{"query": "Easton: Cave", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_11df78bcfc57", "title": "Easton: Cave", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are numerous natural caves among the limestone rocks of Syria, many of which have been artificially enlarged for various purposes. The first notice of a cave occurs in the history of Lot (Gen. 1"}, {"id": "card_c_dd586a6ee366", "title": "Easton: Edrei references Cave", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Cave (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_m_7c28083ca8da", "title": "Easton: Belshazzar shares a section with Easton: Cave", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Belshazzar shares a section with Easton: Cave."}, {"id": "card_n_9a4804e39a93", "title": "Easton: Machpelah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Portion; double cave, the cave which Abraham bought, together with the field in which it stood, from Ephron the Hittite, for a family burying-place (Gen. 23). It is one of those Bible localities about"}, {"id": "card_n_59e4420527f4", "title": "Easton: Mearah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Josh. 13:4). This may be the cave of Jezzin in Lebanon, 10 miles east of Sidon, on the Damascus road; or probably, as others think, Mogheirizeh, "}, {"id": "card_n_c492fae87fb3", "title": "Easton: Makkedah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Herdsman’s place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:16), near which was a cave where the five kings who had confederated against Israel sought refuge (10:10-29). They were put to dea"}, {"id": "card_n_16e019f825c8", "title": "Easton: Adullam", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the royal cities of the Canaanites, now ‘Aid-el-ma (Josh. 12:15; 15:35). It stood on the old Roman road in the valley of Elah (q.v.), which was the scene of David’s memorable victory over Golia"}, {"id": "card_n_9b7efb5d3aa6", "title": "Easton: Burial", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron “four hundre"}, {"id": "card_n_d2ded531ca35", "title": "Easton: Sukkiims", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Dwellers in tents, (Vulg. and LXX., “troglodites;” i.e., cave-dwellers in the hills along the Red Sea). Shiskak’s army, with which he marched against Jerusalem, was composed partly of this tribe (2 Ch"}, {"id": "card_n_e33b56815429", "title": "Easton: Horites", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was “Seir,” who probably gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch of the"}, {"id": "card_n_89f4aeeaf936", "title": "Easton: Ephron", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fawn-like. (1.) The son of Zohar a Hittite, the owner of the field and cave of Machpelah (q.v.), which Abraham bought for 400 shekels of silver (Gen. 23:8-17; 25:9; 49:29, 30). (2.) A mountain range w"}, {"id": "card_n_283e50804ef4", "title": "Easton: Leah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen. 29:23). She was “tender-eyed” (17). She bore to Jacob six sons (32-3"}, {"id": "card_c_6da0b7a78bfd", "title": "Easton: Cave ↔ Easton: Burial", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both cite joh 11:38 — a shared-scripture cross-reference computed in 1.0 and re-verified live in both cards."}, {"id": "card_n_93d030e341b3", "title": "Easton: Hauran", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cave-land, mentioned only in Ezek. 47:16, 18. It was one of the ancient divisions of Bashan (q.v.), and lay on the south-east of Gaulanitis or the Jaulan, and on the south of Lejah, extending from the"}, {"id": "card_n_d75a13ab5686", "title": "Easton: Flea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "David at the cave of Adullam thus addressed his persecutor Saul (1 Sam. 24:14): “After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea?” He thus speaks"}, {"id": "card_n_efa3967cec0e", "title": "Easton: Rebekah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A noose, the daughter of Bethuel, and the wife of Isaac (Gen. 22:23; 24:67). The circumstances under which Abraham’s “steward” found her at the “city of Nahor,” in Padan-aram, are narrated in Gen. 24-"}, {"id": "card_n_9ef1dbcbe76c", "title": "Easton: Sarah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Princess, the wife and at the same time the half-sister of Abraham (Gen. 11:29; 20:12). This name was given to her at the time that it was announced to Abraham that she should be the mother of the pro"}, {"id": "card_n_681bd049134f", "title": "Easton: Fountain of the Virgin", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The perennial source from which the Pool of Siloam (q.v.) is supplied, the waters flowing in a copious stream to it through a tunnel cut through the rock, the actual length of which is 1,750 feet. The"}, {"id": "card_n_3ffafe2782a1", "title": "Easton: Sepulchre", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First mentioned as purchased by Abraham for Sarah from Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23:20). This was the “cave of the field of Machpelah,” where also Abraham and Rebekah and Jacob and Leah were burried (7"}, {"id": "card_n_72340f3ca042", "title": "Easton: Obadiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Servant of the Lord. (1.) An Israelite who was chief in the household of King Ahab (1 Kings 18:3). Amid great spiritual degeneracy he maintained his fidelity to God, and interposed to protect The Lord"}]}