{"query": "Easton: Rephaim, Valley of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_10a91c5a7f9a", "title": "Easton: Valley", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. bik’ah, a “cleft” of the mountains (Deut. 8:7; 11:11; Ps. 104:8; Isa. 41:18); also a low plain bounded by mountains, as the plain of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon around the sources of the J"}, {"id": "card_n_19cae5671feb", "title": "Easton: Rephaim, Valley of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Josh. 15:8; 18:16, R.V.). When David became king over all Israel, the Philistines, judging that he would now become their uncompromising enemy, made a sudden attack upon Hebron, compelling David to r"}, {"id": "card_n_06be62a24478", "title": "Easton: Elah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Terebinth or oak. (1.) Valley of, where the Israelites were encamped when David killed Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2, 19). It was near Shochoh of Judah and Azekah (17:1). It is the modern Wady es-Sunt, i.e., “"}, {"id": "card_n_ad13fee569a5", "title": "Easton: Tyropoeon Valley", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(i.e., “Valley of the Cheesemongers”), the name given by Josephus the historian to the valley or rugged ravine which in ancient times separated Mount Moriah from Mount Zion. This valley, now filled up"}, {"id": "card_n_58db624a34cd", "title": "Easton: Jehoshaphat, Valley of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mentioned in Scripture only in Joel 3:2, 12. This is the name given in modern times to the valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, and the Kidron flows through it. Here Jehoshaphat overthrew"}, {"id": "card_n_552c0ef6ac76", "title": "Easton: Baca, Valley of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ps. 84:6; R.V., “valley of weeping,” marg., “or balsam trees”), probably a valley in some part of Palestine, or generally some one of the valleys through which pilgrims had to pass on their way to th"}, {"id": "card_n_b3eb866eaaf2", "title": "Easton: Philistines", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gen. 10:14, R.V.; but in A.V., “Philistim”), a tribe allied to the Phoenicians. They were a branch of the primitive race which spread over the whole district of the Lebanon and the valley of the Jord"}, {"id": "card_n_eaba1a8b2918", "title": "Easton: Achor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Trouble, a valley near Jericho, so called in consequence of the trouble which the sin of Achan caused Israel (Josh. 7:24, 26). The expression “valley of Achor” probably became proverbial for that whic"}, {"id": "card_n_0b9a1ec88036", "title": "Easton: Mount of the valley", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Josh. 13:19), a district in the east of Jordan, in the territory of Reuben. The “valley” here was probably the Ghor or valley of the Jordan, and hence the “mount” would be the hilly region in the nor"}, {"id": "card_n_8fe39337e3b8", "title": "Easton: Michmash", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Something hidden, a town of Benjamin (Ezra 2:27), east of Bethel and south of Migron, on the road to Jerusalem (Isa. 10:28). It lay on the line of march of an invading army from the north, on the nort"}, {"id": "card_n_e06f3c060113", "title": "Easton: Hinnom", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A deep, narrow ravine separating Mount Zion from the so-called “Hill of Evil Counsel.” It took its name from “some ancient hero, the son of Hinnom.” It is first mentioned in Josh. 15:8. It had been th"}, {"id": "card_n_d9cdef2f58a1", "title": "Easton: Baal-perazim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Baal having rents, bursts, or destructions, the scene of a victory gained by David over the Philistines (2 Sam. 5:20; 1 Chr. 14:11). Called Mount Perazim (Isa. 28:21). It was near the valley of Rephai"}, {"id": "card_n_aa37a2dcb7e5", "title": "Easton: Jezreel, Valley of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lying on the northern side of the city, between the ridges of Gilboa and Moreh, an offshoot of Esdraelon, running east to the Jordan (Josh. 17:16; Judg. 6:33; Hos. 1:5). It was the scene of the signal"}, {"id": "card_n_ca7c5314c056", "title": "Easton: Siloam, Tower of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mentioned only Luke 13:4. The place here spoken of is the village now called Silwan, or Kefr Silwan, on the east of the valley of Kidron, and to the north-east of the pool. It stands on the west slope"}, {"id": "card_n_4e442881b096", "title": "Easton: Ajalon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "And Aij’alon, place of deer. (1.) A town and valley originally assigned to the tribe of Dan, from which, however, they could not drive the Amorites (Judg. 1:35). It was one of the Levitical cities giv"}, {"id": "card_n_3f10a1bd0ed5", "title": "Easton: Gerizim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A mountain of Samaria, about 3,000 feet above the Mediterranean. It was on the left of the valley containing the ancient town of Shechem (q.v.), on the way to Jerusalem. It stood over against Mount Eb"}, {"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_11462bbce2a6", "title": "Easton: Megiddo", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Place of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:21), belonged to the tribe of Manasseh (Judg. 1:27), but does not seem to have been fully occupied by the Israelites til"}, {"id": "card_c_15491a1b34c3", "title": "Easton: Rephaim, Valley of references Adullam", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Adullam (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_c_1c5897f6aa47", "title": "Easton: Rephaim, Valley of references Bethlehem", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Bethlehem (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}]}