{"query": "Easton: David, City of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_0e26c67f02b1", "title": "Easton: Rabbah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Or Rab’bath, great. (1.) “Rabbath of the children of Ammon,” the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which united"}, {"id": "card_n_b3d05fd094d6", "title": "Easton: David, City of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He “dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David” (1 Chr. 11:7). This was the name afterwards given to the castle and royal palace "}, {"id": "card_n_233495145001", "title": "Easton: Conduit", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A water-course or channel (Job 38:25). The “conduit of the upper pool” (Isa. 7:3) was formed by Hezekiah for the purpose of conveying the waters from the upper pool in the valley of Gihon to the west "}, {"id": "card_n_4a3a557c7164", "title": "Easton: Bethlehem", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "House of bread. (1.) A city in the “hill country” of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Micah 5:2), Beth-lehem-judah (1 "}, {"id": "card_n_876ff200d814", "title": "Easton: On", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Light; the sun, (Gen. 41:45, 50), the great seat of sun-worship, called also Bethshemesh (Jer. 43:13) and Aven (Ezek. 30:17), stood on the east bank of the Nile, a few miles north of Memphis, and near"}, {"id": "card_n_939cd081b4c3", "title": "Easton: Aroer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Ruins. (1.) A town on the north bank of the Arnon (Deut. 4:48; Judg. 11:26; 2 Kings 10:33), the southern boundary of the kingdom of Sihon (Josh. 12:2). It is now called Arair, 13 miles west of the Dea"}, {"id": "card_n_f85d77b013ad", "title": "Easton: Zidon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles north of Tyre. It received its name from the “first-born” of Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Gen. 10:15, 19). It was the first home of the Ph"}, {"id": "card_n_d4089d9888b3", "title": "Easton: Nob", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "High place, a city of the priests, first mentioned in the history of David’s wanderings (1 Sam. 21:1). Here the tabernacle was then standing, and here Ahimelech the priest resided. (See AHIMELECH.) Fr"}, {"id": "card_n_faf9b9ecda9e", "title": "Easton: Kirjath-jearim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "City of jaars; i.e., of woods or forests, a Gibeonite town (Josh. 9:17) on the border of Benjamin, to which tribe it was assigned (18:15, 28). The ark was brought to this place (1 Sam. 7:1, 2) from Be"}, {"id": "card_c_32b510768419", "title": "Easton: David, City of references David", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions David (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_7f0a7b7683cc", "title": "Easton: Jehoiada", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah-known. (1.) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23). (2.) The high priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation of the throne of Judah. He married Jeho"}, {"id": "card_n_1e2a6d9b6b70", "title": "Easton: Michal", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Sam. 14:49, 50). “Attracted by the graces of his person and the gallantry of his conduct, she fell in love with Davi"}, {"id": "card_n_3592f0f67c5f", "title": "Easton: Gihon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A stream. (1.) One of the four rivers of Eden (Gen. 2:13). It has been identified with the Nile. Others regard it as the Oxus, or the Araxes, or the Ganges. But as, according to the sacred narrative, "}, {"id": "card_n_fc32298ac1e8", "title": "Easton: Tyre", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A rock, now es-Sur; an ancient Phoenician city, about 23 miles, in a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south of Sidon. Sidon was the oldest Phoenician city, but Tyre had a longer and more illustrious"}, {"id": "card_n_c17eb233690b", "title": "Easton: Ashtaroth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A city of Bashan, in the kingdom of Og (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:4; 13:12; 9:10). It was in the half-tribe of Manasseh (Josh. 13:12), and as a Levitical city was given to the Gershonites (1 Chr. 6:71). Uzz"}, {"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_c2f68af01420", "title": "Easton: Metheg-ammah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Sam. 8:1, “David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines” (R.V., “took the bridle of the mother-city”); i.e., subdued the"}, {"id": "card_n_987b5db0037c", "title": "Easton: Tekoa, Tekoah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pitching of tents; fastening down, a town of Judah, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem, and visible from the city. From this place Joab procured a “wise woman,” who pretended to be in great affliction,"}, {"id": "card_n_497deb4deadf", "title": "Easton: Zoan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Old Egypt. Sant= “stronghold,” the modern San). A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, called by the Greeks Tanis. It was built seven years after Hebron in Palestine (Num. 13:22). This great and i"}, {"id": "card_n_fc8307aaf1f1", "title": "Easton: Tiberias", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A city, the modern Tubarich, on the western shore of the Sea of Tiberias. It is said to have been founded by Herod Antipas (A.D. 16), on the site of the ruins of an older city called Rakkath, and to h"}]}