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@ kjv@Leviticus:14:9; kjv@Leviticus:19:27; kjv@Leviticus:21:5; kjv@1Samuel:21:13; kjv@2Samuel:10:4; kjv@2Samuel:19:24; kjv@Ezra:9:3 kjv@Psalms:133:2; kjv@Isaiah:7:20
BEATITUDES OF CHRIST @ Spiritual Mountain Climbing, Eight upward Steps in the Divine Life Initial Step, Humility (Conscious Need)- kjv@Matthew:5:3 2nd Step, Penitence (Mourning for Sin)- kjv@Matthew:5:4 3rd
Meekness (Marking the birth of a New Spirit)- kjv@Matthew:5:5 4th
Spiritual Appetite (Signifying Growth)- kjv@Matthew:5:6 5th
Mercifulness (an Attribute of God, indicating further Advance)- kjv@Matthew:5:7 6th
Heart Purity (marking the attainment of Higher Altitudes, where comes the vision of God)- kjv@Matthew:5:8 7th
Peacemaking (a Christlike Influence, calming the Storms of Life)- kjv@Matthew:5:9 8th
The Summit, Suffering for Christ (standing beside the Prophets and Martyrs)- kjv@Matthew:5:10,11,12
BEATITUDES @ kjv@Psalms:1:1; kjv@Psalms:32:1; kjv@Psalms:40:4; kjv@Psalms:41:1; kjv@Psalms:65:4; kjv@Psalms:89:15; kjv@Psalms:112:1; kjv@Isaiah:32:20; kjv@Matthew:11:6 kjv@Luke:6:22; kjv@Luke:11:28; kjv@Luke:12:37; kjv@John:20:29; kjv@James:1:12; kjv@Revelation:14:13; kjv@Revelation:19:9; kjv@Revelation:22:7 Obedience, OBEDIENCE Blessings, BLESSINGS
BEAUTY
- DISFIGUREMENT @ (A) PHYSICAL BEAUTY
(1) Examples of- kjv@Genesis:12:11; kjv@Genesis:24:16; kjv@Genesis:29:17; kjv@1Samuel:16:12; kjv@1Samuel:25:3; kjv@2Samuel:11:2; kjv@2Samuel:14:25 kjv@Esther:1:11; kjv@Esther:2:7; kjv@Job:42:15; kjv@Daniel:1:15; kjv@Acts:7:20
(2) Vanity of- kjv@Psalms:39:11; kjv@Psalms:49:14; kjv@Proverbs:11:22; kjv@Proverbs:31:30; kjv@Isaiah:28:1
(3) The Beauties of Nature- kjv@Psalms:19:1; kjv@Ecclesiastes:3:11; kjv@Isaiah:35:1; kjv@Hosea:14:6; kjv@Matthew:6:28,29 Nature's Revelation, REVELATIONS (B) SPIRITUAL BEAUTY
(1) General References to- kjv@Psalms:149:4; kjv@Songs:6:10; kjv@Ezekiel:16:14; kjv@Ephesians:5:27; kjv@1Peter:3:3,4; kjv@Revelation:21:2 Spiritual Adorning, Bride, CHURCH, THE
(2) Christlikeness, the Ultimate Aim of the Christian Life- kjv@Romans:8:29; kjv@1Corinthians:15:49; kjv@2Corinthians:3:18; kjv@Philippians:3:21; kjv@Colossians:3:10 kjv@2Peter:1:4; kjv@1John:3:2 New Man, NEW MAN (C) DISFIGUREMENT OF SIN
(1) General References to- kjv@Proverbs:6:33; kjv@Proverbs:23:29; kjv@Isaiah:1:6; kjv@Jeremiah:30:12; kjv@Micah:1:9
(2) Seen in its Degrading Marks left upon Men- kjv@Proverbs:21:29; kjv@Isaiah:3:9; kjv@Revelation:13:16; kjv@Revelation:14:9; kjv@Revelation:16:2; kjv@Revelation:19:20 (D) MUTILATION of the body, General References to- kjv@Judges:1:6; kjv@Judges:16:21; kjv@2Samuel:4:12; kjv@1Kings:18:28; kjv@Ezekiel:23:25; kjv@Mark:5:5
- Forbidden SEE Body Sacred, BODY, HUMAN
BEDS @ kjv@Deuteronomy:3:11; kjv@Esther:1:6; kjv@Proverbs:7:17; kjv@Proverbs:22:27; kjv@Songs:3:7; kjv@Amos:6:4
BEELZEBUB @ prince of devils- kjv@Matthew:10:25; kjv@Matthew:12:27; kjv@Mark:3:22; kjv@Luke:11:15
BEER
- SHEBA @ a city on the southern frontier of Palestine- kjv@Genesis:21:31; kjv@Genesis:22:19; kjv@Genesis:26:33; kjv@Genesis:28:10; kjv@Genesis:46:1; kjv@Joshua:15:28; kjv@Judges:20:1 kjv@1Samuel:8:2; kjv@2Chronicles:19:4; kjv@2Chronicles:30:5; kjv@Amos:5:5
BEGGARS @
(1) General References to- kjv@1Samuel:2:8; kjv@Psalms:37:25; kjv@Psalms:109:10; kjv@Proverbs:20:4
(2) Examples of- kjv@Mark:10:46; kjv@Luke:16:20; kjv@John:9:8; kjv@Acts:3:2
BELLS @ kjv@Exodus:28:33; kjv@Exodus:39:25; kjv@Zechariah:14:20
BELOVED DISCIPLE @ John spoken of as- kjv@John:13:23; kjv@John:19:26; kjv@John:20:2; kjv@John:21:7,20
BELSHAZZAR @ king of Babylon- kjv@Daniel:5:1; kjv@Daniel:7:1
BENAIAH @ a captain of David's army- kjv@2Samuel:8:18; kjv@2Samuel:23:20; kjv@1Kings:1:36; kjv@1Kings:4:4; kjv@1Chronicles:11:22
BENEDICTIONS @
(1) Apostolic- kjv@Romans:16:20; kjv@2Corinthians:13:14; kjv@2Thessalonians:3:18; kjv@Jude:1:24; kjv@Revelation:22:21
(2) Old Testament Examples of- kjv@Leviticus:9:22; kjv@Numbers:6:23; kjv@Joshua:22:6; kjv@2Samuel:6:18; kjv@1Kings:8:55; kjv@1Chronicles:16:2
(3) Other Passages Appropriate to use as- kjv@Numbers:6:24; kjv@Ephesians:3:20; kjv@1Timothy:1:17; kjv@Hebrews:13:20; kjv@1Peter:5:10
BENHADAD @
(1) King of Syria- kjv@1Kings:15:18; kjv@2Chronicles:16:2
(2) King of Syria in the time of Ahab- 1Kings:20:1-43; kjv@2Kings:5:6,7
(3) Son of Hazael- kjv@2Kings:13:3; kjv@Amos:1:4
BENJAMIN @ son of Jacob- kjv@Genesis:35:18; kjv@Genesis:42:36; kjv@Genesis:43:34; kjv@Genesis:45:22; kjv@Genesis:46:21; kjv@Genesis:49:27
BEREA @ a city of Macedonia- kjv@Acts:17:10,13; kjv@Acts:20:4
BETHABARA @ a place near Jordan where John baptized- kjv@Judges:7:24; kjv@John:1:28; kjv@John:10:40
BETHANY @ a village east of Jerusalem- kjv@Matthew:21:17; kjv@Matthew:26:6; kjv@Luke:10:38; kjv@Luke:24:50; kjv@John:11:18; kjv@John:12:1
BETH
- AVEN @ a town east of Beth-el- kjv@Joshua:7:2; kjv@Joshua:18:12; kjv@1Samuel:13:5; kjv@1Samuel:14:23; kjv@Hosea:4:15; kjv@Hosea:5:8; kjv@Hosea:10:5
BETH
- EL @ (the house of God), a town 12 miles north of Jerusalem- kjv@Genesis:28:19; kjv@Genesis:31:13; kjv@Genesis:35:6,15; kjv@Joshua:16:2; kjv@Judges:1:22; kjv@Judges:4:5; kjv@1Samuel:7:16; kjv@1Samuel:13:2 kjv@1Kings:12:29; kjv@1Kings:13:1; kjv@2Kings:2:2,23; kjv@2Kings:10:29; kjv@2Kings:17:28
BETH
- HORON @ upper and nether, two towns of Palestine- kjv@Joshua:10:10; kjv@1Samuel:13:18; kjv@1Kings:9:17; kjv@1Chronicles:7:24; kjv@2Chronicles:25:13
BETH
- LEHEM @ a city of Judah- kjv@Genesis:48:7; kjv@Ruth:1:19; kjv@2Samuel:23:15; kjv@2Chronicles:11:6; kjv@Micah:5:2; kjv@Matthew:2:1,16 kjv@Luke:2:4; kjv@John:7:42
BETH
- PEOR @ a city of Moab- kjv@Deuteronomy:3:29; kjv@Deuteronomy:4:46; kjv@Deuteronomy:34:6; kjv@Joshua:13:20
BETHPHAGE @ a village near Jerusalem- kjv@Matthew:21:1; kjv@Luke:19:29
BETHSAIDA @ of Galilee, home of Philip- kjv@Matthew:11:21; kjv@Mark:6:45; kjv@Mark:8:22; kjv@Luke:9:10; kjv@John:1:44; kjv@John:12:21
BETRAYAL @ of men into the hands of their enemies- kjv@Judges:16:18; kjv@Psalms:41:9; kjv@Psalms:55:12; kjv@Micah:7:6; kjv@Matthew:10:21; kjv@Matthew:24:10; kjv@Matthew:26:16 kjv@Luke:22:22,48; kjv@John:13:21 Treachery, TREACHERY & TREACHERY Conspiracy, PLOTTING Silver, SILVER
BEZALEEL @ inspired with skill to construct the tabernacle- kjv@Exodus:31:2; kjv@Exodus:35:30; kjv@Exodus:36:1; kjv@Exodus:37:1; kjv@Exodus:38:22
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BEACON
- B>@ - A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence for direction. kjv@Isaiah:30:17)
BEALIAH
- B>@ - (Jehovah is lord), a Benjamite who went over to David at Ziklag. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:5) (B.C. 1062.)
BEALOTH
- B>@ - (ladies) a town in the extreme south of Judah. kjv@Joshua:15:24)
BEANS
- B>@ - (2 Samuel 17:28; kjv@Ezekiel:4:9) Beans are cultivated in Palestine, which produces many of the leguminous order of plants, such, as lentils, kidney-beans, vetches, etc.
BEAR
- B>@ - ( kjv@1Samuel:17:34; 2 Samuel 17:8) The Syrian bear, Ursus syriacus, which is without doubt the animal mentioned in the Bible, is still found on the higher mountains of Palestine. During the summer months these bears keep to the snowy parts of Lebanon, but descend in winter to the villages and Gardens. It is probable also that at this period in former days they extended their visits to other parts of Palestine.
