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September, Dictionary of the Bible. (#223308)
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Good News for Young and Old: Volume 17 (1875)
Eve
(life). ― “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept, and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh thereof; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from man made He a woman, and brought her unto the man” (
Gen. 2:21, 22
21
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. (Genesis 2:21‑22)
). “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living” (
Gen. 3:20
20
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. (Genesis 3:20)
).
Evi
(desire). ―One of the kings of Midian slain by the Israelites (
Num. 31:8
8
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. (Numbers 31:8)
;
Josh. 13:21
21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. (Joshua 13:21)
).
Evil-merodach
, (etymology unknown, but Merodach was the name of a Babylonian deity). ―The son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. On his accession he released the captive king of Judah. Jehoiachin treated him with marked respect, and set his throne above the thrones of the other subjugated monarchs. “And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison; and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; and changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life” (
2 Kings 25:27-30
27
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
28
And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
29
And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
30
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. (2 Kings 25:27‑30)
;
Jer. 52:31-34
31
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
32
And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
33
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
34
And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. (Jeremiah 52:31‑34)
).
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