{"query": "Easton: Kings, The Books of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_ac7a1b4d5c0d", "title": "Easton: Kings, The Books of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third a", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_theory_comparative_advantage", "title": "Comparative advantage", "shelf": "theories", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Comparative advantage — an engine domain that can touch it: economics. Calibration: seals — opportunity-cost ratios compute. 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They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence ", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_tool_google_books", "title": "Google Books — free public domain", "shelf": "access", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Google Books: Read public-domain books in full, and preview and search inside most others — free and lawful.  How it's free & legal: public-domain full view + fair-use preview.  Go: https://books.goog", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "Google Books", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_071a7af4a84a", "title": "Easton: Bible", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Bible, the English form of the Greek name Biblia, meaning “books,” the name which in the fifth century began to be given to the entire collection of sacred books, the “Library of Divine Revelation.” T", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_bf06f027e6db", "title": "Easton: Adoni-zedec", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of justice or righteousness, was king in Jerusalem at the time when the Israelites invaded Palestine (Josh. 10:1, 3). 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When still young h", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_13d1d2cb1453", "title": "Easton: Achbor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Gnawing = mouse. (1.) An Edomitish king (Gen. 36:38; 1 Chr. 1:49). (2.) One of Josiah’s officers sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire regarding the newly-discovered book of the law (2 Kings 22:12,", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_c_e489825fce38", "title": "Easton: Lapping ↔ Easton: Kings, The Books of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_i_l — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). 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