BEARD
- B>@ - Western Asiatics have always cherished the beard as the badge of the dignity of manhood, and attached to it the importance of a feature. The Egyptians, on the contrary for the most part shaved the hair of the face and head, though we find some instances to the contrary. The beard is the object of an oath, and that on which blessing or shame is spoken of as resting. The custom was and is to shave or pluck it and the hair out in mourning, kjv@Ezra:9:3; kjv@Isaiah:15:2 kjv@Isaiah:50:6; kjv@Jeremiah:41:5 kjv@Jeremiah:48:37) Bar. kjv@6:31; to neglect it in seasons of permanent affliction, (2 Samuel 19:24) and to regard any insult to it as the last outrage which enmity can inflict. (2 Samuel 10:4) The beard was the object of salutation. (2 Samuel 20:9) The dressing, trimming, anointing, etc., of the beard was performed with much ceremony by persons of wealth and rank kjv@Psalms:133:2) The removal of the beard was a part of the ceremonial treatment proper to a leper. kjv@Leviticus:14:9)
BEBAI
- B>@ - (fatherly). "Sons of Bebai," 623 (Nehe kjv@6:28) in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, (2:11; kjv@Nehemiah:7:16) (B.C. 536), and at a later period twenty-eight more under Zechariah, son of Bebai, returned with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:11) Four of this family had taken foreign wives. kjv@Ezra:10:28) The name occurs also among those who sealed the covenant. kjv@Nehemiah:10:15) Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.
BECHER
- B>@ - (young or firstborn) The second son of Benjamin, according to the list in both kjv@Genesis:46:21) and 1Chr 7:6 But omitted in ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:1) (B.C. about 1690.) Son of Ephraim, kjv@Numbers:26:35) called BERED in ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:20) Same as the preceding.
BECHORATH
- B>@ - (first-born), son of Aphiah or Abiah, and grandson of Becher according to ( kjv@1Samuel:9:1; kjv@1Chronicles:7:8) (B.C. before 1093.)
BED
- B>@ - The Jewish bed consisted of the mattress, a mere mat, or one or more quilts; the covering, a finer quilt, or sometimes the outer garment worn by day, ( kjv@1Samuel:19:13) which the law provided should not be kept in pledge after sunset, that the poor man might not lack his needful covering, (24:13) the pillow, ( kjv@1Samuel:19:13) probably formed of sheep’s fleece or goat’s skin with a stuffing of cotton, etc.; the bedstead, a divan or bench along the side or end of the room, sufficing at a support for the bedding. Besides we have bedsteads made of ivory, wood, etc. referred to in (3:11; kjv@Amos:6:4) The ornamental portions were pillars and a canopy, Judith 13:9, ivory carvings, gold and silver, and probably mosaic work, purple and fine linen. kjv@Esther:1:6; Solomon kjv@3:9-10) The ordinary furniture of a bedchamber in private life is given in ( kjv@2Kings:4:10)
BEDAD
- B>@ - (solitary), the father of Hadad king of Edom. kjv@Genesis:36:35; kjv@1Chronicles:1:46) (B.C. before 1093.)
BEDAN
- B>@ - (son of judgement). Mentioned in ( kjv@1Samuel:12:11) as a judge of Israel between Jerubbaal (Gideon) and Jephthah. The Chaldee Paraphrase reads Samson for Bedan; the LXX., Syriac and Arabic all have Barak. Ewald suggests that it may be a false reading for Abdon. (B.C. about 1150.) The son of Gilead. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:17)
BEDEIAH
- B>@ - one of the sons of Bani, in the time of Ezra, who had taken a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:35) (B.C. 458.)
BEE
- B>@ - (deborah). (1:44; kjv@Judges:14:8; kjv@Psalms:118:12; kjv@Isaiah:7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a common article of food kjv@Psalms:81:16) and was often found in the clefts of rocks and in hollow trees. ( kjv@1Samuel:14:25-27) English naturalists know little of the species of bees that are found in Palestine, but are inclined tn believe that the honey-bee of Palestine is distinct from the honey-bee (Apis mellifica) of this country. The passage in kjv@Isaiah:7:18) refers "to the custom of the people in the East of calling attention to any one by a significant hiss or rather hist ." We read, kjv@Judges:14:8) that "after a time," probably many days, Samson returned to the carcass of the lion he had slain, and saw bees and honey therein. "If any one here represents to himself a corrupt and putrid carcass, the occurrence ceases to have any true similitude, for it is well known that in these countries, at certain seasons of the year, the heat will in the course of twenty-four hours completely dry up the moisture of dead camels, and that, without their undergoing decomposition their bodies long remain like mummies, unaltered and entirely free from offensive odor."
Edmann .
BEELIADA
- B>@ - (the Lord knows); one of David’s 9 sons, born in Jerusalem. ( kjv@1Chronicles:14:7) In the lists in Samuel the name is ELIADA. (B.C. after 1045.)
BEELZEBUB
- B>@ -
See BEELZEBUL
BEELZEBUL
- B>@ - (lord of the house), the title of a heathen deity, to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; Satan, the prince of the devils. kjv@Matthew:10:25 kjv@Matthew:12:24; kjv@Mark:3:22; kjv@Luke:11:15) ff. The correct reading is without doubt Beelzebul , and not Beelzebub .
BEER
- B>@ - (a well). One of the latest halting-places of the Israelites, lying beyond the Arnon. kjv@Numbers:21:16-18) This is possibly the BEER
- ELIM of kjv@Isaiah:15:8) A place to which Jotham, the son of Gideon, fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. kjv@Judges:9:21)
BEERA
- B>@ - (a well), son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:37) (B.C. after 1450.)
BEERAH
- B>@ - prince of the Reubenites, carried away by Tiglath-pileser. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:6) (B.C. 738).
BEERELIM
- B>@ - (well of heroes), a spot named in kjv@Isaiah:15:8) as on the "border of Moab." kjv@Numbers:21:16) comp. Numb 21:13
BEERI
- B>@ - The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau. kjv@Genesis:26:34) ANAH (B.C. 1797.) Father of the prophet Hosea. kjv@Hosea:1:1) (B.C. before 725.)
BEERLAHAIROI
- B>@ - (a well of the living), a living spring, Authorized Version, fountain, comp. kjv@Jeremiah:6:7) between Kadesh and Bered, in the wilderness. kjv@Genesis:24:62)
BEEROTH
- B>@ - (wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of peace with them. kjv@Joshua:9:17) It is now el
- Bireh , which stands about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
BEEROTH OF THE CHILDREN OF JAAKAN
- B>@ - the wells of the tribe of Bene
- Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in the desert. (10:6) In kjv@Numbers:33:31) the name is given as BENE
- JAAKAN only.
BEERSHEBA, OR BEERSHEBA
- B>@ - (well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Palestine which formed the southern limit of the country. There are two accounts of the origin of the name. According to the first, the well was dug by Abraham, and the name given to Judah, kjv@Joshua:15:28) and then to Simeon, kjv@Joshua:19:2; kjv@1Chronicles:4:28) In the often-quoted "from Dan even unto Beersheba," kjv@Judges:20:1) it represents the southern boundary of Canaan, as Dan the northern. In the time of Jerome it was still a considerable place, and still retains its ancient name
Bir es
- Seba . There are at present on the spot two principal wells and five smaller ones. The two principal wells are on or close to the northern bank of the Wady es
- Seba . The larger of the two, which lies to the east, is, according to Dr. Robinson, 12 1/2 feet in diameter, and at the time of his visit (April 12) was 44 1/2 feet to the surface of the water. The masonry which encloses the well extends downward 28 1/2 feet. The other well Isaiah:5 feet in diameter, and was 42 feet to the water. The curb-stones around the mouth of both wells are worn into deep grooves by the action of the ropes of so many centures. These wells are in constant use today. The five lesser wells are in a group in the bed of the wady. On some low hills north of the large wells are scattered the foundations and ruins of a town of moderate size.
BEESHTERAH
- B>@ - (house of Ashterah), one of the two cities allotted to the sons of Gershon out of the tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan. kjv@Joshua:21:27) Probably identical with Ashtaroth. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:71)
BEETLE
- B>@ - LOCUST
BEEVES
- B>@ - Same as cattle. kjv@Leviticus:22:19)
See BULL, BULLOCK
BEGGAR, BEGGING
- B>@ - The poor among the Hebrews were much favored. They were allowed to glean in the fields, and to gather whatever the land produced in the year in which it was not tilled kjv@Leviticus:19:10 kjv@Leviticus:25:5-6 kjv@Leviticus:24:19 ) They were also invited to feasts. (14:29) and kjv@Deuteronomy:26:12 The Israelite could not be an absolute pauper. His land was in alienable, except for a certain term, when it reverted to him or his posterity. And if this resource were insufficient, he could pledge the services of himself and family or a valuable sum. Those who were indigent through bodily infirmities were usually taken care of by their kindred. A beggar was sometimes seen, however, and was regarded and abhorred as a vagabond. kjv@Psalms:109:10) In later times beggars were accustomed, it would seem, to have a fixed place at the corners of the streets, kjv@Mark:10:46) or at the gates of the temple, kjv@Acts:3:2) or of private houses, kjv@Luke:16:20)
BEHEMOTH
- B>@ - (great beasts). There can be little or no doubt that by this word, kjv@Job:40:15-24) the hippopotamus is intended since all the details descriptive of the behemoth accord entirely with the ascertained habits of that animal. The hippopotamus is an immense creature having a thick and square head, a large mouth often two feet broad, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, short legs terminated by four toes, a short tail, skin without hair except at the extremity of the tail. It inhabits nearly the whole of Africa, and has been found of the length of 17 feet. It delights in the water, but feeds on herbage on land. It is not found in Palestine, but may at one time have been a native of western Asia.
BEKAH
- B>@ - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES
BEL
- B>@ - BAAL
BELA
- B>@ - (destruction). One of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar, kjv@Genesis:14:2 kjv@Genesis:19:22) ZOAR Son of Beor, who reigned over Edom in the city of Dinhabah, eight generations before Saul. kjv@Genesis:36:31-33; kjv@1Chronicles:1:43-44) Eldest son of Benjamin, according to kjv@Genesis:46:21) (Authorized Version "Belah"); kjv@Numbers:26:38-40; kjv@1Chronicles:7:6 kjv@1Chronicles:8:1) and head of the family of the Belaites. Son of Ahaz, a Reubenite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:8)
BELAH
- B>@ - BELA, 3
BELAITES, THE
- B>@ - kjv@Numbers:26:38) BELA, 3
BELIAL
- B>@ - The meaning of this word as found in the Scriptures is worthlessness , and hence reckless, lawlessness. The expression son or man of Belial must be understood as meaning simply a worthless, lawless fellow. The term as used in ( kjv@2Corinthians:6:15) is generally understood as an appellative of Satan, as the personification of all that was bad.
