{"query": "Easton: David, City of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_b3d05fd094d6", "title": "Easton: David, City of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He “dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David” (1 Chr. 11:7). This was the name afterwards given to the castle and royal palace "}, {"id": "card_n_0e26c67f02b1", "title": "Easton: Rabbah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Or Rab’bath, great. (1.) “Rabbath of the children of Ammon,” the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which united"}, {"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_c_m_ee61b949b614", "title": "Easton: Alliance shares a section with Easton: David, City of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Alliance shares a section with Easton: David, City of."}, {"id": "card_c_m_05530712995d", "title": "Easton: Baal-meon shares a section with Easton: David, City of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Baal-meon shares a section with Easton: David, City of."}, {"id": "card_n_4a3a557c7164", "title": "Easton: Bethlehem", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "House of bread. (1.) A city in the “hill country” of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). It was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Micah 5:2), Beth-lehem-judah (1 "}, {"id": "card_n_939cd081b4c3", "title": "Easton: Aroer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Ruins. (1.) A town on the north bank of the Arnon (Deut. 4:48; Judg. 11:26; 2 Kings 10:33), the southern boundary of the kingdom of Sihon (Josh. 12:2). It is now called Arair, 13 miles west of the Dea"}, {"id": "card_c_32b510768419", "title": "Easton: David, City of 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_1e2a6d9b6b70", "title": "Easton: Michal", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Sam. 14:49, 50). “Attracted by the graces of his person and the gallantry of his conduct, she fell in love with Davi"}, {"id": "card_n_d4089d9888b3", "title": "Easton: Nob", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "High place, a city of the priests, first mentioned in the history of David’s wanderings (1 Sam. 21:1). Here the tabernacle was then standing, and here Ahimelech the priest resided. (See AHIMELECH.) Fr"}, {"id": "card_n_876ff200d814", "title": "Easton: On", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Light; the sun, (Gen. 41:45, 50), the great seat of sun-worship, called also Bethshemesh (Jer. 43:13) and Aven (Ezek. 30:17), stood on the east bank of the Nile, a few miles north of Memphis, and near"}, {"id": "card_n_c2f68af01420", "title": "Easton: Metheg-ammah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Sam. 8:1, “David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines” (R.V., “took the bridle of the mother-city”); i.e., subdued the"}, {"id": "card_n_f85d77b013ad", "title": "Easton: Zidon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles north of Tyre. It received its name from the “first-born” of Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Gen. 10:15, 19). It was the first home of the Ph"}, {"id": "card_n_8ad7aa425726", "title": "Easton: Jebus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Trodden hard, or fastness, or “the waterless hill”, the name of the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion (Josh. 15:8; 18:16, 28). It is identified with Jerusalem (q.v.) in Judg. 19:10, and with "}, {"id": "card_n_c17eb233690b", "title": "Easton: Ashtaroth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A city of Bashan, in the kingdom of Og (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:4; 13:12; 9:10). It was in the half-tribe of Manasseh (Josh. 13:12), and as a Levitical city was given to the Gershonites (1 Chr. 6:71). Uzz"}, {"id": "card_n_7f0a7b7683cc", "title": "Easton: Jehoiada", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah-known. (1.) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23). (2.) The high priest at the time of Athaliah’s usurpation of the throne of Judah. He married Jeho"}, {"id": "card_n_b8e39dea4ae9", "title": "Easton: Mahanaim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Two camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels of God,” and where he divided his retinue into “two hosts” on his return from Padan-aram (Gen. 32:2). This name wa"}, {"id": "card_n_faf9b9ecda9e", "title": "Easton: Kirjath-jearim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "City of jaars; i.e., of woods or forests, a Gibeonite town (Josh. 9:17) on the border of Benjamin, to which tribe it was assigned (18:15, 28). The ark was brought to this place (1 Sam. 7:1, 2) from Be"}, {"id": "card_n_987b5db0037c", "title": "Easton: Tekoa, Tekoah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pitching of tents; fastening down, a town of Judah, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem, and visible from the city. From this place Joab procured a “wise woman,” who pretended to be in great affliction,"}, {"id": "card_n_fc32298ac1e8", "title": "Easton: Tyre", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A rock, now es-Sur; an ancient Phoenician city, about 23 miles, in a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south of Sidon. Sidon was the oldest Phoenician city, but Tyre had a longer and more illustrious"}]}