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Abijah (A-Z entry)
The best-known of four OT characters of this name was the son and successor of Rehoboam . He was king of Judah ( 911 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abinadab (A-Z entry)
Man at whose house on a hill in Kiriath-jearim the ark of the covenant was lodged after its return to Israel by the Philistines ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abu Hawam, Tell (A-Z entry)
10-acre mound on the Mediterranean coast near where the Kishon River empties into the bay of Haifa (map reference 151 × 144). It may ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Achan (A-Z entry)
Son of Carmi ( 1 Chron. 2: 7 ). After the destruction of Jericho ( Josh. 6: 24 ) some of the booty reserved ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Achziv (A-Z entry)
( or Akhzib; Ar., Ez-Zib; Assyr., Accipu ), site located on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, 15 km (9 mi.) north of Akko and ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Acts of the Apostles (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Acts of the Apostles (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Acts of the Apostles (A-Z entry)
The Acts of the Apostles is the earliest attempt to provide a narrative account of the birth and expansion of the church in the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Agag (A-Z entry)
King of the Amalekites , whose life was spared by Saul after Israel's victory. For this act of mercy he was denounced by the ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ahaz (A-Z entry)
King of Judah , 735 – 715 bce . The Assyrians were dominant, and Syria and Ephraim resolved to arrest their eastward expansion and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ahimelech (A-Z entry)
Priest at Nob ( 1 Sam. 21: 1–6 ). During his flight from Saul , David , desperate for food, was given the bread ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ai (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ai (A-Z entry)
A small town or village captured by Joshua probably about 1125 bce ; but the scale of the operation is much exaggerated in the ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ai (A-Z entry)
biblical site located east of Bethel ( Gn. 12:8 , Jos. 7:2 ). Three sites on the perimeter of modern Deir Dibwan, 3 km ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
῾Ain Es-Samiyeh (A-Z entry)
an exceptionally strong, perennial spring some 19 km (12 mi.) north-northeast of Jerusalem, at the northeastern foot of Ba῾al Hazor, one of the highest ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
῾Ajjul, Tell EL- (A-Z entry)
( Ar., “the mound of the calf” ), site located on the northern bank of Wadi Gaza, 2 km (1.2 mi.) from the Mediterranean ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Alexander the Great (A-Z entry)
( 356 – 323 bce ) King of Macedon from 336 who conquered the Persian Empire. Greek culture then permeated the Mediterranean region and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
alliances (A-Z entry)
In spite of the sense of a specially chosen people, foreign alliances were negotiated by Solomon ( 1 Kgs. 5: 1–12 ) and Ahab ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Amman (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Amman (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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