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dams, though the cost was small, also had limited effect." Steel: The bombing greatly reduced production, but the resulting shortage had no contribution to the defeat. Consumer goods: "In the early years of the war—the soft war period for Germany—civilian consumption remained high. Germans continued to try for both gun... | the only one on the survey board who knew about procedures of strategic bombing as Jimmy Doolittle's former deputy commander of operations. While the Board was not associated with any branch of the military, it was established by General Hap Arnold along with Carl A. Spaatz. Failing to obtain the prominent public figur... |
or simply an opening is the initial stage of a chess game. It usually consists of established theory; the other phases are the middlegame and the endgame. Many opening sequences have standard names such as the "Sicilian Defense". The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants, and there are many ... | is that central control is best effected by placing pawns there, ideally establishing pawns on d4 and e4 (or d5 and e5 for Black). However, the hypermodern school showed that it was not always necessary or even desirable to occupy the center in this way, and that too broad a pawn front could be attacked and destroyed, ... |
(World War II) 1918 – destroyer – (Guadalcanal campaign – Philippines campaign (1944–45) – Battle of Okinawa) 1919 – destroyer – (World War II) 1918 – destroyer – (attack on Pearl Harbor – Guadalcanal campaign – Philippines campaign) 1918 – destroyer 1919 – destroyer – (invasion of North Africa – Philippines campaign) ... | Russian vessels in the course of duty. In 1861, the longest lived of the clipper ships, , was brought to Mare Island Navy Yard for $15,000 of repairs. Syren had struck Mile Rock twice while trying to sail out of the Golden Gate. Marines first arrived for duty in 1862 under the command of Maj Addison Garland, who was th... |
only person to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring. Later in his career, as defenses improved playing zone and the bump and run was refined, Hayes' value was as an erstwhile decoy rather than a deep threat. Cowboy records Hayes was the second player (after Franklin Clarke) in the history of the Dallas ... | (a franchise record until Miles Austin broke it with a 250-yard performance on October 11, 2009, against the Kansas City Chiefs). Hayes' speed forced other teams to go to a zone since no single player could keep up with him. Spreading the defense out in hopes of containing Hayes allowed the Cowboys' talented running ga... |
in 1955. Career Morrow won the 1955 AAU 100-yard title. His most successful season was in 1956, when he was chosen by Sports Illustrated as "Sportsman of the Year". Morrow won the sprint double in the national college championships and defended his AAU title. Morrow then went to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, w... | in 1936 to win gold medals in those three events. Morrow achieved great fame after winning his three gold medals, and was featured on the covers of Life and SPORT, as well as Sports Illustrated. He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and Arthur Godfrey and His Friends, and addressed a joint session of the Texas legislatur... |
invasion of his home world of Naboo, Senator Palpatine convinces Queen Padmé Amidala to call for a vote of no confidence in Supreme Chancellor of the Republic Finis Valorum. Palpatine is elected Supreme Chancellor in Valorum's place. As fighting intensifies in Episode II, the Galactic Senate, the legislature of the Rep... | strategy and military doctrine, a plan for maximizing social control and propaganda, maintaining economic order and increasing security in the Galactic Empire. Tarkin believed the chief factor that contributed most to the demise of the Republic was not, in fact, the war, but rampant self-interest, which left the body p... |
Gran Valira (, ) is the largest river in Andorra. It flows through the capital, Andorra la Vella, and exits the country in the south near the Spain–Andorra road border crossing. The Gran Valira is a tributary to the Segre, which in turn is a tributary to the Ebro. It flows into the Segre in La Seu d'Urgell. Its main tr... | Seu d'Urgell. Its main tributaries are the Valira d'Orient, the Valira del Nord and the Madriu. The Valira river system is long. The map service of the Andorran government calls it the Gran Valira. In certain sources, especially those |
contributed to the name. Oleg Trubachyov calls both theories "complete fantasies". According to Alfred Nicolas Rambaud:The name of White Russia is given to the provinces conquered from the 13th to the 14th century by the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. These were the ancient territories of the Krivitches, Polotchans, Dregovi... | of Lithuania. These were the ancient territories of the Krivitches, Polotchans, Dregovitches, Drevlians, Doulebes, now forming the governments of Vitepsk, Mohilef, and Minsk. See also Black Ruthenia Red Ruthenia Little Russia Great Russia New Russia References Sources Akta Aleksandra, króla polskiego, wielkiego księcia... |
English Navy during the Hundred Years' War as seamen and archers. In the early 15th century, yeoman was the rank of chivalry between page and squire. By the late 17th century, yeoman became a rank in the new Royal Navy for the common seamen who were in charge of ship's stores, such as foodstuffs, gunpowder, and sails. ... | agreed between the King and an individual commander. Usually, these were the same men who would have owed the King feudal military service. Under the indenture, the commander would recruit his own archers and men-at-arms (usually squires) as a single cohesive force. Thus, those going into battle were among men they kne... |
Rome. Those intending to become advocates or solicitors in Guernsey (or, until recently, Jersey) must complete three months' study of Norman law at Caen University (Certificat d'Études Juridiques Françaises et Normandes) prior to being called to the Guernsey or Jersey Bar, respectively. The Carré international is locat... | Notable faculty Doris Bensimon (1924–2009), Austrian-born French sociologist and academic Miscellaneous The mathematician Pierre Varignon, whose work would influence the young Leonhard Euler, earned his M.A. from Caen in 1682. Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827) was introduced to mathematics in Caen by Christophe Gadbled ... |
the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord). Peripheral neuropathy causes loss of sensation, weakness or numbness and pain in the extremities through stabbing, burning, or tingling sensations. Skeletal system developments often include lordosis, kyphoscoliosis, or pes cavus. Individuals often have abnormal bleedin... | of the signs and symptoms of abetalipoproteinemia result from a severe vitamin deficiency, especially vitamin E deficiency, which typically results in eye problems with degeneration of the spinocerebellar and dorsal column tracts. Genetics Mutations in the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTTP) gene has been a... |
