David and his followers with provisions, and succeeded in appeasing his anger. The days after this Nabal died, and David sent for Abigail and made her his wife. ( kjv@1Samuel:25:14) etc. By her he had a son, called Chileab in (2 Samuel kjv@3:3) but Daniel in ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:1) A sister of David, married to Jether the Ishmaelite , and mother, by him , of Amasa. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:17) In (2 Samuel 17:25) for Israelite read Ishmaelite. (B.C. 1068.)

ABIHAIL - A>@ - (father of , i.e. possessing, strength). Father of Zuriel, chief of the Levitical father of Merari, a contemporary of Moses. kjv@Numbers:3:35) (B.C. 1490.) Wife of Abishur. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:29) Son of Huri, of the tribe of Gad. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:14) Wife of Rehoboam. She is called the daughter, i.e. descendant, of Eliab, the elder brother of David. ( kjv@2Chronicles:11:18) (B.C. 972.) Father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai. kjv@Esther:2:15 kjv@Esther:9:29)

ABIHU - A>@ - (he (God) is my father), the second son, kjv@Numbers:3:2) of Aaron by Elisheba. kjv@Exodus:6:23) Being, together with his elder brother Nadab, guilty of offering strange fire to the lord, he was consumed by fire from heaven. kjv@Leviticus:10:1-2)

ABIHUD - A>@ - (father of renown, famous), son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:3)

ABIJAH OR ABIJAM - A>@ - (my father is Jehovah). Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah. (Kings:4:21; kjv@2Chronicles:12:16) He is called ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH in Chronicles, ABIJAM in Kings. He began to reign B.C. 959, and reigned three years. He endeavored to recover the kingdom of the Ten Tribes, and made war on Jeroboam. He was successful in battle, and took several of the cities of Israel. We are told that he walked in all the sins of Rehoboam. (Kings:14:23-24) The second son of Samuel, called ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIA, COURSE OFH in our version. [ABIA, COURSE OF, ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIA, COURSE OFH, No. 3] Son of Jeroboam I., king of Israel; died in his childhood. (Kings:14:1) ... A descendant of Eleazar, who gave his name to the eighth of the 24 courses into which the priests were divided by David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:10; kjv@2Chronicles:8:14; kjv@Nehemiah:12:4 kjv@Nehemiah:12:17) One of the priests who entered into a covenant with Nehemiah to walk in God’s law, kjv@Nehemiah:10:7) unless the name is rather that of a family, and the same with the preceding.

ABIJAM - A>@ - ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIJAH OR ABIJAM, 1

ABILA - A>@ - ABILENE

ABILENE - A>@ - (land of meadows), kjv@Luke:3:1) a city situated on the eastern slope of Antilibanus, in a district fertilized by the river Barada (Abana). The city was 18 miles from Damascus, and stood in a remarkable gorge called Suk Wady Barada .

ABIMAEL - A>@ - (father of Mael), a descendant of Joktan, kjv@Genesis:10:28; kjv@1Chronicles:1:22) and probably the progenitor of an Arab tribe (Mali).

ABIMELECH - A>@ - (father of the king), the name of several Philistine kings, was probably a common title of these kings, like that of Pharaoh among the Egyptians and that of Caesar and Augustus among the Romans. Hence in the title of kjv@Psalms:34:1) ... the name of Abimelech is given to the king, who is called Achish in ( kjv@1Samuel:21:11) A Philistine, king of Gerar, kjv@Genesis:20-21, who, exercising the right claimed by Eastern princes of collecting all the beautiful women of their dominions into their harem, kjv@Genesis:12:15; kjv@Esther:2:3) sent for and took Sarah. A similar account is given of Abraham’s conduct of this occasion to that of his behavior towards Pharaoh. ABRAHAM (B.C. 1920.) Another king of Gerar int he time of Isaac, of whom a similar narrative is recorded in relation to Rebekah. kjv@Genesis:26:1) etc. (B.C. 1817.) Son of the judge Gideon by his Shechemite concubine. kjv@Judges:8:31) (B.C. 1322-1319.) After his father’s death he murdered all his brethren, 70 in number, with the exception of Jotham, the youngest, who concealed himself; and he then persuaded the Shechemites to elect him king. Shechem now became an independent state. After Abimelech had reigned three years, the citizens of Shechem rebelled. He was absent at the time, but he returned and quelled the insurrection. Shortly after he stormed and took Thebez, but was struck on the head by a woman with the fragment of a millstone, comp. (2 Samuel 11:21) and lest he should be said to have died by a woman, he bade his armor-bearer slay him. A son of Abiathar. ( kjv@1Chronicles:18:16)

