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Absalom
Son of David. After the rape of his sister Tamar by their half-brother Amnon, Absalom murdered Amnon and fled the court. Having raised rebellion against his father David, he was ...
aetiology
An aetiological story professes to explain causes. The Pentateuch, especially Genesis, is rich in stories designed to give explanations about the origin of natural phenomena and of customs in ...
Ammon.
A tribal state located to the east of the Jordan River (Map 1:Y‐Z4) that played a marginally significant role in the history of Palestine during the Iron Age. Relatively little ...
Ammonites
Inhabitants of land east of the River Jordan (= modern state of Jordan, whose capital is Amman): there was intermittent warfare between Israel and Ammon with oscillating fortunes. In spite of ...
Amorites
[CP]Nomadic people of western Mesopotamia, instrumental in the collapse of the Ur III kingdom around 2000 bc, who then settled amongst the Babylonians and integrated with them. The first eminent ...
baptism
In the Christian Church, the religious rite of sprinkling water on a person's head or of immersing them in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church. ...
Bashan
A fertile area east of the Jordan whose fat cattle were proverbial (Amos 4: 1). Once ruled by Og (Num. 21: 33), who was defeated at Edrei (Deut. 3: 1), it was taken over by the tribe Manasseh.
Behemoth
A great beast whom God invites Job (Job 40: 15) to admire, usually thought to be either the hippopotamus, which frequented the Nile though not the Jordan, or a mythical creature from the era of ...
Bethabara
According to Jn. 1: 28 (AV) the place where John the Baptist baptized, and thus presumably the site of Christ's Baptism. Many important MSS, followed by the RV, read ‘Bethany beyond Jordan’ at this ...
Bethsaida
A predominantly Gentile village on the E. bank of the Jordan where it enters the Sea of Galilee; its exact site is a matter of dispute. It was visited by Christ (Mk. 8: 22). ‘Bethsaida of Galilee’ ...
Bethshean
An ancient site in a commanding position between the Jezreel and Jordan valleys where strong Egyptian influence has been detected by excavations. At the time of the entry into Canaan under Joshua the ...
Book of Deuteronomy
The last Book of the Pentateuch. It contains Moses' final utterances, consisting essentially of seven mainly legislative and hortatory addresses (including the Ten Commandments); it ends with an ...
Book of Joshua
This OT Book traces the history of the Israelites from the death of Moses to that of his successor, Joshua, and reports the entry into and conquest of Palestine, its partition among the twelve ...
Book of Numbers
The bulk of this OT Book narrates the experiences of the Israelites under Moses during their wanderings in the desert. Its English title is explained by its two records of a census (1–4 and 26).
Caesarea Philippi
An inland city on the River Jordan at the foot of Mount Hermon where Herod the Great built a temple to Caesar Augustus, who had given him the city. Formerly called Panion, the city was named after ...
Cities of Refuge
A place to which, in Judaism, those who have accidentally killed may flee. According to Numbers 35. 13, there were six cities of refuge in biblical times.
Conquest of Canaan.
Epic poem in 11 books of conventional heroic couplets, by Timothy Dwight, published in 1785. Written between 1771 and 1773, the work is claimed by the author to be “the first epic poem to have ...
Cyril of Scythopolis
(b. c.525), Greek monk and hagiographer. He went to Jerusalem in 543. He was the author of the Lives of seven Palestinian abbots; they are remarkable for their accurate detail.
Dan
One of the sons of Jacob and held to be the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Samson belonged to this tribe (Judg. 13: 2, 24). The tribe migrated to the north and rebuilt the city of ...
Dead Sea
An enclosed area of water, 74 km. (46 miles) long and up to 16 km. (10 miles) broad with high salt content, below sea level, into which the River Jordan debouches. Fish cannot survive in it (cf. ...