BELLOWS
- B>@ - The word occurs only in kjv@Jeremiah:6:29) where it denotes an instrument to heat a smelting furnace. Wilkinson in "Ancient Egypt," kjv@3:338, says, "They consisted of a leather, secured and fitted into a frame, from which a long pipe extended for carrying the wind to the fire. They were worked by the feet, the operator standing upon them, with one under each foot, and pressing them alternately, while he pulled up each exhausted skin with a string he held in his hand."
BELLS
- B>@ - In kjv@Exodus:28:33) the bells alluded to were the golden ones 72 in number, round the hem of the his priest’s ephod. The object of them was so that his sound might be heard." kjv@Exodus:28:34) Ecclus. 45:9. To this day bells are frequently attached, for the sake of their pleasant sound, to the anklets of women. The little girls of Cairo wear strings of them around their feet. In kjv@Zechariah:14:20) "bells of the horses" were concave or flat pieces of brass, which were sometimes attached to horses for the sake of ornament.
BELSHAZZAR
- B>@ - (prince of Bel), the last king of Babylon. In kjv@Daniel:5:2) Nebuchadnezzar is called the father of Belshazzar. This, of course, need only mean grandfather or ancestor. According to the well-known narrative Belshazzar gave a splendid feast in his palace during the siege of Babylon (B.C. 538), using the sacred vessels of the temple, which Nebuchadnezzer had brought from Jerusalem. The miraculous appearance of the handwriting on the wall, the calling in of Daniel to interpret its meaning the prophecy of the overthrow of the kingdom, and Belshazsar’s death, accorded in kjv@Daniel:5.
BELTESHAZZAR
- B>@ - (favored by Bel .) DANIEL, DANIEL, THE BOOK OF
BEN
- B>@ - (son), a Levite, one of the porters appointed by David for the ark. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18)
BENAIAH
- B>@ - (made by the Lord). The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:5) of the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel, (2 Samuel 23:20) set by David, ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:25) over his body-guard. (2 Samuel kjv@8:18; 20:23; kjv@Kings:1:38; kjv@1Chronicles:18:17) One of the mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:22-23; kjv@1Chronicles:11:25 kjv@1Chronicles:27:6) The exploits which gave him this rank are narrated in (2 Samuel 23:20-21; kjv@1Chronicles:11:22) He was captain of the host for the third month. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:5) Benaiah remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah’s attempt on the crown, (Kings:1:8-10,32-38,44) and was raised unto the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the whole army. (Kings:2:35; kjv@4:4) (B.C. 1005.) Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David’s thirty mighty men, (2 Samuel 23:30; kjv@1Chronicles:11:31) and the captain of the eleventh monthly course. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:14) A Levite in the time of David, who "played with a psaltry on Alamoth." ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18-20 kjv@1Chronicles:16:5) A priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:24 kjv@1Chronicles:16:6) A Levite of the sons of Asaph. ( kjv@2Chronicles:20:14) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:31:13) One of the "princes" of the families of Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:36) Four laymen in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives. kjv@Ezra:10:25 kjv@Ezra:10:30,35,43) The father of Pelatiah. kjv@Ezekiel:11:1 kjv@Ezekiel:11:13)
BENAMMI
- B>@ - (son of my people), the son of the younger daughter of Lot, and progenitor of the Ammonites. kjv@Genesis:19:38) (B.C. 1897.)
BENEBERAK
- B>@ - (son of lightning), one of the cities of the tribe of Dan, mentioned only in kjv@Joshua:19:45)
BENEJAAKAN
- B>@ - (sons of Jaakan), a tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites on their journey to Canaan. [BEEROTH OF THE CHILDREN OF JAAKAN BENE
- JAAKAN] Also given in kjv@Genesis:36:27) as AKAN.
BENEKEDEM
- B>@ - (the children of the East), an appellation given to a people or to peoples dwelling to the east of Palestine. It occurs in kjv@Genesis:29:1; kjv@Judges:6:3 kjv@Judges:6:33 kjv@Judges:7:12 kjv@Judges:8:10 ; kjv@Job:1:3)
BENHADAD
- B>@ - (son of Hadad), the name of three kings of Damascus. BENHADAD I., King of Damascus, which in his time was supreme in Syria. He made an alliance with Asa, and conquered a great part of the north of Israel. (Kings:15:18) His date is B.C. 950. BEN
- HADAD II., son of the preceding, and also king of Damascus. Long wars with Israel characterized his reign. Some time after the death of Ahab, Benhadad renewed the war with Israel, attacked Samaria a second time, and pressed the siege so closely that there was a terrible famine in the city. But the Syrians broke up in the night in consequence of a sudden panic. Soon after Ben-hadad fell sick, and sent Hazael to consult Elisha as to the issue of his malady. On the day after Hazael’s return Ben-hadad was murdered, probably by some of his own servants. ( kjv@2Kings:8:7-15) Ben-hadad’s death was about B.C. 890, and he must have reigned some 30 years. BEN
- HADAD III., son of Hazael, and his successor on the throne of Syria. When he succeeded to the throne, Jehoash recovered the cities which Jehoahaz had lost to the Syrians, and beat him in Aphek. ( kjv@2Kings:13:17 kjv@2Kings:13:25) The date of Ben-hadad III is B.C. 840.
BENHAIL
- B>@ - (son of the host, strong), one of the princes whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach in the cities of Judah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:7)
BENHANAN
- B>@ - (son of the gracious), son of Shimon, in the line of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:20)
BENINU
- B>@ - (our son), a Levite; one of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:13-14)
BENJAMIN
- B>@ - (son of the right hand, fortunate). The youngest of the children of Jacob. His birth took place on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, near the latter, B.C. 1729. His mother, Rachel, died in the act of giving him birth, naming him with her last breath Ben-oni (son of my sorrow). This was by Jacob changed into Benjamin. kjv@Genesis:35:16-18) Until the journeys of Jacob’s sons and Jacob himself into Egypt we hear nothing of Benjamin. Nothing personal is known of him. Henceforward the history of Benjamin is the history of the tribe. A man of the tribe of Benjamin, son of bilhan, and the head of a family of warriors. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:10) One of the "sons of Harim," an Israelite in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:32)
BENJAMIN, THE TRIBE OF
- B>@ - The contrast between the warlike character of the tribe and the peaceful image of its progenitor comes out in many scattered notices. Benjamin was the only tribe which seems to have pursued archery to any purpose, and their skill in the bow, ( kjv@1Samuel:20:20 kjv@1Samuel:20:36 2 Samuel kjv@1:232; 1Chronicles:8:40 kjv@1Chronicles:12:2; kjv@2Chronicles:17:17) and the sling, kjv@Judges:20:16) is celebrated. The dreadful deed recorded in Judges:19 was defended by Benjamin. Later the tribe seems, however, to assume another position, as Ramah, ( kjv@1Samuel:9:12) etc., Mizpeh, ( kjv@1Samuel:7:5) Bethel and Gibeon, (Kings:3:4) were all in the land of Benjamin. After the struggles and contests which followed the death of Saul, the history of Benjamin becomes merged in that of the southern kingdom.
BENJAMIN, THE LAND OF
- B>@ - The proximity of Benjamin to Ephraim during the march to the promised land was maintained in the territory allotted to each. That given to Benjamin formed almost a parallelogram, of about 26 miles in length by 12 in breadth, lying between Ephraim, the Jordan, Judah and Dan. The general level of this part of Palestine is not less than 2000 feet above the Mediterranean or than 3000 feet above the valley of the Jordan, the surrounding country including a large number of eminences
almost every one of which has borne some part in the history of the tribe
and many torrent beds and deep ravines.
BENJAMIN, HIGH GATE OR GATE OF
- B>@ - kjv@Jeremiah:20:2 kjv@Jeremiah:37:13 kjv@Jeremiah:38:7 ; kjv@Zechariah:14:10) JERUSALEM
BENO
- B>@ - (his son), a Levite of the sons of Merari. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:26-27)
BENONI
- B>@ - (son of my sorrow). kjv@Genesis:35:18) BENJAMIN, BENJAMIN, THE TRIBE OF
BENZOHETH
- B>@ - (son of Zoheth), a descendant of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:20)
BENON
- B>@ - kjv@Numbers:32:3) [BETH
- BAALMEON] Comp. ver. 38.
BEOR
- B>@ - (burning or torch). The father of Bela, one of the early Edomite kings. kjv@Genesis:36:32; kjv@1Chronicles:1:43) Father of Balaam. kjv@Numbers:22:5 kjv@Numbers:24:3 kjv@Numbers:24:15 kjv@Numbers:31:8 ; 23:4; kjv@Joshua:13:22 kjv@Joshua:24:9; kjv@Micah:6:5) He is called BOSOR in the New Testament. (B.C. before 1450.)
BERA
- B>@ - (son of evil) king of Sodom. kjv@Genesis:14:2) also kjv@Genesis:14:17 kjv@Genesis:14:21)
BERACHAH
- B>@ - (blessing), a Benjamite who attached himself to David at Ziklag. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:3) (B.C. 1054.)
BERACHAH, VALLEY OF
- B>@ - a valley in which Jehoshaphat and his people assembled to "bless" Jehovah after the overthrow of the hosts of Moabites. ( kjv@2Chronicles:20:26) It is now called Bereikut , and lies between Tekua and the main road from Bethlehem to Hebron.
BERACHIAH
- B>@ - (blessed of Jehovah), a Gershonite Levite, father of Asaph. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:39) BERECHIAH
BERAIAH
- B>@ - (created by Jehovah), son of Shimhi, a chief man of Benjamin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:21)
BERAA
- B>@ - (well watered). A city of Macedonia, mentioned in kjv@Acts:17:10 kjv@Acts:17:13) It is now called Verria or Kara
- Verria , and is situated on the eastern slope of the Olympian mountain range, and has 15,000 or 20,000 inhabitants. The modern Aleppo , mentioned in 2 Macc. 13:4. A place in Judea, apparently not very far from Jerusalem. 1 Macc. kjv@9:4.
BERECHIAH
- B>@ - (blessed of Jehovah). A descendant of the royal family of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:20) A man mentioned as the father of Meshullam, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:4 kjv@Nehemiah:3:30 kjv@Nehemiah:6:18) A Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:16) A doorkeeper for the ark. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:23) One of the tribe of Ephraim in the time of Ahaz. ( kjv@2Chronicles:28:12) Father of Asaph the singer. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:17) BERACHIAH Father of Zechariah. kjv@Zechariah:1:1 kjv@Zechariah:1:7)
BERED
- B>@ - (hail). A place in the south of Palestine, near the well Lahairoi. kjv@Genesis:16:14) A son or descendant of Ephraim, ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:20) possibly identical with Becher in kjv@Numbers:26:35)
BERENICE
- B>@ - BERNICE, OR BERENICE
BERI
- B>@ - (a well), son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:36)
BERIAH
- B>@ - (in evil, or a gift). A son of Asher. kjv@Genesis:46:17; kjv@Numbers:26:44-45) A son of Ephraim. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:20-23) A Benjamite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:13 kjv@1Chronicles:8:16) A Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:10-11)
BERIITES, THE
- B>@ - A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situated in the north of Palestine. (2 Samuel 20:14)
BERITH
- B>@ - kjv@Judges:9:46) [BAAL
- BERITH]
BERNICE, OR BERENICE
- B>@ - (bringing victory), the eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. kjv@Acts:12:1) etc. She was first married to her uncle Herod, king of Chaleis, and after his death (A.D. 48) she lived under circumstances of great suspicion with her own brother, Agrippa II., in connection with whom she is mentioned, kjv@Acts:25:13 kjv@Acts:25:23 kjv@Acts:26:30) as having visited Festus on his appointment as procurator of Judea.
