{"query": "Easton: Tribute", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_dfd15e83af3f", "title": "Easton: Tribute", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A tax imposed by a king on his subjects (2 Sam. 20:24; 1 Kings 4:6; Rom. 13:6). In Matt. 17:24-27 the word denotes the temple rate (the “didrachma,” the “half-shekel,” as rendered by the R.V.) which w"}, {"id": "card_n_2a0709414d64", "title": "Easton: Taxes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First mentioned in the command (Ex. 30:11-16) that every Jew from twenty years and upward should pay an annual tax of “half a shekel for an offering to the Lord.” This enactment was faithfully observe"}, {"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_112346515522", "title": "Easton: Treasury", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Matt. 27:6; Mark 12:41; John 8:20). It does not appear that there was a separate building so called. The name was given to the thirteen brazen chests, called “trumpets,” from the form of the opening "}, {"id": "card_c_b76a0e4084cd", "title": "Easton: Tribute references Romans", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Romans. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_d0b1ce3eb79c", "title": "Easton: Tribute references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_e50466f6fdbc", "title": "Easton: Abda", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Servant. (1.) The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., “levy”). (2.) A Levite of the family of Jeduthun (Neh. 11:17), also called Obadiah"}, {"id": "card_c_7f0e8833b49b", "title": "Easton: Tribute cites 1 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 1 Kings 4:6 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_942d2bf10a6c", "title": "Easton: Tribute cites 2 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 2 Kings 12:4 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_bfd544d8eb71", "title": "Easton: Tribute cites Mark", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Mark 12:14 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_46b0184d7dd3", "title": "Easton: Stater", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Greek word rendered “piece of money” (Matt. 17:27, A.V.; and “shekel” in R.V.). It was equal to two didrachmas (“tribute money,” 17:24), or four drachmas, and to about 2s. 6d. of our money. (See SHEKE"}, {"id": "card_n_ae478a30c088", "title": "Easton: Lubims", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The inhabitants of a thirsty or scorched land; the Lybians, an African nation under tribute to Egypt (2 Chr. 12:3; 16:8). Their territory was apparently near Egypt. They were probably the Mizraite Leh"}, {"id": "card_c_239428b1cf67", "title": "Easton: Tribute cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 20:22 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_be131249a21b", "title": "Easton: Zealots", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A sect of Jews which originated with Judas the Gaulonite (Acts 5:37). They refused to pay tribute to the Romans, on the ground that this was a violation of the principle that God was the only king of "}, {"id": "card_n_2cf6f49b2aad", "title": "Easton: Hadoram", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is exalted. (1.) The son of Tou, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on his victory over Hadarezer, king of Syria (1 Chr. 18:10; called Joram 2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) The fifth son of J"}, {"id": "card_n_9bf7ce2fdd05", "title": "Easton: Caesar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The title assumed by the Roman emperors after Julius Caesar. In the New Testament this title is given to various emperors as sovereigns of Judaea without their accompanying distinctive proper names (J"}, {"id": "card_n_4af9572b364f", "title": "Easton: Shalman", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An Assyrian king (Hos. 10:14), identified with Shalmaneser II. (Sayce) or IV. (Lenormant), the successor of Pul on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 728). He made war against Hoshea, the king of Israel, who"}, {"id": "card_n_42889a4da9b2", "title": "Easton: Penny", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. denarion), a silver coin of the value of about 7 1/2d. or 8d. of our present money. It is thus rendered in the New Testament, and is more frequently mentioned than any other coin (Matt. 18:28; 20"}, {"id": "card_n_a2becb691a05", "title": "Easton: Gemariah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah has made perfect. (1.) The son of Shaphan, and one of the Levites of the temple in the time of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:10; 2 Kings 22:12). Baruch read aloud to the people from Gemariah’s chamber, a"}, {"id": "card_n_a04bab6cb8a2", "title": "Easton: Hoshea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Salvation. (1.) The original name of the son of Nun, afterwards called Joshua (Num. 13:8, 16; Deut. 32:44). (2.) 1 Chr. 27:20. The ruler of Ephraim in David’s time. (3.) The last king of Israel. He co"}]}