player John McKay Williams (1945–2012), American football player John McLaughlin Williams (born 1957), American | M. Williams Jr. (born 1977), Canadian football player John McKay Williams (1945–2012), American football player John McLaughlin Williams (born 1957), American conductor and violinist |
always be closely supervised in the water. Coat The short-haired coat of a Basset is smooth and soft, and sheds constantly. Any hound coloration is acceptable, but this varies from country to country. They are usually black, tan and white tricolors or tan and white bicolors. Tan can vary from reddish-brown and red to l... | to have a sad look; this, for many people, adds to the breed's charm. The dewlap, seen as the loose, elastic skin around the neck, and the trailing ears which along with the Bloodhound are the longest of any breed, help trap the scent of what they are tracking. Its neck is wider than its head. This, combined with the l... |
of incendiary bombs against wood-and-paper buildings, and resulted in Curtis LeMay's ordering the bombers to change tactics to utilize these munitions against Japan. The first such raid was against Kobe on 4 February 1945. Tokyo was hit by incendiaries on 25 February 1945 when 174 B-29s flew a high altitude raid during... | higher toll: 97,000 killed and 125,000 wounded. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department established a figure of 83,793 dead and 40,918 wounded and 286,358 buildings and homes destroyed. Historian Richard Rhodes put deaths at over 100,000, injuries at a million and homeless residents at a million. These casualty and da... |
Other uses SS Île de France, a French ocean liner Île-de-France (sheep), a breed of sheep Île-de-France, a sculpture by Aristide Maillol See also List of islands of France | de France (Mauritius), Mauritius under French rule between 1715 and 1810 as Isle de France Île-de-France (European Parliament constituency) Île-de-France, a public square in Paris on the Île de la Cité Ile-de-France, a sector of Planoise, Besançon, France |
not watch a film unless its story gave them a reason to care about the characters. The second studio to switch from "story sketches" to storyboards was Walter Lantz Productions in early 1935; by 1936 Harman-Ising and Leon Schlesinger Productions also followed suit. By 1937 or 1938, all American animation studios were u... | photography and non-linear editing programs have had a marked impact on this way of filmmaking also leading to the term 'digimatic'. Images can be shot and edited very quickly to allow important creative decisions to be made 'live'. Photo composite animations can build intricate scenes that would normally be beyond man... |
seats, and steering wheel. In the following year, two samples of the prototype were modified to install a 1,478 cc UZAM-412 engine, which originally powered the Moskvich 1500. Testing later revealed that the engine was incompatible with the newly designed car. The Moskvich engine was abandoned, and the older engine was... | for the steering column were made optional, although they became standard equipment on the newest models. Foreign (usually Western) local Lada importers often offered their own additional equipment before buying the car, such as front and rear bull bars and roll bars, side rocker rails, roof rails, a winch, fender plas... |
as his heir. The new king, with the name of Philip V, was accepted in the kingdom of Castile, as well as in Crown of Aragon. England, which was at the head of the opposing nations proposed Charles VI as the heir of the Spanish throne and in 1702 a European war started (the War of the Spanish Succession). An appropriate... | established first as a Confraria (1182), then Consolat (municipal organ) (1202), and from 1267 up to the present, as a Paeria. The most significant episode was the signature, in 1452, of the nuptial agreement between Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (the Spanish Catholic Monarchs). In 1702, the town got... |
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de Dones Mortes or in Pardinella. This area was later used by peoples from the Atlantic culture to store bronze weapons and as a passway from the Catalan Central Depression to the Pyrenees. The area also has tombs from the late Roman occupation age and some belonging to the Visigoths. It has a famous Benedictine monast... | ample water supply of the rivers Ter and Freser, encouraged a metal-working industry in the early Middle Ages. The furnaces of Ripoll were a prime source of nails for the peninsula. Later, pole arms and crossbows, always in demand, were added to Ripoll's exports. Ripoll enjoyed a reputation throughout Europe for the pr... |
not represent what the CRT does, but does make the rest of the curve more closely match the effect of ambient light on the CRT. In such expressions the exponent is not the gamma; for instance, the sRGB function uses a power of 2.4 in it, but more closely resembles a power-law function with an exponent of 2.2, without a... | In a correctly calibrated system, each component will have a specified gamma for its input and/or output encodings. Stages may change the gamma to correct for different requirements, and finally the output device will do gamma decoding or correction as needed, to get to a linear intensity domain. All the encoding and c... |
a "kit-car", using the Volkswagen Beetle chassis. Many other companies worldwide have been inspired by the Manx, making similar bodies and kits. These types of dune buggies are known as "clones". Sandrail A sandrail is a lightweight vehicle similar to a dune buggy, but designed specifically for operation on open sand. ... | -- were cheap and readily available. While early dune buggy conversions were left with no body, or featured custom bodies of sheet metal (such as the EMPI Sportsters and similar buggies), glass-reinforced plastic (fiberglass) bodies, developed in the 1960s, have become the standard image of the modern buggy, and come i... |
traditional (open) cholecystectomy, four incisions of 0.5–1.0 cm, or more recently a single incision of 1.5–2.0 cm, will be sufficient to perform a laparoscopic removal of a gallbladder. Since the gallbladder is similar to a small balloon that stores and releases bile, it can usually be removed from the abdomen by suct... | which accentuates the pressure on the diaphragm. In the case of reverse Trendelenburg position, pulmonary function tends to improve as there is a caudal shifting of viscera, which improves tidal volume by a decrease in the pressure on the diaphragm. This position also decreases the preload on the heart and causes a dec... |
technology Mathematics Singleton (mathematics), a set with exactly one element Singleton field, used in conformal field theory Computing Singleton pattern, a design pattern that allows only one instance of a class to exist Singleton bound, used in coding theory Singleton variable, a variable that is referenced only onc... | Singleton field, used in conformal field theory Computing Singleton pattern, a design pattern that allows only one instance of a class to exist Singleton bound, used in coding theory Singleton variable, a variable that is referenced only once Singleton, a character encoded with one unit in variable-width encoding schem... |