BERODACHBALADAN
- B>@ - ( kjv@2Kings:20:12) [MERODACH
- BALADAN]
BEROTHAH
- B>@ - (toward the wells), Bero’-tha-i (my wells). The first of these two names is given by Ezekiel, kjv@Ezekiel:47:16) in connection with Hahlath and Damascus as forming part of the northern boundary of the promised land. The second is mentioned, (2 Samuel kjv@8:8) in the same connection. The well-known city Beirut (Berytus) naturally suggests itself as identical with one at least of the names; but in each instance the circumstances of the case seem to require a position farther east. They were probably in the vicinity of the springs near the present Hasbeya.
BEROTHITE, THE
- B>@ - ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:39) BEEROTH OF THE CHILDREN OF JAAKAN
BERYL
- B>@ - (tarshish) occurs in kjv@Exodus:28:20) It is generally supposed that the tarshish derives its name from the place so called, in Spain. Beryl is a mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. By tarshish the modern yellow topaz is probably intended, while in kjv@Revelation:21:20) a different stone is perhaps referred to, probably the mineral now called beryl, which is identical with the emerald except in color, being a light green or bluish-green.
BESAI
- B>@ - (sword). "Children of Besai" were among the Nethinim who returned to Judea with Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:2:49; kjv@Nehemiah:7:52)
BESODEIAH
- B>@ - (n the secret of the Lord) father of one of the repairers of the wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:6)
BESOM
- B>@ - a brush or broom of twigs for sweeping kjv@Isaiah:14:23)
BESOR, THE BROOK
- B>@ - (cool), a torrent-bed or wady in the extreme south of Judah. ( kjv@1Samuel:30:9-10 kjv@1Samuel:30:21)
BETAH
- B>@ - (confidence), a city belonging to Hadadezer king of Zobah, mentioned with Berothai. (2 Samuel kjv@8:8) In the parallel account, ( kjv@1Chronicles:18:8) the name is called Tibhath.
BETEN
- B>@ - (height), one of the cities on the border of the tribe of Asher. kjv@Joshua:19:25)
BETH
- B>@ - the most general word for a house or habitation. It has the special meaning of a temple or house of worship Beth is more frequently employed in compound names of places than any other word.
BETHABARA
- B>@ - (house of the ford), a place beyond Jordan, in which according to the Received Text of the New Testament, John was baptizing. kjv@John:1:28) If this reading be correct, Bethabara is identical with Beth-barah (fords of Abarah) the ancient ford of Jordan on the road to Gilead; or, which seems more likely, with Beth-nimrah, on the east of the river, nearly opposite Jericho. The Revised Version reads BETHANY, which see below.
BETHANATH
- B>@ - (house of echo or reply), one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali, named with Beth-shemesh, kjv@Joshua:19:38) from neither of them were the Canaanites expelled. kjv@Judges:1:33)).
BETHANOTH
- B>@ - (house of echo), a town in the mountainous district of Judah, named with Halhul, Beth-zur and others in kjv@Joshua:15:58) only.
BETHANY
- B>@ - (house of dates, or house of misery), a village which, scanty as are the notices of it contained in Scripture, is more intimately associated in our minds than perhaps any other place with the most familiar acts and scenes of the last days of the life of Christ. It was situated "at" the Mount of Olives, kjv@Mark:11:1; kjv@Luke:19:29) about fifteen stadia (furlongs, i.e. 1 1/2 or 2 miles) from Jerusalem kjv@John:11:18) on or near the usual road From Jericho to the city, kjv@Luke:19:29) comp. kjv@Mark:11:1 comp. kjv@Mark:10:46 And close by the west(?) of another village called Bethphage, the two being several times mentioned together. Bethany was the home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus, and is now known by a name derived from Lazarus
el
- Azariyeh or Lazarieh . It lies on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, fully a mile beyond the summit, and not very far from the point at which the road to Jericho begins its more sudden descent towards the Jordan valley. El-’Azariyeh is a ruinous and wretched village, a wild mountain hamlet of some twenty families. Bethany has been commonly explained "house of dates," but it more probably signifies "house of misery." H. Dixon, "Holy Land," kjv@2:214, foll.
BETHANY
- B>@ - In the Revised Version for BETHABARA, kjv@John:1:28) where Jesus was baptized by John. It was probably an obscure village near Bethabara, and in time its name faded out and was replaced by the larger and more important Bethabara.
BETHARABAH
- B>@ - (house of the desert), one of the six cities of Judah which were situated down in the Arabah, the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea, kjv@Joshua:15:61) on the north border of the tribe. It is also included in the list of the towns of Benjamin. kjv@Joshua:18:22)
BETHARAM
- B>@ - (house of the height), accurately BETH
- HARAM, one of the towns of Gad on the east of Jordan, described as in "the valley," kjv@Joshua:13:27) and no doubt the same place as that named BETH
- HARAN in kjv@Numbers:32:36)
BEARBEL
- B>@ - (house of God’s court), named only in kjv@Hosea:10:14) as the scene of a sack and massacre by Shalman.
BETHAVEN
- B>@ - (house of nothingness , i.e. of idols), a place on the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel, kjv@Joshua:7:2 kjv@Joshua:18:12) and lying between that place and Michmash. ( kjv@1Samuel:13:5 kjv@1Samuel:14:28) In kjv@Hosea:4:15 kjv@Hosea:5:8 kjv@Hosea:10:5 ) the name is transferred to the neighboring Bethel,
once the "house of God" but then the house of idols of "naught."
BETHBAALMAVETH
- B>@ - (house of Azmaveth). Under this name is mentioned, in kjv@Nehemiah:7:28) only, the town of Benjamin which is elsewhere called AZMAVETH and BETH
- SAMOS.
BETHBAALMEON
- B>@ - (house of Baalmeon), a place in the possessions of Reuben, on the downs (Authorized Version "plain") east of the Jordan. kjv@Joshua:13:17) At the Israelites’ first approach is name was BAAL
- MEON, kjv@Numbers:32:38) or, in its contracted form, BEON kjv@Numbers:32:3) to which the Beth was possibly a Hebrew addition. Later it would seem to have come into possession of Moab, and to be known either as Beth-meon, kjv@Jeremiah:48:23) or Baal-meon. kjv@Ezekiel:25:9) The name is still attached to a ruined place of considerable size a short distance to the southwest of Hesban , and bearing the name of "the fortress of Mi’un, " or Makin .
BETHBARAH
- B>@ - (house of the ford), named only in kjv@Judges:7:24) It derived its chief interest in the possibility that its more modern representative may have been Beth-abara, where John baptized. It was probably the chief ford of the district.
BETHBIREI
- B>@ - (house of my creation), a town of Simeon, ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:31) which by comparison with the parallel list in kjv@Joshua:19:6) appears to have had also the name Of BETH
- LEBAOTH. It lay to the extreme south.
BETHCAR
- B>@ - (house of the lamb), a place named as the point to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines, ( kjv@1Samuel:7:11) and therefore west of Mizpeh.
BETHDAGON
- B>@ - (house of Dagon). A city in the low country of Judah, kjv@Joshua:15:41) and therefore not far from the Philistine territory. A town apparently near the coast, named as one of the landmarks of the boundary of Asher. kjv@Joshua:19:27)
BETHDIBLATHAIM
- B>@ - (house of fig-cakes), a town of Moab, kjv@Jeremiah:48:22) apparently the place elsewhere called ALMON
- DIBLATHAIM.
BETHEL
- B>@ - (the house of God) well known city and holy place of central Palestine, about 12 mlles north of Jerusalem. If we are to accept the precise definition of kjv@Genesis:12:8) the name of Bethel would appear to have existed at this spot even before the arrival of Abram in Canaan. kjv@Genesis:12:8 kjv@Genesis:13:3-4) Bethel was the scene of Jacob’s vision. kjv@Genesis:28:11-19 kjv@Genesis:31:13) Jacob lived there. kjv@Genesis:35:1-8) The original name was Luz. kjv@Judges:1:22-23) After the conquest Bethel is frequently heard of. In the troubled times when there was no king in Israel, it was to Bethel that the people went up in their distress to ask counsel of God. kjv@Judges:20:18 kjv@Judges:20:26,31; 21:2) Authorized Version, "house of God." Here was the ark of the covenant. kjv@Judges:20:26-28 kjv@Judges:21:4) Later it is named as one of the holy cities to which Samuel went on circuit. ( kjv@1Samuel:7:16) Here Jeroboab placed one of the two calves of gold. Toward the end of Jeroboam’s life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:13:19) Elijah visited Bethel, and we hear of "sons of the prophets" as resident there. ( kjv@2Kings:2:2-3) But after the destruction of Baal worship by Jehu Bethel comes once more into view. ( kjv@2Kings:10:29) After the desolation of the northern kingdom by the king of Assyria, Bethel still remained an abode of priests. ( kjv@2Kings:17:27-28) In later times Bethel is named only once under the scarcely-altered name of Beitin . Its ruins still lie on the righthand side of the road from Jerusalem to Nablus. A town in the south part of Judah, named in kjv@Joshua:12:16) and kjv@1Samuel:30:27 In kjv@Joshua:15:30 kjv@Joshua:19:4; kjv@1Chronicles:4:29-30) the place appears under the name of CHESIL, BETHUL and BETHUEL. Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. (Kings:16:34) In kjv@Joshua:16:1) and kjv@1Samuel:13:2 Mount Bethel, a hilly section near Beth-el, is referred to.
BETHEMEK
- B>@ - (house of the valley), a place on or near the border of Asher, on the north side of which was the ravine of Jiphthah-el kjv@Joshua:19:27)
BETHER
- B>@ - (depth), The mountains of. (Solomon kjv@2:17) There is no clue to guide us as to what mountains are intended here.
BETHESDA
- B>@ - (house of mercy, or the flowing water), the Hebrew name of a reservoir or tank, with five "porches," close upon the sheep-gate or "market" in Jerusalem. kjv@John:5:2) The largest reservoir - Birket Israil - 360 feet long, 120 feet wide and 80 feet deep, within the walls of the city, close by St. Stephen’s Gate, and under the northeast wall of the Haram area, is generally considered to be the modern representative of Bethesda. Robinson, however, suggests that the ancient Bethesda is identical with what is now called the Pool of the Virgin, an intermittent pool, south of Birket Israil and north of the pool of Siloam.
BETHEZEL
- B>@ - (neighbor’s house), a place named only in kjv@Micah:1:11) From the context it was doubtless situated in the plain of Philistia.
