{"query": "Easton: Porter", "count": 16, "results": [{"id": "card_n_29134e08c2e2", "title": "Easton: Porter", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chr. 9:21; 2 Chr. 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chr. 23:5), who were arranged according to their families (26:1-19) to"}, {"id": "card_c_ab34507e4d7c", "title": "Easton: Porter cites 2 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 2 Kings 7:10 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_c7fbbd275b37", "title": "Easton: Kore", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Partridge. (1.) A Levite and temple-warder of the Korahites, the son of Asaph. He was father of Shallum and Meshelemiah, temple-porters (1 Chr. 9:19; 26:1). (2.) A Levitical porter at the east gate of"}, {"id": "card_n_8d1812e2666d", "title": "Easton: Joah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah his brother; i.e., helper. (1.) One of the sons of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4), a Korhite porter. (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 6:21), probably the same as Ethan (42). (3.) The so"}, {"id": "card_c_59b980a00cfb", "title": "Easton: Porter 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_4d74026b1147", "title": "Easton: Zebadiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Gift of Jehovah. (1.) A son of Asahel, Joab’s brother (1 Chr. 27:7). (2.) A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:7, 8). "}, {"id": "card_n_369a2abe40d1", "title": "Easton: Gergesa", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "=Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, “over against Galilee,” close to the lake. This was probably the scene of the miracle, Mark 5:1-20, etc. “From the base of the great plateau of Bashan, 2,00"}, {"id": "card_n_012f4b3ae0cf", "title": "Easton: Ox goad", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mentioned only in Judg. 3:31, the weapon with which Shamgar (q.v.) slew six hundred Philistines. “The ploughman still carries his goad, a weapon apparently more fitted for the hand of the soldier than"}, {"id": "card_n_714975e2e0d5", "title": "Easton: Nethaneel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Given of God. (1.) The son of Zuar, chief of the tribe of Issachar at the Exodus (Num. 1:8; 2:5). (2.) One of David’s brothers (1 Chr. 2:14). (3.) A priest who blew the trumpet before the ark when it "}, {"id": "card_n_3ad48da631ff", "title": "Easton: Street", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The street called “Straight” at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is “a long broad street, running from east to west, about a mile in length, and forming the principal thoroughfare in the city.” In Oriental towns "}, {"id": "card_n_ff60f2d34629", "title": "Easton: Maaseiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20). (2.) One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to"}, {"id": "card_n_85b51b9875ad", "title": "Easton: Shallum", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Retribution. (1.) The son of Jabesh, otherwise unknown. He “conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead” (2 Kings 15:10). He reigned only “a mo"}, {"id": "card_n_53ba4a2e7a5d", "title": "Easton: Salutation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "“Eastern modes of salutation are not unfrequently so prolonged as to become wearisome and a positive waste of time. The profusely polite Arab asks so many questions after your health, your happiness, "}, {"id": "card_n_4f74daec55a7", "title": "Easton: Obed-Edom", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Servant of Edom. (1.) “The Gittite” (probably so called because he was a native of Gath-rimmon), a Levite of the family of the Korhites (1 Chr. 26:1, 4-8), to whom was specially intrusted the custody "}, {"id": "card_n_773153fe2b52", "title": "Easton: Olves, Mount of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "So called from the olive trees with which its sides are clothed, is a mountain ridge on the east of Jerusalem (1 Kings 11:7; Ezek. 11:23; Zech. 14:4), from which it is separated by the valley of Kidro"}, {"id": "card_n_dc6d2c36d6cd", "title": "Easton: Engedi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fountain of the kid, place in the wilderness of Judah (Josh. 15:62), on the western shore of the Dead Sea (Ezek. 47:10), and nearly equidistant from both extremities. To the wilderness near this town "}]}