absent the previous year, and decided not to participate. The winner was the with the song "Een beetje", performed by Teddy Scholten, written by Willy van Hemert and composed by Dick Schallies. This was already the ' second victory in the contest, having also won in - at the same time marking the first time a country h... | the contest, the returned after being absent the previous year, and decided not to participate. The winner was the with the song "Een beetje", performed by Teddy Scholten, written by Willy van Hemert and composed by Dick Schallies. This was already the ' second victory in the contest, having also won in - at the same t... |
achievement, Verner considered himself only an amateur in German philology. He declined certain offers of professorship, contenting himself to be a librarian in Halle. He was taught by August Leskien, a pioneer of research into sound-change laws, and he applied for the Bopp prize, which he received in 1877. He became a... | 1875; he published it a year later. Despite his achievement, Verner considered himself only an amateur in German philology. He declined certain offers of professorship, contenting himself to be a librarian in Halle. He was taught by August Leskien, a pioneer of research into sound-change laws, and he applied for the Bo... |
original theatrical run, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1993 and the highest-grossing film ever at the time, a record held until the release of Titanic in 1997. It received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised its special effects, acting, John Williams' musical score, and Spielberg's direction. Foll... | visitor center. Brachiosaurus is the first dinosaur seen by the park's visitors. It is inaccurately depicted as chewing its food and standing up on its hind legs to browse among the high tree branches. According to artist Andy Schoneberg, the chewing was done to make the animal seem docile, resembling a cow chewing its... |
in the cathedral choir, the font cover and the Black Staircase in the castle. Bishop Cosin's successor Bishop Lord Nathaniel Crewe (in office: 1674–1721) carried out other renovations both to the city and to the cathedral. 18th century In the 18th century a plan to turn Durham into a seaport through the digging of a ca... | the order, decreed a holy fast of three days, accompanied by prayers to the saint. During the fast, Saint Cuthbert appeared to a certain monk named Eadmer, with instructions that the coffin should be taken to Dun Holm. After Eadmer's revelation, Aldhun found that he was able to move the bier, but did not know where Dun... |
Garrow's depiction of how the trimester framework came about was an example of one of these occasions. He concluded: The problem of excessive clerk delegation was less serious in Blackmun's chambers than Garrow suggests but is also more commonplace among the justices. The modern Supreme Court has deep problems in its d... | argument was scheduled by the full Court for December 13, 1971. Before the Court could hear the oral argument, Justices Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan II retired. Chief Justice Warren Burger asked Justice Potter Stewart and Justice Blackmun to determine whether Roe and Doe, among others, should be heard as schedul... |
Kumejima. This satellite of their Institute of Ocean Energy uses post-OTEC deep seawater from the Okinawa OTEC Demonstration Facility and raw surface seawater to produce desalinated water. Air is extracted from the closed system with a vacuum pump. When raw sea water is pumped into the flash chamber it boils, allowing ... | Deep Sea Water in a heat exchanger run through pipes in the ground to cool soil. Their techniques have developed an important resource for the island community as they now produce spinach, a winter vegetable, commercially year round. An expansion of the deep seawater agriculture facility was completed by Kumejima Town ... |
in period costume and used tools of the period, so that they could go about their business in the background, while the plot advanced in the foreground. The crew ran buried hoses throughout the town, placed so they could create the appearance of rain. Since the city of Vancouver generally receives a great deal of rain,... | Miller's warnings that he is underestimating the violence that will ensue if they do not take the money. Three bounty hunters – Butler, Breed and Kid – are dispatched by the mining company to kill McCabe, as well as make an example of him, but he refuses to abandon the town. Clearly afraid of the gunmen when they arriv... |
game, and, in the US, have fostered conservation legislation and put land into conservation easements. Anti-hunting campaigners cite the widespread existence of artificial earths and the historic practice by hunts of introducing foxes, as indicating that hunts do not believe foxes to be pests. It is also argued that hu... | have employed falconers to bring birds of prey to the hunt, due to the exemption in the Hunting Act for falconry. Many experts, such as the Hawk Board, deny that any bird of prey can reasonably be used in the British countryside to kill a fox which has been flushed by (and is being chased by) a pack of hounds. Procedur... |
point then induces a pseudometric on the space of functions, given by for For vector spaces , a seminorm induces a pseudometric on , as Conversely, a homogeneous, translation-invariant pseudometric induces a seminorm. Pseudometrics also arise in the theory of hyperbolic complex manifolds: see Kobayashi metric. Every me... | for the topology. A topological space is said to be a pseudometrizable space if the space can be given a pseudometric such that the pseudometric topology coincides with the given topology on the space. The difference between pseudometrics and metrics is entirely topological. That is, a pseudometric is a metric if and o... |
in Ireland; its implementation was blocked due to the First World War. Welsh Church Act 1914, under which the Welsh part of the Church of England was disestablished in 1920, becoming the Church in Wales. Parliament Act 1949, which amended the Parliament Act 1911 (discussed above). The amended form of the 1911 Act has b... | These doubts were rejected in 2005 when members of the Countryside Alliance unsuccessfully challenged the validity of the Hunting Act 2004, which had been passed under the auspices of the Act. In October 2005, the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords dismissed the Alliance's appeal against this decision, with an u... |
is the study of processes driven through an applied potential at a solid-liquid or liquid-liquid interface. The behavior of an electrode-electrolyte interface is affected by the distribution of ions in the liquid phase next to the interface forming the electrical double layer. Adsorption and desorption events can be st... | closely related to interface and colloid science. Interfacial chemistry and physics are common subjects for both. The methods are different. In addition, interface and colloid science studies macroscopic phenomena that occur in heterogeneous systems due to peculiarities of interfaces. History The field of surface chemi... |