ABINADAB - A>@ - A Levite, a native of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark remained 20 years. ( kjv@1Samuel:7:1-2; kjv@1Chronicles:13:7) (B.C. 1124.) Second son of Jesse, who followed Saul to his war against the Philistines, ( kjv@1Samuel:16:8 kjv@1Samuel:17:13) (B.C. 1063.) A son of Saul, who was slain with his brothers at the fatal battle on Mount Gilboa. ( kjv@1Samuel:31:2) (B.C. 1053.) Father of one of the twelve chief officers of Solomon. (Kings:4:11) (B.C. before 1014.)

ABINER - A>@ - (father of light). Same as ABNER. ( kjv@1Samuel:14:50) margin.

ABINOAM - A>@ - the father of Barak. kjv@Judges:4:6 kjv@Judges:4:12 kjv@Judges:5:1 kjv@Judges:5:12) (B.C. 1300.)

ABIRAM - A>@ - A Reubenite, son of Eliab, who with Korah, a Levite, organized a conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. kjv@Numbers:16:1) ... For details, see KORAH (B.C. 1490.) Eldest son of Hiel the bethelite, who died when his father laid the foundations of Jericho, (Kings:16:34) and thus accomplished the first part of the curse of Joshua. kjv@Joshua:6:26) (B.C. after 905.)

ABISHAG - A>@ - a beautiful Shunammite (from Shunem, in the tribe of Issachar), taken into David’s harem to comfort him in his extreme old age. (Kings:1:1-4)

ABISHAI, OR ABISHAI - A>@ - (father of a gift), The eldest of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and brother to Joab and Asahel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:16) Like his two brothers he was the devoted follower of David. He was his companion in the desperate night expedition to the camp of Saul. ( kjv@1Samuel:26:6-9) (B.C. 1055.) On the outbreak of Absalom’s rebellion he remained true to the king,a nd commanded a third part of the army in the decisive battle against Absalom. He rescued David from the hands of the gigantic Philistine, Ishbi-benob. (2 Samuel 21:17) His personal prowess on this, as on another occasion, when he fought singlehanded against three hundred, won for him a place as captain of the second three of David’s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:18; kjv@1Chronicles:11:20)

ABISHALOM - A>@ - (father of peace), father or grandfather of Maachah, who was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah. (Kings:15:2,10) He is called Absalom in ( kjv@2Chronicles:11:20-21) This person must be David’s son.
See LXX.; (2 Samuel 14:27)

ABISHUA, OR ABISHUA - A>@ - (father of deliverance). Son of Bela, of the tribe of Benjamin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:4) Son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, and father of Bukki, in the genealogy of the high priests. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:4-5 kjv@1Chronicles:6:50-51 kjv@Ezra:7:4-5)

ABISHUR - A>@ - (father of the wall), son of Shammai. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:28)

ABITAL - A>@ - (father of the dew), one of David’s wives. (2 Samuel kjv@3:4; 1Chronicles:3:3)

ABITUB - A>@ - (father of goodness), son of Shaharaim by Hushim. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:11)

ABIUD - A>@ - (father of praise), descendant of Zorobabel in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. kjv@Matthew:1:13)

ABLUTION - A>@ - PURIFICATION

ABNER - A>@ - (father of light). Son of Ner, who was the brother of Kish, ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:36) the father of Saul. (B.C. 1063.) Abner, therefore, was Saul’s first cousin, and was made by him commander-in-chief of his army. ( kjv@1Samuel:14:51 kjv@1Samuel:17:57 kjv@1Samuel:26:5 -14) After the death of Saul David was proclaimed king of Judah; and some time subsequently Abner proclaimed Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, king of Israel. War soon broke out between the two rival kings, and a "very sore battle" was fought at Gibeon between the men of Israel under Abner and the men of Judah under Joab. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:16) Abner had married Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, and this, according to the views of Oriental courts, might be so interpreted as to imply a design upon the throne. Rightly or wrongly, Ish-bosheth so understood it, and he even ventured to reproach Abner with it. Abner, incensed at his ingratitude, opened negotiations with David, by whom he was most favorably received at Hebron. He then undertook to procure his recognition throughout Israel; but after leaving his presence for the purpose was enticed back by Joab, and treacherously murdered by him and his brother Abishai, at the gate of the city, partly, no doubt, from fear lest so distinguished a convert to their cause should gain too high a place in David’s favor, but ostensibly in retaliation for the death of Asahel. David in sorrow and indignation, poured forth a simple dirge over the slain hero. (2 Samuel kjv@3:33-34) The father of Jaasiel, chief of the Benjamites in David’s reign, ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:21) probably the same as the preceding.

ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION - A>@ - Mentioned by our Saviour, kjv@Matthew:24:15) as a sign of the approaching destruction of Jerusalem, with reference to kjv@Daniel:9:27 kjv@Daniel:11:31 kjv@Daniel:12:11 ) The prophecy referred ultimately to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and consequently the "abomination" must describe some occurrence connected with that event. It appears most probable that the profanities of the Zealots constituted the abomination, which was the sign of the impending ruin; but most people refer it to the standards or banners of the Roman army. They were abomination because there were idolatrous images upon them.

ABRAHAM - A>@ - (father of a multitude) was the son of Terah, and founder of the great Hebrew nation. (B.C. 1996-1822.) His family, a branch of the descendants of Shem, was settled in Ur of the Chaldees, beyond the Euphrates, where Abraham was born. Terah had two other sons, Nahor and Haran. Haran died before his father in Ur of the Chaldees, leaving a son, Lot; and Terah, taking with him Abram, with Sarai his wife and his grandson Lot, emigrated to Haran in Mesopotamia, where he died. On the death of his father, Abram, then in the 75th year of his age, with Sarai and Lot, pursued his course to the land of Canaan, whither he was directed by divine command, kjv@Genesis:12:5) when he received the general promise that he should become the founder of a great nation, and that all the families of the earth should be blessed in him. He passed through the heart of the country by the great highway to Shechem, and pitched his tent beneath the terebinth of Moreh. kjv@Genesis:12:6) Here he received in vision from Jehovah the further revelation that this was the land which his descendants should inherit. kjv@Genesis:12:7) The next halting-place of the wanderer was on a mountain between Bethel and Ai, kjv@Genesis:12:8) but the country was suffering from famine, and Abram journeyed still southward to the rich cornlands of Egypt. There, fearing that the great beauty of Sarai might tempt the powerful monarch of Egypt and expose his own life to peril, he arranged that Sarai should represent herself as his sister, which her actual relationship to him, as probably the daughter of his brother Haran, allowed her to do with some semblance of truth. But her beauty was reported to the king, and she was taken into the royal harem. The deception was discovered, and Pharaoh with some indignation dismissed Abram from the country. kjv@Genesis:12:10-20) He left Egypt with great possessions, and, accompanied by Lot, returned by the south of Palestine to his former encampment between Bethel and Ai. The increased wealth of the two kinsmen was the ultimate cause of their separation. Lot chose the fertile plain of the Jordan near Sodom, while Abram pitched his tent among the groves of Mamre, close to Hebron. kjv@Genesis:13:1) ... Lot with his family and possessions having been carried away captive by Chedorlaomer king of Elam, who had invaded Sodom, Abram pursued the conquerors and utterly routed them not far from Damascus. The captives and plunder were all recovered, and Abram was greeted on his return by the king of Sodom, and by Melchizedek king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who mysteriously appears upon the scene to bless the patriarch and receive from him a tenth of the spoil. kjv@Genesis:14:1) ... After this the thrice-repeated promise that his descendants should become a mighty nation and possess the land in which he was a stranger was confirmed with all the solemnity of a religious ceremony. kjv@Genesis:15:1) ... Ten years had passed since he had left his father’s house, and the fulfillment of the promise was apparently more distant than at first. At the suggestion of Sarai, who despaired of having children of her own, he took as his concubine Hagar, her Egyptian main, who bore him Ishmael in the 86th year of his age. kjv@Genesis:16:1) ... HAGAR; ISHMAEL But this was not the accomplishment of the promise. Thirteen years elapsed, during which Abram still dwelt in Hebron, when the covenant was renewed, and the rite of circumcision established as its sign. This most important crisis in Abram’s life, when he was 99 years old, is marked by the significant change of his name to Abraham, "father of a multitude;" while his wife’s from Sarai became Sarah. The promise that Sarah should have a son was repeated in the remarkable scene described in ch. 18. Three men stood before Abraham as he sat in his tent door in the heat of the day. The patriarch, with true Eastern hospitality, welcomed the strangers, and bade them rest and refresh themselves. The meal ended, they foretold the birth of Isaac, and went on their way to Sodom. Abraham accompanied them, and is represented as an interlocutor in a dialogue with Jehovah, in which he pleaded in vain to avert the vengeance threatened to the devoted cities of the plain. kjv@Genesis:18:17-33) In remarkable contrast with Abraham’s firm faith with regard to the magnificent fortunes of his posterity stand the incident which occurred during his temporary residence among the Philistines in Gerar, whither he had for some cause removed after the destruction of Sodom. It was almost a repetition of what took place in Egypt a few years before. At length Isaac, the long-looked for child, was born. Sarah’s jealousy aroused by the mockery of Ishmael at the "great banquet" which Abram made to celebrate the weaning of her son, kjv@Genesis:21:9) demanded that, with his mother Hagar, he should be driven out. kjv@Genesis:21:10) But the severest trial of his faith was yet to come. For a long period the history is almost silent. At length he receives the strange command to take Isaac, his only son, and offer him for a burnt offering at an appointed place Abraham hesitated not to obey. His faith, hitherto unshaken, supported him in this final trial, "accounting that God was able to raise up his son, even from the dead, from whence also he received him in a figure." kjv@Hebrews:11:19) The sacrifice was stayed by the angel of Jehovah, the promise of spiritual blessing made for the first time, and Abraham with his son returned to Beersheba, and for a time dwelt there. kjv@Genesis:22:1) ... But we find him after a few years in his original residence at Hebron, for there Sarah died, kjv@Genesis:23:2) and was buried in the cave of Machpelah. The remaining years of Abraham’s life are marked by but few incidents. After Isaac’s marriage with Rebekah and his removal to Lahai-roi, Abraham took to wife Keturah, by whom he had six children, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbok and Shuah, who became the ancestors of nomadic tribes inhabiting the countries south and southeast of Palestine. Abraham lived to see the gradual accomplishment of the promise in the birth of his grandchildren Jacob and Esau, and witnessed their growth to manhood. kjv@Genesis:25:26) At the goodly age of 175 he was "gathered to his people," and laid beside Sarah in the tomb of Machpelah by his sons Isaac and Ishmael. kjv@Genesis:25:7-10)