BETHGADER
- B>@ - (house of the wall), doubtless a place, though it occurs in the genealogies of Judah as if a person. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:51)
BETHGAMUL
- B>@ - (camel-house), a town of Moab, in the downs east of Jordan. kjv@Jeremiah:48:23) comp. Jere 48:21
BETHGILGAL
- B>@ - Same as Gilgal. kjv@Nehemiah:12:29)
BETHHACCEREM
- B>@ - (house of the vine). kjv@Nehemiah:3:14; kjv@Jeremiah:6:1) A beacon station near Tekoa, supposed to be the Frank Mountain , a few miles southeast of Bethlehem.
BETHHARAN
- B>@ - kjv@Numbers:32:36) It is no doubt the same place as BETH
- ARAM. kjv@Joshua:13:27)
BETHHOGLA
- B>@ - (partridge-house), and Holg’lah a place on the border of Judah, kjv@Joshua:15:6) and of Benjamin. kjv@Joshua:18:19-21) A magnificent spring and a ruin between Jericho and the Jordan still bear the names of Ainhajala.
BETHHORON
- B>@ - (house of caverns), the name of two towns or villages, an "upper" and a "nether," kjv@Joshua:16:3-5; kjv@1Chronicles:7:24) on the road from Gibeon to Azekah, kjv@Joshua:10:10-11) and the Philistine plain. 1 Macc. kjv@3:24. Beth-horon lay on the boundary line between Benjamin and Ephraim, kjv@Joshua:16:3-5) and kjv@Joshua:18:13-14 Was counted to Ephraim, kjv@Joshua:21:22; kjv@1Chronicles:7:24) and given to the Kohathites. kjv@Joshua:21:22; kjv@1Chronicles:6:68) (1Chr kjv@6:53) The two Beth-horons still survive in the modern villages of Beit-ur, et-tahta and el-foka .
BETHJESHIMOTH
- B>@ - (house of deserts) or Jes’imoth , a town or place east of Jordan, on the lower level at the south end of the Jordan valley, kjv@Numbers:33:49) and named with Ashdod-pisgah and Beth-peor. It was one of the limits of the encampment of Israel before crossing the Jordan. Later it was allotted to Reuben, kjv@Joshua:12:3 kjv@Joshua:13:20) but came at last into the hands of Moab, and formed one of the cities which were "the glory of the country." kjv@Ezekiel:25:9)
BETHLEBAOTH
- B>@ - (house of lionesses), a town in the lot of Simeon, kjv@Joshua:19:6) in the extreme south of Judah. [ kjv@Joshua:15:32) LEBAOTH] In ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:31) the name is given BETH
- BIREI.
BETHLEHEM
- B>@ - (house of bread). One of the oldest towns in Palestine, already in existence at the time of Jacob’s return to the country. Its earliest name was EPHRATAH, OR EPHRATH or EPHRATAH.
See kjv@Genesis:35:16 kjv@Genesis:35:19 kjv@Genesis:48:7) After the conquest Bethlehem appears under its own name, BETHLEHEM
- JUDAH. kjv@Judges:17:7; kjv@1Samuel:17:12; kjv@Ruth:1:1-2) The book of Ruth is a page from the domestic history of Bethlehem. It was the home of Ruth, kjv@Ruth:1:19) and of David. ( kjv@1Samuel:17:12) It was fortified by Rehoboam. ( kjv@2Chronicles:11:6) It was here that our Lord was born, kjv@Matthew:2:1) and here that he was visited by the shepherds, kjv@Luke:2:15-17) and the Magi. kjv@Matthew:2. The modern town of Beit-lahm lies to the east of the main road from Jerusalem to Hebron, six miles from the former. It covers the east and northeast parts of the ridge of a long gray hill of Jura limestone, which stands nearly due east and west, and is about a mile in length. The hill has a deep valley on the north and another on the south. On the top lies the village in a kind of irregular triangle. The population is about 3000 souls, entirely Christians. The Church of the Nativity, built by the empress Helena A.D. 330, is the oldest Christian church in existence. It is built over the grotto where Christ is supposed to have been born. A town in the portion of Zebulun, named nowhere but in kjv@Joshua:19:15) Now known as Beit-lahm .
BETHLOMON
- B>@ - 1 Esd. kjv@5:17. BETHLEHEM, 1
BETHMAACHAH
- B>@ - (house of oppression), a place named only in (2 Samuel 20:14-15) In the absence of more information we can only conclude that it is identical with Maachah or Aram-maachah, one of the petty Syrian kingdoms in the north of Palestine. (Comp. ( kjv@2Kings:15:29)
BETHMARCABOTH
- B>@ - (house of the chariots), one of the towns of Simeon, situated to the extreme south of Judah. kjv@Joshua:19:5; kjv@1Chronicles:4:31) In the parallel list, kjv@Joshua:15:31) MADMANNAH occurs in place of Beth-marcaboth.
BETHMEON
- B>@ - kjv@Jeremiah:48:23) A contracted form of Beth-baal-meon.
BETHNIMRAH
- B>@ - (house of leopards) one of the fenced cities on the east of Jordan taken and built by the tribe of Gad kjv@Numbers:32:36) and described as being in the valley beside Beth-haran. kjv@Joshua:13:27) In kjv@Numbers:32:3) it is called simply NIMRAH. The name still survives in the modern Nahr Nimrim, above Jericho on the Jordan.
BETHPALET
- B>@ - (house of flight), a town among those in the extreme south of Judah, named in kjv@Joshua:15:27)
BETHPAZZEZ
- B>@ - (house of the dispersion), a town of Issachar named with En-haddah kjv@Joshua:19:21) and of which nothing is known.
BETHPEOR
- B>@ - (house of Peor), a place on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho and six miles above Libias or Beth-haran. kjv@Joshua:13:20 kjv@Joshua:3:29 kjv@Joshua:4:46 )
BETHPHAGE
- B>@ - (g hard) (house of figs) the name of a place on the Mount of Olives on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem. It was apparently close to Bethany. kjv@Matthew:21:1; kjv@Mark:11:1; kjv@Luke:19:29)
BETHPHELET
- B>@ - kjv@Nehemiah:11:26) BETHPALET
BETHRAPHA
- B>@ - a name which occurs in the genealogy of Judah as the son of Eshton. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:12)
BETHREHOB
- B>@ - (house of Rehob), place mentioned as having near it the valley in which lay the town of Laish or Dan. kjv@Judges:18:28) It was one of the little kingdoms of Aram or Syria. (2 Samuel 10:6) Robinson conjectures that this ancient place is represented by the modern Hunin .
BETHSAIDA
- B>@ - (house of fish) of Galilee, kjv@John:12:21) a city which was the native place of Andrew, Peter and Philip, kjv@John:1:44 kjv@John:12:21) in the land of Gennesareth, kjv@Mark:6:46) comp. kjv@Mark:6:53 And therefore on the west side of the lake. By comparing the narratives in kjv@Mark:6:31-53) and kjv@Luke:9:10-17 It appears certain that the Bethsaida at which the five thousand were fed must have been a second place of the same name on the east of the lake. (But in reality "there is but one Bethsaida, that known on our maps at Bethsaida Julias." L. Abbot in Biblical and Oriental Journal . The fact is that Bethsaida was a village on both sides of the Jordan as it enters the sea of Galilee on the north, so that the western part of the village was in Galilee and the eastern portion in Gaulonitis, part of the tetrarchy of Philip. This eastern portion was built up into a beautiful city by Herod Philip, and named by him Bethsaida Julias , after Julia the daughter of the Roman emperor Tiberius Caesar. On the plain of Butaiha, a mile or two to the east, the five thousand were fed. The western part of the town remained a small village.
ED.)
BETHSHEAN
- B>@ - (house of rest), or in Samuel, BETHSHAN, a city which belonged to Manasseh, ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:29) though within the limits of Issachar kjv@Joshua:17:11) and therefore on the west of Jordan. Comp. 1 Macc. kjv@5:62. In later times it was called Scythopolis. 2 Macc. 12:29. The place is still known as Beisan . It lies in the Ghor or Jordan valley, about twelve miles south of the Sea of Galilee and four miles west of the Jordan.
BETHSHEMESH
- B>@ - (house of the sun). One of the towns which marked the north boundary of Judah. kjv@Joshua:15:10) It is now ’Ainshems , about two miles from the great Philistine plain, and seven from Ekron. A city on the border of Issachar. kjv@Joshua:19:22) One of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali. kjv@Joshua:19:38; kjv@Judges:1:33) An idolatrous temple, or place in Egypt. kjv@Jeremiah:43:13) In the middle ages Heliopolis was still called by the Arabs Ain Shems .
BETHSHITTAH
- B>@ - (home of the acacia), one of the spots to which the flight of the host of the Midianites extended after their discomfiture by Gideon. kjv@Judges:7:22)
BETHTAPPUAH
- B>@ - (house of apples), one of the towns of Judah in the mountainous district, and near Hebron. kjv@Joshua:15:53) comp. 1Chr 2:43 Here it has actually been discovered by Robinson under the modern name of Teffuh , five miles west of Hebron, on a ridge of high table-land.
BETHUEL
- B>@ - (dweller in God), the son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah, kjv@Genesis:22:22-23 kjv@Genesis:24:15 kjv@Genesis:24:24,47; 28:2) In kjv@Genesis:25:20) and kjv@Genesis:28:5) he is called "Bethuel the Syrian."
BETHUL
- B>@ - (dweller in God) a town of Simeon in the south named with Eltolad and Hormah, kjv@Joshua:19:4) called also Chesil and Bethuel. kjv@Joshua:15:30; kjv@1Chronicles:4:30)
BETHZUR
- B>@ - (house of rock) a town in the mountains of Judah, built by Jeroboam, kjv@Joshua:15:58; kjv@2Chronicles:11:7) now Beit-zur . It commands the road from Beersheba and Hebron, which has always been the main approach to Jerusalem from the south.
BETONIM
- B>@ - a town of Gad, apparently on the northern boundary. kjv@Joshua:13:26)
BETROTHING
- B>@ - [MARRIAGE.1]
BEULAH
- B>@ - (married), the name which the land of Israel is to bear when "the land shall be married." kjv@Isaiah:62:4)
BEZAI
- B>@ - (conqueror). "Children of Bezai," to the number of 328, returned from captivity with Zerubbabel kjv@Ezra:2:17; kjv@Nehemiah:7:23 kjv@Nehemiah:10:18)
BEZALEEL
- B>@ - (in the shadow of God). The son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah and one of the architects of the tabernacle. kjv@Exodus:31:1-6) His charge was chiefly in all works of metal, wood and stone. (B.C. 1490.) One of the sons of Pahath-moab who had taken a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:30) (B.C. 458.)
BEZEK
- B>@ - (lightning). The residence of Adonibezek, kjv@Judges:1:6) in the lot of Judah. ver. kjv@Judges:1:3) Where Saul numbered the forces of Israel and Judah before going to the relief of Jabesh-gilead. ( kjv@1Samuel:11:8) This was doubtless somewhere in the centre of the country, near the Jordan valley. No identification of either place has been made in modern times.