scarce and the Araucanians warlike. Destruction of Santiago After an apparent peaceful period the Natives began to resist the invaders. Valdivia marched against the tribes and defeated them at Cachapoal. While away, on September 11, 1541, local people led by Michimalonco attacked Santiago. The defense of the city was l... | I's mutinous mercenary army. He traveled with Spanish forces to South America in 1535. He was assigned for a year to present-day Venezuela. He was moved to Peru in 1537. There he took part on the side of Hernando Pizarro in his struggle against Diego de Almagro and fought in the battle of Las Salinas in 1538; Almagro w... |
reacts with the surface or simply desorbs after enough energy and time. The reaction with the surface is dependent on the chemical species involved. Applying the Gibbs energy equation for reactions: General thermodynamics states that for spontaneous reactions at constant temperature and pressure, the change in free ene... | Gibbs energy equation for reactions: General thermodynamics states that for spontaneous reactions at constant temperature and pressure, the change in free energy should be negative. Since a free particle is restrained to a surface, and unless the surface atom is highly mobile, entropy is lowered. This means that the en... |
right-wing military coup overthrew Allende's democratic government, bombing the presidential palace. Pinochet's forces then rounded up 5,000 civilians into a soccer stadium for interrogation, torture, and execution. Victor Jara was beaten, tortured, and his wrists were broken, after several days he was executed and sho... | and Andean music. Nueva canción musicians often faced censorship, exile, torture, death, or forceful disappearances by the wave of right-wing military dictatorships that swept across Latin America and the Iberian peninsula in the Cold War era, e.g. in Francoist Spain, Pinochet's Chile, Salazar's Portugal and Videla and... |
a potential energy Va: where me and ω are the mass and vibrational frequency of the electron, respectively. As this atom approaches the surface of a metal and forms adsorption, this potential energy Va will be modified due to the image charges by additional potential terms which are quadratic in the displacements: (fro... | interaction energy is very weak (~10–100 meV), physisorption plays an important role in nature. For instance, the van der Waals attraction between surfaces and foot-hairs of geckos (see Synthetic setae) provides the remarkable ability to climb up vertical walls. Van der Waals forces originate from the interactions betw... |
located: the most direct information is that "there was plenty of water there" (), and the second is that it was west of the River Jordan because at Aenon John's disciples talk of the site where John first encountered Jesus as being "on the other side of the Jordan" () which is taken to mean east of the river. We also ... | spring tend to be named after that water source, so that toponyms consisting of or containing the construct state word "ein-" are common. The particular site mentioned in the Gospel of John is therefore closer identified as "Aenon near Salim". is the only place in the Bible where the name Aenon is found. The name Aenon... |
etymological meaning as passages. Its northern part was called Pisgah, and the highest peak of Pisgah was Mount Nebo (Numbers 23:14; 27:12; 21:20; 32:47; Deuteronomy 3:27; 34:1; 32:49). These mountains are mentioned several times in the Bible: Balaam blessed Israel the second time from the top of Mount Pisgah (Numbers ... | the Jordan Rift Valley, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south. Etymology and description According to Cheyne and Black, its Hebrew meaning is "'Those-on-the-other-side'—i.e., of the Jordan... |
consisting of two cabless B units sandwiched between two cab A units ABBA, a sequence of penalty kick takers in a penalty shoot-out (association football) Abba Seafood, a Swedish seafood products company Personal names and honorifics Ab (Semitic), also aba or abba, word for father in Aramaic Abba (surname) Abba (given ... | novel by Anthony Burgess Other uses A-B-B-A, a term used for a diesel electric locomotive lashup consisting of two cabless B units sandwiched between two cab A units ABBA, a sequence of penalty kick takers in a penalty shoot-out (association football) Abba Seafood, a Swedish seafood products company Personal names and ... |
referred to by the word "levy" in the Revised Version and "tribute" in the King James Version. A Levite of the family of Jeduthun (), also called Obadiah (). He was the son of Shammua and served in Jerusalem under Nehemiah. Where | the Hebrew Bible. An Abda mentioned in passing when Solomon set Adoniram son of Abda in charge of forced labor for Solomon's building projects (). The forced labor is referred to by the word "levy" in the Revised Version and "tribute" in the King James Version. A Levite of the |
people: Places Abdon (biblical place), a Levitical city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible Abdon, Shropshire, a village in Shropshire, England Biblical figures Abdon (Judges), the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the twelfth judge of Israel; also probably Bedan The son of Micah, one | Josiah sent to the prophetess Huldah; also known as Achbor Abdon (biblical figure), several minor biblical figures People One of two saints and martyrs, Abdon and Sennen, killed on the same day |
the site. From its strategic vantage point overlooking the narrow northern end of the fertile Huleh Valley, the site commands roads leading north to the Lebanese Beq'a, northeast to inland Syria (Damascus) and Mesopotamia, and west to the Lebanese/Phoenician coast. The tell is identified with Abel Beth-Maacah mentioned... | by walls and a rampart in the Middle Bronze Age II. These fortifications were reused in the Late Bronze Age in the south of the mound, but went out of commission in the Iron Age I. A silver hoard in a jug, dating to the end of the Late Bronze Age, is one of the earliest such hoards found in the country. The Iron Age I ... |
(). The text indicates that Abel-meholah was seen as a region with a defined border, west of the Jordan River and south of Beit-She'an. Abel-meholah is mentioned the Book of Kings under the description of King Solomon's administration. Among Solomon's twelve governors, there is one Baana who is put in charge of several... | seen as a region with a defined border, west of the Jordan River and south of Beit-She'an. Abel-meholah is mentioned the Book of Kings under the description of King Solomon's administration. Among Solomon's twelve governors, there is one Baana who is put in charge of several districts including the area "from Beth-She'... |
his 11 brothers (representing the future 12 tribes of Israel) and the Egyptians mourned seven days for Jacob (Genesis ). Its exact site is unknown. The name Abel-mizraim is only mentioned once in the | of the Jordan river, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here Joseph and his 11 brothers (representing the future 12 tribes of Israel) and the |
known. It is mentioned only in , where various manuscripts of the Septuagint render it as Rebes (), Aeme, or Aemis''. It is mentioned on the façade of the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu | Ebez ( meaning "tin", or "white") also rendered Abez, was a town in the allotment of the tribe of Issachar, at the north of the Jezreel Valley, or plain of Esdraelon. F. R. and C. R. Conder (1879), |
