{"query": "Easton: Babylon, kingdom of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_321b6f6055ba", "title": "Easton: Babylon, kingdom of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Called “the land of the Chaldeans” (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central Asia along the valley of the Tigris from the Persian Gulf northward for some 300 miles. It was famed f"}, {"id": "card_c_5aedb07c3c6a", "title": "Easton: Babylon, kingdom of references Babylon", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Babylon (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_e045f88f1abc", "title": "Easton: Kingdom of God", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Matt. 6:33; Mark 1:14, 15; Luke 4:43) = “kingdom of Christ” (Matt. 13:41; 20:21) = “kingdom of Christ and of God” (Eph. 5:5) = “kingdom of David” (Mark 11:10) = “the kingdom” (Matt. 8:12; 13:19) = “k"}, {"id": "card_n_ecd6fdc9a41f", "title": "Easton: Daniel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "God is my judge, or judge of God. (1.) David’s second son, “born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess” (1 Chr. 3:1). He is called also Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3). (2.) One of the four great prophe"}, {"id": "card_n_631cc9e6955b", "title": "Easton: Captivity", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. Pul (q.v.) imposed a tribute on Menahem of a thousand talents of silver (2 Kings 15:19, 20; 1 Chr. 5:2"}, {"id": "card_n_2aaa53287be6", "title": "Easton: Babylon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the Assyrian tablets it means “The city of the dispersion of the tribes.” The monumental list of its kings reaches back to B"}, {"id": "card_n_229b0241062e", "title": "Easton: Judah, Kingdom of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "When the disruption took place at Shechem, at first only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. But very soon after the tribe of Benjamin joined the tribe of Judah, and Jerusalem became the c"}, {"id": "card_c_1b78d59627c6", "title": "Easton: Israel, Kingdom of references Babylon", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Babylon (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_74e9091ce229", "title": "Easton: Darius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The holder or supporter, the name of several Persian kings. (1.) Darius the Mede (Dan. 11:1), “the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes” (9:1). On the death of Belshazzar the Chaldean he “receiv"}, {"id": "card_n_cb74eecb6f37", "title": "Easton: Cyrus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. Ko’resh), the celebrated “King of Persia” (Elam) who was conqueror of Babylon, and issued the decree of liberation to the Jews (Ezra 1:1, 2). He was the son of Cambyses, the prince of Persia, an"}, {"id": "card_n_6cba4f6bc006", "title": "Easton: Pul", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) An Assyrian king. It has been a question whether he was identical with Tiglath-pileser III. (q.v.), or was his predecessor. The weight of evidence is certainly in favour of their identity. Pul wa"}, {"id": "card_n_e6187cb7724a", "title": "Easton: Elam", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Highland, the son of Shem (Gen. 10:22), and the name of the country inhabited by his descendants (14:1, 9; Isa. 11:11; 21:2, etc.) lying to the east of Babylonia, and extending to the shore of the Med"}, {"id": "card_n_122680f3a7ed", "title": "Easton: Belshazzar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Dan. 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 h"}, {"id": "card_n_393c4db9f4a0", "title": "Easton: Daniel, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is ranked by the Jews in that division of their Bible called the Hagiographa (Heb. Khethubim). (See BIBLE.) It consists of two distinct parts. The first part, consisting of the first six chapters, is "}, {"id": "card_n_cb4b9c898bd3", "title": "Easton: Erech", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(LXX., “Orech”), length, or Moon-town, one of the cities of Nimrod’s kingdom in the plain of Shinar (Gen. 10:10); the Orchoe of the Greeks and Romans. It was probably the city of the Archevites, who w"}, {"id": "card_n_bd79da358d27", "title": "Easton: Exile", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah, Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; comp. Isa. 10:5, 6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee and of Gilead (B.C. "}, {"id": "card_n_1f11c7d14f4c", "title": "Easton: Zedekiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz ("}, {"id": "card_n_55817537d555", "title": "Easton: Accad", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The high land or mountains, a city in the land of Shinar. It has been identified with the mounds of Akker Kuf, some 50 miles to the north of Babylon; but this is doubtful. It was one of the cities of "}, {"id": "card_n_08732dd5cfe9", "title": "Easton: Seraiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Soldier of Jehovah. (1.) The father of Joab (1 Chr. 4:13, 14). (2.) The grandfather of Jehu (1 Chr. 4:35). (3.) One of David’s scribes or secretaries (2 Sam. 8:17). (4.) A Netophathite (Jer. 40:8), a "}, {"id": "card_n_aaeb5084db01", "title": "Easton: Jehoshaphat", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David’s body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, “recorder” or annalist un"}]}