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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)

Almon

al'-mon (`almon, "hidden"): A Levitical city in the tribe of Benjamin (Jos 21:18), the same as "Allemeth" the Revised Version (British and American), "Alemeth" the King James Version, of 1Ch 6:60 (which see). ⇒See a list of verses on ALMON in the Bible. ⇒See the definition of almoner in the KJV...

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)

Almond

a'-mund: (1) shaqedh, Ge 43:11; Nu 17:8, etc. The word shaked comes from a Hebrew root meaning to "watch" or "wait." In Jer 1:11-12 there is a play on the word, "And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree (shaqedh). Then said Yahweh unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will watch (shoqedh) over my wor...

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)

Almon-diblathaim

al'-mon-dib-la-tha'-im (`almon dibhlathayim, "Almon of the double cake of figs"): A station in the wilderness journeyings of the Israelites, located in Moab between Diban-gad and the mountains of Abarim (Nu 33:46-47). It was near the end of the forty years' wanderings. The name was probably given be...

World History

Burning Of Rome Under Nero

Ancient Rome Burning Of Rome Under Nero Gary Edward Forsythe: Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago. Author of The Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition. Robert A. Guisepi: Author of Ancient Voices (Re-printed by permission)...

World History

Christianity, Calvin Is Driven From Paris

Calvin Is Driven From Paris Author: Fairbairn, A. M.;Audin, Jean M. V. By A. M. Fairbairn He Makes Geneva The Stronghold Of Protestantism, 1533 Among what may be called the second generation of Protestant reformers, the great leader was John Calvin. By his writings, and by his directive and admin...

World History

Renaissance, Beginnings and Progress

Beginning And Progress Of The RenaissanceAuthor: Symonds, John AddingtonFourteenth To Sixteenth CenturyThe new birth of resurrection known as the "Renaissance" is usually considered to have begun in Italy in the fourteenth century, though some writers would date its origin from the reign of Frederic...

World History

Renaissance, Complete

The Renaissance Beginning And Progress Of The Renaissance Edited By: R. A. Guisepi Fourteenth To Sixteenth Century Not what man knows but what man feels, concerns art. All else is science. The Italian Renaissance had placed human beings once more in the center of life's stage and infused thought and...

World History

Shortly After The Discovery Of X

Shortly after the discovery of X-rays in 1895, an imaginative English businessman started selling x-ray proof undergarments to women who thought that they would be stared at by men wearing x-ray glasses.*****One morning in 1705, the people of West Hartlepool, England, saw a hairy odd-looking charact...

World History

Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics

UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS Within one week's time, in the summer of 1991, the 74-year-old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--or Soviet Union--became a finished part of history. The forces of reform unleashed by President Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s spawned a democratic movement. Af ...

Miscellaneous

Ahikar (Haiqar) - Wisdom Literature

The Story Of Ahikar We have in The Story of Ahikar (Haiqar) one of the most ancient sources of human thought and wisdom. Its influence can be traced through the legends of many people, including the Koran, and the Old and New Testaments. Amosaic found in Treves, Germany, pictured among the wise men ...

Torah

The Laws Of The Basic Principles Of The Torah (Chapter 7)

Chapter Seven This chapter discusses prophecy and who warrants it, and explains the difference between the prophecy of Moses and that of the other Prophets. 1) One of the bases of religion is to know that God visits people in prophetic visions, which come only to exceedingly wise people of outstand...

Bible Lessons

The Tree Codes

Did you know that there are all kinds of codes in the Bible? There is a very interesting set of codes in the beginning of Genesis. There are many different kinds of trees mentioned in the Bible. Twenty-six of these trees (and all the trees in the Bible, except the sycamore, apple and juniper) are en...

Discipleship

Sexuality and Spirituality

At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.—Matthew 22:30, NIV It’s interesting to watch sexual creatures discuss a completely nonsexual topic and somehow devolve it down to sex. It doesn’t matter if people are discussing theoretica...