Passover is always celebrated on 15–21 (or 22 outside Israel) Nisan, near the beginning of spring, "Holiday of Aviv". Pesach or Passover is always on the 14th of Nisan. The first day of Chag ha Matzoh or the Feast of Unleavened Bread is always the day after that, the 15th of Nisan. is an additional name for Passover. A... | or the "month of the aviv", which is the biblical lunar new year. , which is the Jewish religious new year (Rosh Hashanah (tractate) 2a). (The civil Babylonian year began with Tishrei, the seventh month, which is understood by rabbinic judaism to be the universal new year and day of judgement) Aviv begins about the tim... |
contributions to the designs for some of the multi-billion dollar projects in the United States, Middle East and India including Chicago's 100-story John Hancock Center, 75-story JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, 160-story Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai (present tallest tower in the world) and The Imperial Twin Towers, Tar... | Middle East. He received his PhD. in civil structural engineering from the University of Illinois in 1965. In 1965, employed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, he began working in Chicago, Illinois. In 1969 he joined Ellisor Engineers Inc., Houston, Texas. Dr. Colaco established his own company, CBM Engineers Inc. in 197... |
of three Biblical characters. The name means "father of help" i.e., helpful. The characters are: The prince of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (). | i.e., helpful. The characters are: The prince of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (). The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the |
during the time of the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house of Merari and Levi's youngest son. (Numbers 3:35) Abihail was the wife of Abishur of the tribe of Judah. (I Chronicles 2:29) Abihail, from Gilead of Bashan, was head of the tribe of Gad. | the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house of Merari and Levi's youngest son. (Numbers 3:35) Abihail was the wife of Abishur of the tribe of Judah. (I Chronicles 2:29) Abihail, from Gilead of Bashan, was head of the tribe of Gad. (I Chronicles 5:14) Abihail was the daughter of David's brother Eliab.... |
to ritual purity. Mourning Aaron and the other surviving priests were commanded not to mourn, participate in mourning rituals, or have contact with the dead. This was applicable not only in this case; but it was modified in an ongoing command. While priests could mourn, they could not have contact with the dead - even ... | a place outside of the camp. He specified for Mishael and Elzaphan to be careful to only touch Nadab and Abihu’s tunics, and not their bodies. The first concerns in burial were to prevent what is holy from being defiled and the service of God from being disrupted. The corpses had to be removed immediately, because to a... |
Chronicles 8:3,7). A son or grandson of Zerubbabel, and member of the Davidic line. Abihud was the father of Eliakim (Matthew 1:13, "Abiud"), and possibly the same as Obadiah (1 Chronicles 3:21). The name may also occasionally be romanized as Abioud (Greek) or 'Abiyhuwd (Hebrew). Meaning The name "Abihud" means | Eliakim (Matthew 1:13, "Abiud"), and possibly the same as Obadiah (1 Chronicles 3:21). The name may also occasionally be romanized as Abioud (Greek) or 'Abiyhuwd (Hebrew). Meaning The name "Abihud" means "the (divine) father is glory", according to Cheyne and Black (1899). The name "Ehud" is probably a shorter form of ... |
bring back the ten tribes of the northern Kingdom of Israel to their allegiance, a path which in his father had chosen not to follow. Following Abijah's ascension to the throne in the 18th year of King Jeroboam I of Israel, he marched north with the purpose of winning Israel back to the Davidic kingdom. Jeroboam surrou... | man than his father". According to the Deuteronomist, "God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him" (1 Kings 15:4). The wording in the Septuagint is "the Lord gave him a remnant". Thus the unconditional covenant blessing of YHWH guaranteed his promise to King David, to stabilize the Kingdom of D... |
Josephus, Abilene was a separate Iturean kingdom until 37 AD. History Abilene, when first mentioned in history, was governed by a certain Ptolemaeus, son of Mennaeus, who was succeeded, about 40 BC, by a son named Lysanias. Lysanias was put to death in 33 BC, at the instigation of Cleopatra, and the principality passed... | sight, seems to contradict himself, in so far that in one passage (Ant. xviii. 7. § 10) he represents Caligula as bestowing upon Herod Agrippa the tetrarchy of Lysanias, while in another (Ant. xix. 5. § 1) he states that Abila Lysaniou was added by Claudius to the former dominions of Agrippa, but, in reality, these exp... |
of the Tribe of Reuben, the son of Eliab, who, along with his brother Dathan, joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions, were swallowed up by the ground. The second was the eldest son | Hiel (also spelled Chiel) the Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho. The name Abram is thought to be the same name, etymologically; the name is attested in a 24th-century Babylonian form. References Biblical Jericho Set indices on Hebrew Bible people Tribe of |
is noted that having sex with the former king's concubine is a way of proclaiming oneself to be the new king. Adonijah may have asked to marry her at the suggestion of his mother. Some scholars point to the possibility that Abishag is the female protagonist in the Song of Songs. Later Jewish midrashic and Christian tra... | Abishag. Solomon suspected in this request an aspiration to the throne, since Abishag was considered David's concubine, and so ordered Adonijah's assassination (1 Kings 2:17–25). In the earlier story of Absalom's rebellion, it is noted that having sex with the former king's concubine is a way of proclaiming oneself to ... |
ʾĂḇīšūaʿ, "my father is rescue") was an early High priest of Israel. Abishua is mentioned in the books 1 Chronicles (6:35) and Ezra (7:5) as the son of the High Priest Phinehas, son of Eleazar. As such, he is the great-grandson of Aaron, the brother of Moses | of the Israelite judge Ehud and the Moabite king Eglon. According to Josephus and other extrabiblical sources, he succeeded his father as High Priest. Name and namesakes The meaning of the name "Abishua" is uncertain, but may be "the (divine) father is opulence." The name also appears in reference to a grandson of Benj... |
The practice has its origins Jewish practice of performing ablutions before entering into the presence of God (cf. ). Though canthari are not as prevalent anymore in Western Christianity, they are found in Eastern Christian and Oriental Christian churches. History Christianity has always placed a strong emphasis on hyg... | Catholic countries where water is considered essential for anal cleansing, and in some traditionally Orthodox and Lutheran countries such as Greece and Finland respectively, where bidet showers are common. Eucharistic ablutions Western Christian In the Roman Rite, the celebrant washes his hands before vesting for Mass,... |