BEZER
- B>@ - (gold ore), son of Zophah, one of the heads of the houses of Asher. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:37)
BEZER IN THE WILDERNESS
- B>@ - a city of refuge in the downs on the east of the Jordan. (4:43; kjv@Joshua:20:8 kjv@Joshua:21:36; kjv@1Chronicles:6:78)
easton:
Beacon @ a pole (Heb. to'ren) used as a standard or ensign set on the tops of mountains as a call to the people to assemble themselves for some great national purpose kjv@Isaiah:30:17). In kjv@Isaiah:33:23 and kjv@Ezekiel:27:5, the same word is rendered "mast." (
See Banner
Bealiah @ whose Lord is Jehovah, a Benjamite, one of David's thirty heroes of the sling and bow ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:5).
Bealoth @ citizens, a town in the extreme south of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:24); probably the same as Baalath-beer (19:8). In kjvKings:4:16, the Authorized Version has "in Aloth," the Revised Version "Bealoth."
Beam @ occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In kjv@1Samuel:17:7, it means a weaver's frame or principal beam; in kjv@Habakkuk:2:11, a crossbeam or girder; kjv@2Kings:6:2 kjv@2Kings:6:5, a cross-piece or rafter of a house; kjvKings:7:6, an architectural ornament as a projecting step or moulding; kjv@Ezekiel:41:25, a thick plank. In the New Testament the word occurs only in kjv@Matthew:7:3-4, 5, and kjv@Luke:6:41-42, where it means (Gr. dokos) a large piece of wood used for building purposes, as contrasted with "mote" (Gr. karphos), a small piece or mere splinter. "Mote" and "beam" became proverbial for little and great faults.
Beans @ mentioned in kjv@2Samuel:17:28 as having been brought to David when flying from Absalom. They formed a constituent in the bread Ezekiel (4:9) was commanded to make, as they were in general much used as an article of diet. They are extensively cultivated in Egypt and Arabia and Syria.
Bear @ a native of the mountain regions of Western Asia, frequently mentioned in Scripture. David defended his flocks against the attacks of a bear ( kjv@1Samuel:17:34-37). Bears came out of the wood and destroyed the children who mocked the prophet Elisha ( kjv@2Kings:2:24). Their habits are referred to in kjv@Isaiah:59:11; kjv@Proverbs:28:15; kjv@Lamentations:3:10. The fury of the female bear when robbed of her young is spoken of ( kjv@2Samuel:17:8; kjv@Proverbs:17:12; kjv@Hosea:13:8). In Daniel's vision of the four great monarchies, the Medo
- Persian empire is represented by a bear (7:5).
Beard @ The mode of wearing it was definitely prescribed to the Jews kjv@Leviticus:19:27 kjv@Leviticus:21:5). Hence the import of Ezekiel's (5:1-4) description of the "razor" i.e., the agents of an angry providence being used against the guilty nation of the Jews. It was a part of a Jew's daily toilet to anoint his beard with oil and perfume kjv@Psalms:133:2). Beards were trimmed with the most fastidious care ( kjv@2Samuel:19:24), and their neglet was an indication of deep sorrow kjv@Isaiah:15:2; kjv@Jeremiah:41:5). The custom was to shave or pluck off the hair as a sign of mourning kjv@Isaiah:50:6; kjv@Jeremiah:48:37; kjv@Ezra:9:3). The beards of David's ambassadors were cut off by hanun ( kjv@2Samuel:10:4) as a mark of indignity. On the other hand, the Egyptians carefully shaved the hair off their faces, and they compelled their slaves to do so also kjv@Genesis:41:14).
Beast @ This word is used of flocks or herds of grazing animals kjv@Exodus:22:5; kjv@Numbers:20:4 kjv@Numbers:20:8, 11; kjv@Psalms:78:48); of beasts of burden kjv@Genesis:45:17); of eatable beasts kjv@Proverbs:9:2); and of swift beasts or dromedaries kjv@Isaiah:60:6). In the New Testament it is used of a domestic animal as property kjv@Revelation:18:13); as used for food ( kjv@1Corinthians:15:39), for service kjv@Luke:10:34; kjv@Acts:23:24), and for sacrifice kjv@Acts:7:42). When used in contradistinction to man kjv@Psalms:36:6), it denotes a brute creature generally, and when in contradistinction to creeping things kjv@Leviticus:11:2-7 kjv@Leviticus:27:26), a four-footed animal. The Mosaic law required that beasts of labour should have rest on the Sabbath kjv@Exodus:20:10 kjv@Exodus:23:12), and in the Sabbatical year all cattle were allowed to roam about freely, and eat whatever grew in the fields kjv@Exodus:23:11; kjv@Leviticus:25:7). No animal could be castrated kjv@Leviticus:22:24). Animals of different kinds were to be always kept separate kjv@Leviticus:19:19; kjv@Deuteronomy:22:10). Oxen when used in threshing were not to be prevented from eating what was within their reach kjv@Deuteronomy:25:4; kjv@1Corinthians:9:9). This word is used figuratively of an infuriated multitude ( kjv@1Corinthians:15:32; kjv@Acts:19:29; comp. kjv@Psalms:22:12 kjv@Psalms:22:16 kjv@Ecclesiastes:3:18; kjv@Isaiah:11:6-8), and of wicked men ( kjv@2Peter:2:12). The four beasts of kjv@Daniel:7:3 kjv@Daniel:7:17, 23 represent four kingdoms or kings.
Beaten gold @ in kjv@Numbers:8:4, means "turned" or rounded work in gold. The Greek Version, however, renders the word "solid gold;" the Revised Version, "beaten work of gold." In kjvKings:10:16-17, it probably means "mixed" gold, as the word ought to be rendered, i.e., not pure gold. Others render the word in these places "thin plates of gold."
Beaten oil @ kjv@Exodus:27:20 kjv@Exodus:29:40), obtained by pounding olives in a mortar, not by crushing them in a mill. It was reckoned the best. (
See OLIVE
Beautiful gate @ the name of one of the gates of the temple kjv@Acts:3:2). It is supposed to have been the door which led from the court of the Gentiles to the court of the women. It was of massive structure, and covered with plates of Corinthian brass.
Becher @ first-born; a youth, the second son of Benjamin kjv@Genesis:46:21), who came down to Egypt with Jacob. It is probable that he married an Ephraimitish heiress, and that his descendants were consequently reckoned among the tribe of Ephraim kjv@Numbers:26:35; kjv@1Chronicles:7:20-21). They are not reckoned among the descendants of Benjamin kjv@Numbers:26:38).
Bed @ (Heb. mittah), for rest at night kjv@Exodus:8:3; kjv@1Samuel:19:13-15, 16, etc.); during sickness kjv@Genesis:47:31 kjv@Genesis:48:2 kjv@Genesis:49:33 , etc.); as a sofa for rest ( kjv@1Samuel:28:23; kjv@Amos:3:12). Another Hebrew word (er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with curtains kjv@Deuteronomy:3:11; kjv@Psalms:132:3), for sickness kjv@Psalms:6:6 kjv@Psalms:41:3). In the New Testament it denotes sometimes a litter with a coverlet kjv@Matthew:9:2 kjv@Matthew:9:6 kjv@Luke:5:18; kjv@Acts:5:15). The Jewish bedstead was frequently merely the divan or platform along the sides of the house, sometimes a very slight portable frame, sometimes only a mat or one or more quilts. The only material for bed-clothes is mentioned in kjv@1Samuel:19:13. Sleeping in the open air was not uncommon, the sleeper wrapping himself in his outer garment kjv@Exodus:22:26-27; kjv@Deuteronomy:24:12-13).
Bed-chamber @ an apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper end and sometimes along the sides, on which were laid mattresses. This was the general arrangement of the public sleeping-room for the males of the family and for guests, but there were usually besides distinct bed-chambers of a more private character ( kjv@2Kings:4:10; kjv@Exodus:8:3; kjv@2Kings:6:12). In kjv@2Kings:11:2 this word denotes, as in the margin of the Revised Version, a store-room in which mattresses were kept.
Bedan @ one of the judges of Israel ( kjv@1Samuel:12:11). It is uncertain who he was. Some suppose that Barak is meant, others Samson, but most probably this is a contracted form of Abdon kjv@Judges:12:13).
Bedstead @ used in kjv@Deuteronomy:3:11, but elsewhere rendered "couch," "bed." In kjv@2Kings:1:4 kjv@2Kings:16:2; kjv@Psalms:132:3; kjv@Amos:3:12, the divan is meant by this word.
Bee @ First mentioned in kjv@Deuteronomy:1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of their attacks, are mentioned in kjv@Psalms:118:12. Samson found a "swarm of bees" in the carcass of a lion he had slain kjv@Judges:14:8). Wild bees are described as laying up honey in woods and in clefts of rocks kjv@Deuteronomy:32:13; kjv@Psalms:81:16). In kjv@Isaiah:7:18 the "fly" and the "bee" are personifications of the Egyptians and Assyrians, the inveterate enemies of Israel.
Beelzebub @ (Gr. form Beel'zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only in the New Testament kjv@Matthew:10:25 kjv@Matthew:12:24 kjv@Matthew:12:27; kjv@Mark:3:22). It is probably the same as Baalzebub (q.v.), the god of Ekron, meaning "the lord of flies," or, as others think, "the lord of dung," or "the dung-god."
Beer @ well.
(1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings kjv@Numbers:21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (
See WELL
(2.) A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech kjv@Judges:9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.
Beer-elim @ well of heroes, probably the name given to Beer, the place where the chiefs of Israel dug a well kjv@Numbers:21:16; kjv@Isaiah:15:8).
Beer-lahai-roi @ i.e., "the well of him that liveth and seeth me," or, as some render it, "the well of the vision of life", the well where the Lord met with Hagar kjv@Genesis:16:7-14). Isaac dwelt beside this well (24:62; 25:11). It has been identified with 'Ain Muweileh, or Moilahhi, south-west of Beersheba, and about 12 miles W. from Kadesh-barnea.
Beeri @ illustrious, or the well-man.
(1.) The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau kjv@Genesis:26:34), the same as Adah kjv@Genesis:36:2).
(2.) The father of the prophet Hosea (1:1).
Beeroth @ wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with Joshua. It belonged to Benjamin kjv@Joshua:18:25). It has by some been identified with el
- Bireh on the way to Nablus, 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
Beeroth of the children of Jaakan @ kjv@Deuteronomy:10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan kjv@Numbers:33:31).
Beersheba @ well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact kjv@Genesis:21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name kjv@Genesis:26:31-33). It was a favourite place of abode of both of these patriarchs (21:33-22:1,19; 26:33; 28:10). It is mentioned among the "cities" given to the tribe of Simeon kjv@Joshua:19:2; kjv@1Chronicles:4:28). From Dan to Beersheba, a distance of about 144 miles kjv@Judges:20:1; kjv@1Chronicles:21:2; kjv@2Samuel:24:2), became the usual way of designating the whole Promised Land, and passed into a proverb. After the return from the Captivity the phrase is narrowed into "from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom" kjv@Nehemiah:11:30). The kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim ( kjv@2Chronicals:19:4). The name is not found in the New Testament. It is still called by the Arabs Bir es
- Seba, i.e., "well of the seven", where there are to the present day two principal wells and five smaller ones. It is nearly midway between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean.
