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111Assyria — One of the great empires of the ancient world, occupying a fertile area east of the River Tigris, corresponding to modern northern Iraq. In the city of Nineveh pottery which has been discovered is proof of habitation in the period 5000–3000 BCE,… …
112Babylon — Ancient city and kingdom in southern Mesopotamia. In the NT (1 Pet. 5:13 and Rev. 18:2 where ‘Babylon’ is an uncomplimentary reference to Rome) and in Christian spirituality (‘And Sion in her anguish with Babylon must cope’, from St Bernard s… …
113Pekah — King of Israel 737–732 BCE after murdering Pekahiah; he was himself murdered by Hoshea. During his reign he allied himself with Syria in war against Assyria and endeavoured to coerce Judah into the conspiracy. Instead Ahaz of Judah, contrary to… …
114Pharaoh — Hebrew for the title of the kings of Egypt, who were regarded as divine and ruled absolutely, with the help of an enormous corps of civil servants; these were supervised by the head of the service, the vizier, which was the office pictured as… …
115Shalmaneser — 1) Shalmaneser Ⅲ was king of Assyria, 858–824 BCE; he defeated Hazael of Damascus in 841 and accepted tribute from Jehu of Israel, as recorded on the Black Obelisk, now in the British Museum in London. 2) Shalmaneser Ⅴ, 727–722 BCE, put down a… …
116So — King of Egypt who received messengers from King Hoshea of Israel (2 Kgs. 17:4), which provoked the Assyrian assault on Samaria (725 BCE). No Egyptian source mentions this ruler, and the accuracy of the reference has been widely suspected …
117Hosea — masc. proper name, from Heb. Hoshea, lit. salvation, from stem y sh to save …
118Hosea — /hoʊˈzeɪə/ (say hoh zayuh) noun 1. a Hebrew prophet of the 8th century BC. 2. the first of the books of the minor prophets in the Old Testament {Hebrew Hōshēa , with s from Osēe (Vulgate and Septuagint) …
119Hosea — [hō zē′ə, hōzā′ə] n. [Heb hōshēaʼ, lit., salvation] Bible 1. a Hebrew prophet of the 8th cent. B.C. 2. the book of his writings: Abbrev. Hos or Ho …
120ALCHEMY — ALCHEMY, ancient art that was the origin of chemistry. The Jewish association with alchemy dates from ancient times. Zosimos, a fifth century Greek historian, states that the Jews acquired the secrets of the sacred craft of the Egyptians and the… …