performed completely, which led to it being made illegal. It is said that the justification for the employment of eunuchs as high-ranking civil servants was that, since they were incapable of having children, they would not be tempted to seize power and start a dynasty. In many cases, eunuchs were considered more relia... | court was the Chief Black Eunuch (Kızlar Ağası or Dar al-Saada Ağası). In control of both the Harem and a net of spies among the black eunuchs, the Chief Eunuch was involved in almost every palace intrigue and thereby could gain power over either the sultan or one of his viziers, ministers, or other court officials. On... |
a 1999 real time strategy computer game Abomination (novel), a 1998 novel by Robert Swindells Abomination, a vampire/werewolf hybrid from the game Werewolf: The Apocalypse The Abomination (Doctor Who), a Dalek species in the Doctor Who | time strategy computer game Abomination (novel), a 1998 novel by Robert Swindells Abomination, a vampire/werewolf hybrid from the game Werewolf: The Apocalypse The Abomination (Doctor Who), a Dalek species in the Doctor Who science fiction series |
the place gained the name "the Field of Blood" (, and possibly with allusions to and and ). According to the Acts of the Apostles () Judas "acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. This became known to all who lived in Jeru... | his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, 'Field of Blood." The implication in Matthew is that the location name refers to the blood of Je... |
some feudal landlords in southern India Achan (biblical figure), a person in the Book of Joshua Achan | refer to: Achan (title), a title traditionally adopted by some feudal landlords in southern India Achan (biblical figure), a person in the |
of the five men sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire regarding the book of the law newly discovered in the Temple in Jerusalem (2 Kings 22:12, 14). This Achbor is also called Abdon (2 Chronicles 34:20). This may be the same Achbor who is mentioned as the father of Elnathan in the Book of Jeremiah 26:20–23, and who ... | Chronicles Achbor is the father of Baal-hanan, a king of Edom, but is not actually listed as being king himself although some commentaries assume that he was. See Genesis 36:38; 1 Chronicles 1:49. Achbor of Judah In the Books of Kings Achbor, son of Michaiah, is one of Josiah's officers, and one of the five men sent to... |
against Israel to garner his support. Achish had great confidence in the valour and fidelity of David, but, at the objection of the other Philistine rulers, did not permit him to go to battle along with the Philistine hosts. David remained with Achish a year and four months. According to the Bible, in , David was great... | king, is referred to during Solomon's reign. I Kings 2:39-46 mentions two servants of Shimei fleeing to this king in Gath, and Shimei going to Gath to bring them back, in breach of Solomon's orders, and the consequence was that Solomon put Shimei to death. The Latin transliteration "Achish" represents the "Begadkefat" ... |
between the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, to the south of Jericho, but not as far south as El-Buqei'a. The Book of Joshua, chapter seven, relates the story from which the valley's name comes. After the problems the Israelites had as a result of Achan's immoral theft of items commanded to be destroyed, the I... | valley with the wadi al-Qelt, a deep ravine located to Jericho's south. In the twentieth century the Hyrcania valley (El-Buqei'a in Arabic) west and south of Qumran, and Wadi en-Nu'eima have also been suggested. One difficulty is that the narrative of Joshua appears to place the valley of Achor to the north of Jericho,... |
son, who accordingly obtained her as his wife. Achsah later requested, and was given, upper and lower springs of water (presumably in the Negev) from her father. Various Septuagint manuscripts, in various passages, give her | who would lead an attack on the city of Debir, also called Kirjath-sepher/Kirjath-sannah. This was done by Othniel, Caleb's brother's son, who accordingly obtained her as his wife. Achsah later requested, and was given, upper and lower springs of water (presumably in the Negev) from her father. Various Septuagint manus... |
Greek Septuagint, in various manuscripts, depending on the passage, its name is given in the forms Azeiph, Achsaph, Achas, Keaph, Achiph, Acheib, and Chasaph. History The 1350 BC Amarna letters has Endaruta as the 'mayor' of Akšapa (Achshaph). In this time period, the Habiru are attacking city-states, and Abdi-Heba of ... | this time period, the Habiru are attacking city-states, and Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem, Surata of Acco, Šuwardata of Qiltu (?), and Endaruta are aiding each other. Only one extremely short letter–EA 223 (EA-el Amarna) is written from Endaruta of Akšapa, and it is a one sentence topic: [following a short 3-sentence formal-f... |
and Assyrian sources. Phoenician Achzib went through ups and downs during the Persian and Hellenistic periods. In early Roman times the town, known as Acdippa, was a road station. The Bordeaux Pilgrim mentions it in 333-334 CE still as a road station; Jewish sources of the Byzantine period call it Kheziv and Gesiv. The... | Guérin noted that the hill on which it was built had formerly been surrounded by a wall, traces of which were still to be seen on the east side. By the late 19th century, most of the village houses were built of stone, a mosque and a clinic had been established, and the residents cultivated olives, figs, mulberries, an... |
first wife of either Lamech or of Esau The name of Jephthah's daughter, according to the Order of the Eastern Star The name of The Orozco's first born daughter Places Adah, Pennsylvania ADAH, acronym for the Alabama Department of Archives and | (1870–1943), African-American nurse of World War I Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), American actress, painter, and poet Adah Jenkins (1901–1973), Civil rights activist, musician, teacher, and a music critic Adah Robinson (1882–1962), American artist, designer and teacher Adah Sharma (born 1992), Indian film actress Afur... |
calendar, was adopted during the Babylonian captivity. In the Babylonian calendar the name was Araḫ Addaru or Adār ('Month of Adar'). In leap years, it is preceded by a 30-day intercalary month named Adar Aleph (, Aleph being the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet), also known as "Adar Rishon" (First Adar) or "Adar I"... | period, there was a Jewish custom to make a public proclamation on the first day of the lunar month Adar, reminding the people that they are to prepare their annual monetary offering to the Temple treasury, known as the half-Shekel. Based on a line in the Mishnah declaring that Purim must be celebrated in Adar II in a ... |
their father's house" on the return from captivity. This, with similar instances (ver. 63), indicates the importance | one of the persons named in the Neh. 7:61 who could not "shew their father's house" |
was treasurer under David and Solomon, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 27:25. A family head of the tribe of Simeon, who participated in driving out the Meunim, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:36. A priest mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 9:12, in the genealogy of Maasai. Adiel (footballer) (born 1980), Brazilian football... | treasurer under David and Solomon, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 27:25. A family head of the tribe of Simeon, who participated in driving out the Meunim, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:36. A priest mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 9:12, in the genealogy of Maasai. Adiel (footballer) (born 1980), Brazilian football |
location of Admah is unknown, although Bryant G. Wood a proponent of the southern theory for the Cities of the Plain identified the site with Numeira, but later changed it to Khirbat al-Khanazir Jordan, although it was only a cemetery during the Bronze Age and proponents of the northern theory for the Cities of the Pla... | location of Admah is unknown, although Bryant G. Wood a proponent of the southern theory for the Cities of the Plain identified the site with Numeira, but later changed it to Khirbat al-Khanazir Jordan, although it was only a cemetery during the Bronze Age and proponents of the northern theory for the Cities of the |
be identified with Khirbet Ibzik or the nearby Khirbet Salhab, while others think that "Bezek" is a corruption of "Zedek," in reference to the story of Adonizedek. Bezek appears again in as the site where Saul assembled the Israelite armies to fight against Nahash the Ammonite. Mutilation Adoni-Bezek, according to Judg... | before sending him to Jerusalem as a slave. Adoni-Bezek is recorded as saying "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." According to Elicott's Commentary for English readers, "The cutting off of his thumbs would prevent him from e... |
book of . Adonijah was born at Hebron during the long conflict between David and the House of Saul. In 1 Kings, he briefly proclaimed himself king of Israel during the terminal illness of his father David, before peacefully ceding the throne to his brother Solomon. Life After the death of his elder brothers Amnon and A... | court prophet; and others did not side with Adonijah. In anticipation of his father's imminent death, Adonijah invited his brother princes and the court officials to a solemn sacrifice in order to announce his claim to the throne. He did not invite Solomon or any of his supporters. According to the Jewish Study Bible, ... |
to Jerusalem (8:13). The name means, "the Lord is risen up." In the Septuagint, depending on | "the Lord is risen up." In the Septuagint, depending on the manuscript and location, the name is given as Adon[e]ikam, |
King David's reign until the reign of Rehoboam. In the language of the Tanakh, he was "over the tribute", i.e. the levy or forced labor. He was in charge of conscripted timber cutters during the building of King Solomon's temple. According to the biblical narrative, | has exalted'; alternate form Adoram, אדורם 'adoram, 'the Lord has exalted'), the son of Abda, was the tax collector in the United Kingdom of Israel for over forty years, from the late years of King David's reign until the reign of Rehoboam. In the language of the Tanakh, he was "over the tribute", i.e. the levy |
started to run dry. During the later period of the sixth century BC the port continued to flourish. The Etruscan-controlled area of the Po Valley was generally known as Padanian Etruria, as opposed to their main concentration along the Tyrrhenian coast south of the Arno. Greeks from Aegina and later from Syracuse by Di... | the modern city, three to four metres below the current level. Adria and Spina were the Etruscan ports and depots for Felsina (now Bologna). Adria may have given its name during an early period to the Adriatic Sea, to which it was connected by channels. History Ancient era The first settlements built in the area are of... |
divine powers to heal a mortal soldier and sacrificed his immortality in return. The name Adriel is translated from the Hebrew word עַדְרִיאֵל (ad-ree-ale'), which means "my help is God" or "flock of God". עַדְרִיאֵל comes from two Hebrew words: עֵ֫דֶר (ay'-der) and אֵל (ale). עֵ֫דֶר (ay'-der) means "flock" and comes f... | Israel. Within theological context, Adriel is considered to be an angel who gave up his divine powers to heal a mortal soldier and sacrificed his immortality in return. The name Adriel is translated from the Hebrew word עַדְרִיאֵל (ad-ree-ale'), which means "my help is God" or "flock of God". עַדְרִיאֵל comes from two ... |
towards its north. Razed stone structures, a stone water trough, and the shaft of a stone column can still be seen there. PEF surveyor C.R. Conder mentions having seen in ʻAid el-Miyeh an ancient well having stone water-troughs round it. Previous attempts of identification Early drawings depicting the so-called "Adulla... | ʿAīd el Mâ (or `Eîd el Mieh), built upon a hilltop overlooking the Elah Valley, straddling the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank. In the late 19th century, the town was still in ruins. The hilltop ruin is also known by the name Khurbet esh-Sheikh Madkour, named after Madkour, one of the sons of the Sultan Bed... |
a ridge that forms the southern bank of Wadi Qelt and separates it from Wadi Tal'at ad-Damm. Name The name Adummim is related to adom, the Hebrew word for "red", and can be translated as "red places", which may refer to the reddish streaks found in the stone of the area. The red-brown hills of the area on the road desc... | between Jerusalem and Jericho in the Judaean desert, today in the West Bank. It is mentioned in the Book of Joshua (, ) as being "on the south side of the stream", which Matthew Easton (1897) identified with Wadi Kelt, and across from Gilgal or/and Geliloth. Easton claimed that it was nearly halfway between Jerusalem a... |
exam. As part of the oral exam, the candidate must demonstrate his knowledge in various bodies of law and solve some mimic a real-life legal tasks. The candidate who does not pass the qualification exam can try to pass it again after 1 year only. The qualifications commission is composed of seven Advocates, two judges,... | the professional body for Scottish solicitors, as to the payment of fees, but this has now been replaced by the Law Society. It remains the case that Advocates are not permitted to sue for their fees, as they have no contractual relationship with their instructing solicitor or with the client. Their fees are honoraria.... |
Disciples described in Luke . Biblical and traditional accounts According to extrabiblical tradition, Agabus appears to have been a resident of Jerusalem. He is said to have been one of the seventy disciples, mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, commissioned to preach the gospel. It is said that Agabus was with the twelve ... | of a group of prophets who travelled from Jerusalem to Antioch. The author reports that Agabus had received the gift of prophecy and predicted a severe famine, which occurred during the reign of the emperor Claudius. Also, according to Acts , 'a certain prophet', () named Agabus met Paul the Apostle at Caesarea Maritim... |