ABRAM - A>@ - (a high father), the earlier name of Abraham.

ABSALOM - A>@ - (father of peace),third son of David by Maachah, daughter of Tamai king of Geshur, a Syrian district adjoining the northeast frontier of the Holy Land. (Born B.C. 1050.) Absalom had a sister, Tamar, who was violated by her half-brother Amnon. The natural avenger of such an outrage would be Tamar’s full brother Absalom. He brooded over the wrong for two years, and then invited all the princes to a sheep-shearing feast at his estate in Baalhazor, on the borders of Ephraim and Benjamin. Here he ordered his servants to murder Amnon, and then fled for safety to his grandfather’s court at Geshur, where he remained for three years. At the end of that time he was brought back by an artifice of Joab. David, however, would not see Absalom for two more years; but at length Joab brought about a reconciliation. Absalom now began at once to prepare for rebellion. He tried to supplant his father by courting popularity, standing in the gate, conversing with every suitor, and lamenting the difficulty which he would find in getting a hearing. He also maintained a splendid retinue, (2 Samuel 15:1) and was admired for his personal beauty. It is probable too that the great tribe of Judah had taken some offence at David’s government. Absalom raised the standard of revolt at Hebron, the old capital of Judah, now supplanted by Jerusalem. The revolt was at first completely successful; David fled from his capital over the Jordan to Mahanaim in Gilead, and Absalom occupied Jerusalem. At last, after being solemnly anointed king at Jerusalem, (2 Samuel 19:10) Absalom crossed the Jordan to attack his father, who by this time had rallied round him a considerable force. A decisive battle was fought in Gilead, in the wood of Ephraim. Here Absalom’s forces were totally defeated, and as he himself was escaping his long hair was entangled in the branches of a terebinth, where he was left hanging while the mule on which he was riding ran away from under him. He was dispatched by Joab in spite of the prohibition of David, who, loving him to the last, had desired that his life might be spared. He was buried in a great pit in the forest, and the conquerors threw stones over his grave, an old proof of bitter hostility. kjv@Joshua:7:26)

ABSALOMS PILLAR, OR PLACE - A>@ - A monument of tomb which Absalom had built during his lifetime in the king’s dale, i.e. the valley of the Kedron, at the foot of Mount Olivet, near Jerusalem, (2 Samuel 18:18) comp. with 2Sam 14:27 For his three sons, and where he probably expected to be buried. The tomb there now, and called by Absalom’s name was probably built at a later date.