{"query": "Easton: Judah, Tribe of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_3f0a9102027b", "title": "Easton: Judah, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Judah and his three surviving sons went down with Jacob into Egypt (Gen. 46:12; Ex. 1:2). At the time of the Exodus, when we meet with the family of Judah again, they have increased to the number of 7"}, {"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_n_01852b1c1d1c", "title": "Easton: Simeon, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was “divided and scattered” according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wild"}, {"id": "card_n_e73f7ed94def", "title": "Easton: Azariah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whom Jehovah helps. (1.) Son of Ethan, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:8). (2.) Son of Ahimaaz, who succeeded his grandfather Zadok as high priest (1 Chr. 6:9; 1 Kings 4:2) in the days of Solomon. He "}, {"id": "card_n_1909e2e3a658", "title": "Easton: Caleb", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A dog. (1.) One of the three sons of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He is also called Chelubai (1 Chr. 2:9). His descendants are enumerated (18-20, 42-49). (2.) A “son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah"}, {"id": "card_n_5b5569c35c17", "title": "Easton: Micah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of "}, {"id": "card_n_70b3d24495b5", "title": "Easton: Beth-shemesh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "House of the sun. (1.) A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15), on the north border of Judah (Josh. 15:10). It was the scene of an encounter between Jehoash, king of Israel, a"}, {"id": "card_n_805840165576", "title": "Easton: Baruch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the Babylonians and the Capti"}, {"id": "card_c_38c0e190b1bd", "title": "Easton: Judah, Tribe of references Judah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Judah (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_505139b1b9ab", "title": "Easton: Naphtali, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, “Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words” (Gen. 49:21). It was intended thus to set forth under poetic imagery the future characte"}, {"id": "card_n_2e7015b44dee", "title": "Easton: Judah upon Jordan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Authorized Version, following the Vulgate, has this rendering in Josh. 19:34. It has been suggested that, following the Masoretic punctuation, the expression should read thus, “and Judah; the Jord"}, {"id": "card_n_c42ad4111361", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob’s blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the fo"}, {"id": "card_n_77e9c7a12acc", "title": "Easton: Kenites", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Smiths, the name of a tribe inhabiting the desert lying between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai. Jethro was of this tribe (Judg. 1:16). He is called a “Midianite” (Num. 10:29), and hence"}, {"id": "card_n_b7f9a40f9e55", "title": "Easton: Dagon’s house", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1 Sam. 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh. 15: 41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon. The Beth-dagon of Josh. 15:41 was one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the lowlan"}, {"id": "card_n_8d80f1b2f1aa", "title": "Easton: Tribe", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A collection of families descending from one ancestor. The “twelve tribes” of the Hebrews were the twelve collections of families which sprang from the sons of Jacob. In Matt. 24:30 the word has a wid"}, {"id": "card_n_ecb95b517f49", "title": "Easton: Ahihud", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Brother (i.e., “friend”) of union. (1.) A son of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:7). (2.) Name different in Hebrew, meaning brother of Judah. Chief of the tribe of Asher; one of those appointed by"}, {"id": "card_n_32eb82a23d70", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7. (2.) Neh. 3:16. (3.) The son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. His family must have belonged to Jerusalem (Neh. 2:3). He was o"}, {"id": "card_n_979dd38e8df1", "title": "Easton: Issachar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hired (Gen. 30:18). “God hath given me,” said Leah, “my hire (Heb. sekhari)...and she called his name Issachar.” He was Jacob’s ninth son, and was born in Padan-aram (comp. 28:2). He had four sons at "}, {"id": "card_c_d386f8242e8e", "title": "Easton: Naphtali, Tribe of references Judah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Judah (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_c_99b2ddb464d8", "title": "Easton: Simeon, The tribe of references Judah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Judah (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}]}