dynastic name for the ancient Egyptians. The etymology is uncertain, according to John L. McKenzie (1995), while Cox (1884) suggested "High." In the Torah, the expression "Its king higher than Agag, and its kingdom exalted" was uttered by Balaam in Numbers 24:7, in his third prophetic utterance, to describe a king of I... | A characteristic trait of biblical poetry is to use puns. Agag also refers to the Amalekite king who survived King Saul's extermination campaign, as punishment for Amalekite crimes, in the Book of Samuel. Saul failed to execute Agag and allowed the people to keep some of the spoil, and this resulted in Samuel's pronoun... |
of marking age starting at 1 Ageing or aging, the process of becoming older Senescence, the gradual deterioration of biological function with age Human development (biology) Periodization, the process of categorizing the past into discrete named blocks of time Ages of Man, the stages of human existence on the Earth acc... | airport code for Wangerooge Airfield, in Lower Saxony, Germany People Åge, a given name Aage, a given name Agenore Incrocci, an Italian screenwriter Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities Ages, worlds in the Myst video game series Music "Age" (song), a song by Jim and Ingrid Croce Periodicals Age (journal), ... |
handed it to the High Priest, who handed it to the king. The king stood and received it, and then read sitting. King Agrippa stood and received it and read standing, and the sages praised him for doing so. When Agrippa reached the commandment of that “you may not put a foreigner over you” as king, his eyes ran with tea... | that which had been held by his grandfather Herod the Great. In the city of Berytus, Agrippa built a theatre and amphitheatre, baths and porticoes. He was equally generous in Sebaste, Heliopolis and Caesarea. Agrippa began the building of the third and outer wall of Jerusalem, but Claudius was not thrilled with the pro... |
the New Testament, Paul the Apostle pleaded his case at Caesarea Maritima, probably in 59 or 60 (). Agrippa expended large sums in beautifying Jerusalem and other cities, especially Berytus (ancient Beirut), a Hellenised city in Phoenicia. His partiality for the latter rendered him unpopular amongst his own subjects, a... | rebelling, whereas, during a certain holiday when the Roman governor of Syria, Cestius Gallus, had passed through Judea to quell the rebellion, he was routed by Jewish forces. By 66 the citizenry of Jerusalem expelled their king, Agrippa, and his sister, Berenice, from Jerusalem. During the First Jewish–Roman War of 66... |
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with the Ahasuerus of the Book of Tobit, as Cyaxares I, said to be the father of Astyages. Views differ on how to reconcile the sources in this case. One view is that the description of Ahasuerus as the "father" of Darius the Mede should be understood in the broader sense of "forebear" or "ancestor." Another view notes... | I as being susceptible to women and in the habit of making extravagant offers to them, just as he did to Esther ("up to half my kingdom"). Herodotus mentions that the Persian empire stretched from India to Ethiopia and also refers to the magnificent royal palace in Shushan (Susa), corroboration of what is stated in the... |
it made in Jerusalem, which, with a corresponding change in ritual, he made a permanent feature of the Temple worship. Changes were also made in the arrangements and furniture of the Temple, "because of the king of Assyria" (). Furthermore, Ahaz fitted up an astrological observatory with accompanying sacrifices, after ... | his protector henceforth claimed and held suzerainty over his kingdom. This war of invasion lasted two years (734–732 BC), and ended in the capture and annexation of Damascus to Assyria and of the territory of Israel north of the border of Jezreel. Ahaz in the meanwhile furnished auxiliaries to Tiglath-Pileser. This ap... |
Hebrew Bible: Ahaziah of Israel Ahaziah | Ochozias) was the name of two kings mentioned in |
different names in Hebrew. Ahihud ( ’Ǎḥîḥuḏ), a son of Bela, the son of Benjamin (). Ahihud ( | ( ’Ǎḥîḥuḏ), a son of Bela, the son of Benjamin (). Ahihud ( ’Ǎḥîhuḏ), father of |
of Solomon's secretaries (1 Kings 4:3). Son of Ahitub (1 Sam. 14:3, 18), Ichabod's brother; the same probably as Ahimelech, who was High Priest at Nob in the reign of Saul (1 Sam. 22:11) and at Shiloh, where the Tabernacle was set up. Some, however, suppose that Ahimelech was the brother of Ahijah, and that they both o... | of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, RV). In AV (KJV) called "Ahiah." One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:25). A Pelonite, one of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:36); called also Eliam (2 Sam. 23:34). A Levite having charge of the sacred treasury in the temple (1 Chr. 26:20). One of Solomon's secreta... |
Judea after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. On one occasion, in a move described by Jonathan Magonet as taking the prophet into 'protective custody', he protected Jeremiah against the fury of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 26:24) It was | (Hebrew אחיקם, "My brother has risen") was one of the five whom, according to the Hebrew Bible, Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery |
proceedings of Absalom in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 15:24–37; 17:15–21). He was a swift runner, and was the first to bring David news of the defeat of Absalom, although he refrained from mentioning his death (2 Samuel 18:19–33). Under King Solomon (c. 970–930 BCE), Ahimaaz's father Zadok became high priest. When Zadok died, ... | of Absalom, although he refrained from mentioning his death (2 Samuel 18:19–33). Under King Solomon (c. 970–930 BCE), Ahimaaz's father Zadok became high priest. When Zadok died, Ahimaaz succeeded him in that position (1 Chronicles 6:8, 53). He may have been the same Ahimaaz who took as |
should be slain with his family. This sentence was carried into execution by Doeg in a cruel manner (). Possibly Abiathar had a son also called Ahimelech, or the two names, as some think, may have been accidentally transposed in ; , marg.; 24:3, 6, 31. Interpretation Ahimelech's death was seen as a partial fulfilment o... | some think, may have been accidentally transposed in ; , marg.; 24:3, 6, 31. Interpretation Ahimelech's death was seen as a partial fulfilment of the curse on the House of Eli – that none of Eli's male descendants would live to old age; the other part of the curse on the House of Eli – that the priesthood would pass ou... |
Iddo, is one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon to districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed | kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed to the district of Mahanaim (), east of Jordan. See |
wives into your arms." Jon Levenson suggests that this implies David took Ahinoam from Saul. However, Diana V. Edelman disagrees, “Such a presumption would require David to have run off with the queen mother while Saul was still on the throne, which seems unlikely. In view of the possession of the royal harem as a clai... | Adherents of source criticism suggest that references to a woman called Ahinoam being Saul's wife belong to the account of the republican source of the Books of Samuel, while in the passages ascribed to the monarchial source, the only mention of a woman called Ahinoam is the description of her as a wife of David. Since... |
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