Beetle @ (Heb. hargol, meaning "leaper"). Mention of it is made only in kjv@Leviticus:11:22, where it is obvious the word cannot mean properly the beetle. It denotes some winged creeper with at least four feet, "which has legs above its feet, to leap withal." The description plainly points to the locust (q.v.). This has been an article of food from the earliest times in the East to the present day. The word is rendered "cricket" in the Revised Version.
Beeves @ (an old English plural of the word beef), a name applicable to all ruminating animals except camels, and especially to the Bovidce, or horned cattle kjv@Leviticus:22:19-21; kjv@Numbers:31:28-30, 33, 38, 44).
Beg @ That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence kjv@Exodus:23:11; kjv@Deuteronomy:15:11), but there is no mention of beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were provided for by the law of Moses kjv@Leviticus:19:10; kjv@Deuteronomy:12:12 kjv@Deuteronomy:14:29). It is predicted of the seed of the wicked that they shall be beggars kjv@Psalms:37:25 kjv@Psalms:109:10). In the New Testament we find not seldom mention made of beggars kjv@Mark:10:46; kjv@Luke:16:20-21; kjv@Acts:3:2), yet there is no mention of such a class as vagrant beggars, so numerous in the East. "Beggarly," in kjv@Galatians:4:9, means worthless.
Behead @ a method of taking away life practised among the Egyptians kjv@Genesis:40:17-19). There are instances of this mode of punishment also among the Hebrews ( kjv@2Samuel:4:8 kjv@2Samuel:20:21-22; kjv@2Kings:10:6-8). It is also mentioned in the New Testament kjv@Matthew:14:8-12; kjv@Acts:12:2).
Behemoth @ kjv@Job:40:15-24). Some have supposed this to be an Egyptian word meaning a "water-ox." The Revised Version has here in the margin "hippopotamus," which is probably the correct rendering of the word. The word occurs frequently in Scripture, but, except here, always as a common name, and translated "beast" or "cattle."
Bekah @ Both the name and its explanation, "a half shekel," are given in kjv@Exodus:38:26. The word properly means a "division," a "part." (R.V., "beka.")
Bel @ the Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians kjv@Isaiah:46:1; kjv@Jeremiah:50:2 kjv@Jeremiah:51:44). It signifies "lord." (
See BAAL
Bela @ a thing swallowed.
(1.) A city on the shore of the Dead Sea, not far from Sodom, called also Zoar. It was the only one of the five cities that was spared at Lot's intercession kjv@Genesis:19:20 kjv@Genesis:19:23). It is first mentioned in kjv@Genesis:14:2 kjv@Genesis:14:8.
(2.) The eldest son of Benjamin kjv@Numbers:26:38; "Belah," kjv@Genesis:46:21).
(3.) The son of Beor, and a king of Edom kjv@Genesis:36:32-33; kjv@1Chronicles:1:43).
(4.) A son of Azaz ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:8).
Belial @ worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name. It is first used in kjv@Deuteronomy:13:13. In the New Testament it is found only in kjv@2Corinthians:6:15, where it is used as a name of Satan, the personification of all that is evil. It is translated "wicked" in kjv@Deuteronomy:15:9; kjv@Psalms:41:8 (R.V. marg.); 101:3; kjv@Proverbs:6:12, etc. The expression "son" or "man of Belial" means simply a worthless, lawless person kjv@Judges:19:22 kjv@Judges:20:13; kjv@1Samuel:1:16 kjv@1Samuel:2:12).
Bell @ The bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden bells attached to the hem of the high priest's ephod kjv@Exodus:28:33-34, 35). The "bells of the horses" mentioned by Zechariah (14:20) were attached to the bridles or belts round the necks of horses trained for war, so as to accustom them to noise and tumult.
Bellows @ occurs only in kjv@Jeremiah:6:29, in relation to the casting of metal. Probably they consisted of leather bags similar to those common in Egypt.
Belly @ the seat of the carnal affections kjv@Titus:1:12; kjv@Philippians:3:19; kjv@Romans:16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart kjv@Proverbs:18:8 kjv@Proverbs:20:27 kjv@Proverbs:22:18 , marg.). The "belly of hell" signifies the grave or underworld kjv@Jonah:2:2).
Belshazzar @ Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon kjv@Daniel:5:1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar and the widow of Nergal-sharezer. When still young he made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and when heated with wine sent for the sacred vessels his "father" kjv@Daniel:5:2), or grandfather, Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from the temple in Jerusalem, and he and his princes drank out of them. In the midst of their mad revelry a hand was seen by the king tracing on the wall the announcement of God's judgment, which that night fell upon him. At the instance of the queen (i.e., his mother) Daniel was brought in, and he interpreted the writing. That night the kingdom of the Chaldeans came to an end, and the king was slain kjv@Daniel:5:30). (
See NERGAL
- SHAREZER.) The absence of the name of Belshazzar on the monuments was long regarded as an argument against the genuineness of the Book of Daniel. In 1854 Sir Henry Rawlinson found an inscription of Nabonidus which referred to his eldest son. Quite recently, however, the side of a ravine undermined by heavy rains fell at Hillah, a suburb of Babylon. A number of huge, coarse earthenware vases were laid bare. These were filled with tablets, the receipts and contracts of a firm of Babylonian bankers, which showed that Belshazzar had a household, with secretaries and stewards. One was dated in the third year of the king Marduk-sar-uzur. As Marduk-sar-uzar was another name for Baal, this Marduk-sar-uzur was found to be the Belshazzar of Scripture. In one of these contract tablets, dated in the July after the defeat of the army of Nabonidus, we find him paying tithes for his sister to the temple of the sun-god at Sippara.
Belteshazzar @ Beltis protect the king!, the Chaldee name given to Daniel by Nebuchadnezzar kjv@Daniel:1:7).
Ben-ammi @ son of my kindred; i.e., "born of incest", the son of Lot by his youngest daughter kjv@Genesis:19:38).
Ben-hadad @ the standing title of the Syrian kings, meaning "the son of Hadad." (
See HADADEZER.)
(1.) The king of Syria whom Asa, king of Judah, employed to invade Israel (kjvKings:15:18).
(2.) Son of the preceding, also king of Syria. He was long engaged in war against Israel. He was murdered probably by Hazael, by whom he was succeeded ( kjv@2Kings:8:7-15), after a reign of some thirty years.
(3.) King of Damascus, and successor of his father Hazael on the throne of Syria ( kjv@2Kings:13:3-4). His misfortunes in war are noticed by Amos (1:4).
Benaiah @ built up by Jehovah.
(1.) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites ( kjv@2Samuel:8:18; kjvKings:1:32; kjv@1Chronicles:18:17). His exploits are enumerated in kjv@2Samuel:23:20-21, 22; kjv@1Chronicles:11:22. He remained faithful to Solomon (kjvKings:1:8-10, 26), by whom he was raised to the rank of commander-in-chief (kjvKings:2:25,29, 30, 34, 35; 4:4).
(2.) kjv@2Samuel:23:30; kjv@1Chronicles:11:31.
(3.) A musical Levite ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18-20).
(4.) A priest ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:24 kjv@1Chronicles:16:6).
(5.) The son of Jeiel ( kjv@2Chronicals:20:14).
Bench @ deck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (27:6) as overlaid with box-wood.
Bene-jaakan @ children of Jaakan kjv@Numbers:33:31-32), the same as Beeroth.
Benjamin @ son of my right hand.
(1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel kjv@Genesis:35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mother died in giving him birth, and with her last breath named him Ben-oni, son of my pain, a name which was changed by his father into Benjamin. His posterity are called Benjamites kjv@Genesis:49:27; kjv@Deuteronomy:33:12; kjv@Joshua:18:21). The tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus was the smallest but one kjv@Numbers:1:36-37; kjv@Psalms:68:27). During the march its place was along with Manasseh and Ephraim on the west of the tabernacle. At the entrance into Canaan it counted 45-600 warriors. It has been inferred by some from the words of Jacob kjv@Genesis:49:27) that the figure of a wolf was on the tribal standard. This tribe is mentioned in kjv@Romans:11:1; kjv@Philippians:3:5. The inheritance of this tribe lay immediately to the south of that of Ephraim, and was about 26 miles in length and 12 in breadth. Its eastern boundary was the Jordan. Dan intervened between it and the Philistines. Its chief towns are named in kjv@Joshua:18:21-28. The history of the tribe contains a sad record of a desolating civil war in which they were engaged with the other eleven tribes. By it they were almost exterminated kjv@Judges:20:20-21 kjv@Judges:21:10). (
See GIBEAH.) The first king of the Jews was Saul, a Benjamite. A close alliance was formed between this tribe and that of Judah in the time of David ( kjv@2Samuel:19:16-17), which continued after his death (kjvKings:11:13; 12:20). After the Exile these two tribes formed the great body of the Jewish nation kjv@Ezra:1:5 kjv@Ezra:10:9). The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers ( kjv@1Samuel:20:20 kjv@1Samuel:20:36 kjv@2Samuel:1:22; kjv@1Chronicles:8:40 kjv@1Chronicles:12:2) and slingers (Judge. 20:6). The gate of Benjamin, on the north side of Jerusalem kjv@Jeremiah:37:13 kjv@Jeremiah:38:7; kjv@Zechariah:14:10), was so called because it led in the direction of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is called by Jeremiah (20:2) "the high gate of Benjamin;" also "the gate of the children of the people" (17:19). (Comp. kjv@2Kings:14:13.)
Beor @ a torch.
(1.) The father of Bela, one of the kings of Edom kjv@Genesis:36:32).
(2.) The father of Balaam kjv@Numbers:22:5 kjv@Numbers:24:3 kjv@Numbers:24:15 kjv@Numbers:31:8 ). In kjv@2Peter:2:15 he is called Bosor.
Bera @ gift, or son of evil, king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the four kings under Chedorlaomer kjv@Genesis:14:2 kjv@Genesis:14:8, 17, 21).
Berachah @ blessing.
(1.) A valley not far from Engedi, where Jehoshaphat overthrew the Moabites and Ammonites ( kjv@2Chronicals:20:26). It has been identified with the valley of Bereikut. (R.V., "Beracah.")
(2.) One of the Benjamite warriors, Saul's brethren, who joined David when at Ziklag ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:3).
Berea @ a city of Macedonia to which Paul with Silas and Timotheus went when persecuted at Thessalonica kjv@Acts:17:10 kjv@Acts:17:13), and from which also he was compelled to withdraw, when he fled to the sea-coast and thence sailed to Athens (14, 15). Sopater, one of Paul's companions belonged to this city, and his conversion probably took place at this time kjv@Acts:20:4). It is now called Verria.
