{"query": "Easton: Siddim, Vale of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_8dfa0797559c", "title": "Easton: Siddim, Vale of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Valley of the broad plains, “which is the salt sea” (Gen. 14:3, 8, 10), between Engedi and the cities of the plain, at the south end of the Dead Sea. It was “full of slime-pits” (R.V., “bitumen pits”)"}, {"id": "card_c_m_f889db92d2d0", "title": "Easton: Siddim, Vale of shares a section with Easton: Stream of Egypt", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Siddim, Vale of shares a section with Easton: Stream of Egypt."}, {"id": "card_c_m_9ceb9b3ec422", "title": "Easton: Shinar, The Land of shares a section with Easton: Siddim, Vale of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Shinar, The Land of shares a section with Easton: Siddim, Vale of."}, {"id": "card_n_72d60977d690", "title": "Easton: Admah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Earth, one of the five cities of the vale of Siddim (Gen. 10:19). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah (19:24; Deut. 29:23). It is supposed by some to be the same as the Adam of Josh. 3:16, "}, {"id": "card_n_597705b0c9c4", "title": "Easton: Sodom", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen. 13:10; 14:1-16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut. 23"}, {"id": "card_n_852a08b67dbf", "title": "Easton: Pit", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3), a vault (41:9), a grave (Ps. 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Ps. 9:15), and is the name given to the unse"}, {"id": "card_c_f5b36940f1e7", "title": "Easton: Siddim, Vale of references Abraham", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Abraham (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_6893b54c4a76", "title": "Easton: Siddim, Vale of references Engedi", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Engedi (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_dd05e2475919", "title": "Easton: Siddim, Vale of references Mamre", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Mamre (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_3b4a170376ef", "title": "Easton: Siddim, Vale of references Sodom", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Sodom (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_c922f9daf8c0", "title": "Easton: Siddim, Vale of references Dead Sea", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Dead Sea (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_n_23ddfa0652b0", "title": "Easton: Acts of the Apostles", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author styles it a “treatise” (1:1). It was early called “The Acts,” “The Gospel of the Holy Ghost,” and “Th"}, {"id": "card_n_d82725fd8bf4", "title": "Easton: Tophet", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "=Topheth, from Heb. toph “a drum,” because the cries of children here sacrificed by the priests of Moloch were drowned by the noise of such an instrument; or from taph or toph, meaning “to burn,” and "}, {"id": "card_n_740563f05ace", "title": "Easton: Gomorrah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.) which were destroyed by fire (Gen. 10:19; 13:10; 19:24, 28). These cities probably stood close together, and were near the northern ext"}, {"id": "card_n_048bd5e3c62d", "title": "Easton: Samuel, Books of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The LXX. translators regarded the books of Samuel and of Kings as forming one continuous history, which they divided into four books, which they called “Books of the Kingdom.” The Vulgate version foll"}, {"id": "card_n_19006cf8f9e2", "title": "Easton: Forest", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. ya’ar, meaning a dense wood, from its luxuriance. Thus all the great primeval forests of Syria (Eccl. 2:6; Isa. 44:14; Jer. 5:6; Micah 5:8). The most extensive was the trans-Jordanic forest of Ep"}, {"id": "card_n_0667b6bec0dd", "title": "Easton: Jeroboam", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Increase of the people. (1.) The son of Nebat (1 Kings 11:26-39), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B.C. 976-945). He was the son of a widow of "}, {"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_25e88322c198", "title": "Easton: Jeremiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Raised up or appointed by Jehovah. (1.) A Gadite who joined David in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:10). (2.) A Gadite warrior (1 Chr. 12:13). (3.) A Benjamite slinger who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12"}, {"id": "card_n_054073c045c3", "title": "Easton: Japheth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Wide spreading: “God shall enlarge Japheth” (Heb. Yaphat Elohim le-Yephet, Gen. 9:27. Some, however, derive the name from yaphah, “to be beautiful;” hence white), one of the sons of Noah, mentioned la"}]}