Berechiah @ blessed by Jehovah.
(1.) Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:39 kjv@1Chronicles:15:17).
(2.) One of the seven Ephraimite chieftains, son of Meshillemoth ( kjv@2Chronicals:28:12).
(3.) The fourth of the five sons of Zerubbabel, of the royal family of Judah ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:20).
(4.) The father of the prophet Zechariah (1:1,7).
Bered @ hail.
(1.) A town in the south of Palestine kjv@Genesis:16:14), in the desert of Shur, near Lahai-roi.
(2.) A son of Shuthelah, and grandson of Ephraim ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:20).
Beriah @ a gift, or in evil.
(1.) One of Asher's four sons, and father of Heber kjv@Genesis:46:17).
(2.) A son of Ephraim ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:20-23), born after the slaughter of his brothers, and so called by his father "because it went evil with his house" at that time.
(3.) A Benjamite who with his brother Shema founded Ajalon and expelled the Gittites ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:13).
Bernice @ bearer of victory, the eldest daughter of Agrippa I., the Herod Agrippa of kjv@Acts:12:20. After the early death of her first husband she was married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. After his death (A.D. 40) she lived in incestuous connection with her brother Agrippa II. kjv@Acts:25:13 kjv@Acts:25:23 kjv@Acts:26:30). They joined the Romans at the outbreak of the final war between them and the Jews, and lived afterwards at Rome.
Berodach-baladan @ the king of Babylon who sent a friendly deputation to Hezekiah ( kjv@2Kings:20:12). In kjv@Isaiah:39:1 he is called Merodach-baladan (q.v.).
Beryl @ the rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word tarshish, a precious stone; probably so called as being brought from Tarshish. It was one of the stones on the breastplate of the high priest kjv@Exodus:28:20; R.V. marg., "chalcedony;" 39:13). The colour of the wheels in Ezekiel's vision was as the colour of a beryl stone (1:16; 10:9; R.V., "stone of Tarshish"). It is mentioned in Cant. kjv@5:14; Daniel:10:6; kjv@Revelation:21:20. In kjv@Ezekiel:28:13 the LXX. render the word by "chrysolite," which the Jewish historian Josephus regards as its proper translation. This also is the rendering given in the Authorized Version in the margin. That was a gold-coloured gem, the topaz of ancient authors.
Besom @ the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in kjv@Isaiah:14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.
Besor @ cold, a ravine or brook in the extreme south-west of Judah, where 200 of David's men stayed behind because they were faint, while the other 400 pursued the Amalekites ( kjv@1Samuel:30:9-10, 21). Probably the Wadyes Sheriah, south of Gaza.
Bestead @ the rendering in kjv@Isaiah:8:21, where alone it occurs, of a Hebrew word meaning to oppress, or be in circumstances of hardship.
Betah @ confidence, a city belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah, which yielded much spoil of brass to David ( kjv@2Samuel:8:8). In kjv@1Chronicles:18:8 it is called Tibhath.
Beth @ occurs frequently as the appellation for a house, or dwelling-place, in such compounds as the words immediately following:
Beth-anath @ house of response, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali kjv@Joshua:19:38). It is perhaps identical with the modern village 'Ainata, 6 miles west of Kedesh.
Beth-anoth @ house of answers, a city in the mountainous district of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:59). It has been identified with the modern Beit-'Anun, about 3 miles northeast of Hebron.
Beth-arabah @ house of the desert, one of the six cities of Judah, situated in the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea kjv@Joshua:18:22). In kjv@Joshua:15:61 it is said to have been "in the wilderness." It was afterwards included in the towns of Benjamin. It is called Arabah kjv@Joshua:18:18).
Beth-aram @ house of the height; i.e., "mountain-house", one of the towns of Gad, 3 miles east of Jordan, opposite Jericho kjv@Joshua:13:27). Probably the same as Beth-haran in kjv@Numbers:32:36. It was called by king Herod, Julias, or Livias, after Livia, the wife of Augustus. It is now called Beit-haran.
Beth-arbel @ house of God's court, a place alluded to by Hosea (10:14) as the scene of some great military exploit, but not otherwise mentioned in Scripture. The Shalman here named was probably Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria ( kjv@2Kings:17:3).
Beth-aven @ house of nothingness; i.e., "of idols", a place in the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel kjv@Joshua:7:2 kjv@Joshua:18:12; kjv@1Samuel:13:5). In kjv@Hosea:4:15 kjv@Hosea:5:8 kjv@Hosea:10:5 it stands for "Bethel" (q.v.), and it is so called because it was no longer the "house of God," but "the house of idols," referring to the calves there worshipped.
Beth-barah @ house of crossing, a place south of the scene of Gideon's victory kjv@Judges:7:24). It was probably the chief ford of the Jordan in that district, and may have been that by which Jacob crossed when he returned from Mesopotamia, near the Jabbok kjv@Genesis:32:22), and at which Jephthah slew the Ephraimites kjv@Judges:12:4). Nothing, however, is certainly known of it. (
See BETHABARA
Beth-car @ sheep-house, a place to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines west from Mizpeh ( kjv@1Samuel:7:11).
Beth-dagon @ house of Dagon.
(1.) A city in the low country or plain of Judah, near Philistia kjv@Joshua:15:41); the modern Beit Degan, about 5 miles from Lydda.
(2.) A city near the south-east border of Asher kjv@Joshua:19:27). It was a Philistine colony. It is identical with the modern ruined village of Tell D'auk.
Beth-diblathaim @ house of two cakes of figs, a city of Moab, upon which Jeremiah (48:22) denounced destruction. It is called also Almon-diblathaim kjv@Numbers:33:46) and Diblath kjv@Ezekiel:6:14). (R.V., "Diblah.")
Beth-gamul @ camel-house, a city in the "plain country" of Moab denounced by the prophet kjv@Jeremiah:48:23); probably the modern Um-el
- Jemal, near Bozrah, one of the deserted cities of the Hauran.
Beth-gilgal @ house of Gilgal, a place from which the inhabitants gathered for the purpose of celebrating the rebuilding of the walls on the return exile kjv@Nehemiah:12:29). (
See GILGAL.)
Beth-haccerem @ house of a vineyard, a place in the tribe of Judah kjv@Nehemiah:3:14) where the Benjamites were to set up a beacon when they heard the trumpet against the invading army of the Babylonians kjv@Jeremiah:6:1). It is probable that this place is the modern 'Ain Karim, or "well of the vineyards," near which there is a ridge on which are cairns which may have served as beacons of old, one of which Isaiah:40 feet high and 130 in diameter.
Beth-horon @ house of the hollow, or of the cavern, the name of two towns or villages ( kjv@2Chronicals:8:5; kjv@1Chronicles:7:24) in the territory of Ephraim, on the way from Jerusalem to Joppa. They are distinguished as Beth-horon "the upper" and Beth-horon "the nether." They are about 2 miles apart, the former being about 10 miles north-west of Jerusalem. Between the two places was the ascent and descent of Beth-horon, leading from Gibeon down to the western plain kjv@Joshua:10:10-11 kjv@Joshua:18:13-14), down which the five kings of the Amorites were driven by Joshua in that great battle, the most important in which the Hebrews had been as yet engaged, being their first conflict with their enemies in the open field. Jehovah interposed in behalf of Israel by a terrific hailstorm, which caused more deaths among the Canaanites than did the swords of the Israelites. Beth-horon is mentioned as having been taken by Shishak, B.C. 945, in the list of his conquests, and the pass was the scene of a victory of Judas Maccabeus. (Comp. kjv@Exodus:9:19 kjv@Exodus:9:25 kjv@Job:38:22-23; kjv@Psalms:18:12-14; kjv@Isaiah:30:30.) The modern name of these places is Beit-ur, distinguished by el
- Foka, "the upper," and el
- Tahta, "the nether." The lower was at the foot of the pass, and the upper, 500 feet higher, at the top, west of Gibeon. (
See GIBEON.)
Beth-jeshimoth @ house of wastes, or deserts, a town near Abel-shittim, east of Jordan, in the desert of Moab, where the Israelites encamped not long before crossing the Jordan kjv@Numbers:33:49; A.V., "Bethjesimoth"). It was within the territory of Sihon, king of the Amorites kjv@Joshua:12:3).
Beth-le
- Aphrah @ (R.V. kjv@Micah:1:10), house of dust. The Authorized Version reads "in the house of Aphrah." This is probably the name of a town in the Shephelah, or "low country," between Joppa and Gaza.
Beth-peor @ house of Peor; i.e., "temple of Baal-peor", a place in Moab, on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho. It was in the tribe of Reuben kjv@Joshua:13:20; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:29 kjv@Deuteronomy:4:46). In the "ravine" or valley over against Beth-peor Moses was probably buried kjv@Deuteronomy:34:6).
Beth-phage @ house of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho kjv@Matthew:21:1; kjv@Mark:11:1; kjv@Luke:19:29), and very close to Bethany. It was the limit of a Sabbath-day's journey from Jerusalem, i.e., 2,000 cubits. It has been identified with the modern Kefr-et
- Tur.
Beth-shean @ house of security or rest, a city which belonged to Manasseh ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:29), on the west of Jordan. The bodies of Saul and his sons were fastened to its walls. In Solomon's time it gave its name to a district (kjvKings:4:12). The name is found in an abridged form, Bethshan, in kjv@1Samuel:31:10-12 and kjv@2Samuel:21:12. It is on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus, about 5 miles from the Jordan, and 14 from the south end of the Lake of Gennesaret. After the Captivity it was called Scythopolis, i.e., "the city of the Scythians," who about B.C. 640 came down from the steppes of Southern Russia and settled in different places in Syria. It is now called Beisan.
Beth-shemesh @ house of the sun.
(1.) A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Dan kjv@Joshua:21:16; kjv@1Samuel:6:15), on the north border of Judah kjv@Joshua:15:10). It was the scene of an encounter between Jehoash, king of Israel, and Amaziah, king of Judah, in which the latter was made prisoner ( kjv@2Kings:14:11-13). It was afterwards taken by the Philistines ( kjv@2Chronicals:28:18). It is the modern ruined Arabic village 'Ain-shems, on the north-west slopes of the mountains of Judah, 14 miles west of Jerusalem.
(2.) A city between Dothan and the Jordan, near the southern border of Issachar kjv@Joshua:19:22), 7 1/2 miles south of Beth-shean. It is the modern Ain-esh
- Shemsiyeh.
(3.) One of the fenced cities of Naphtali kjv@Joshua:19:38), between Mount Tabor and the Jordan. Now Khurbet Shema, 3 miles west of Safed. But perhaps the same as No. 2.
(4.) An idol sanctuary in Egypt kjv@Jeremiah:43:13); called by the Greeks Heliopolis, and by the Egyptians On (q.v.), kjv@Genesis:41:45.
Beth-tappuah @ house of apples, a town of Judah, now Tuffuh, 5 miles west of Hebron kjv@Joshua:15:53).
Bethabara @ house of the ford, a place on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptizing